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THE DAILY JOURNAL. OXFEDBiUTI IT1TII Of AHKBICA. f.lTILKIXQTON. N. C, WZXESDDAT. Vkt t, IWL r?CBf caiuaa who are U tbe kablt of eeadlnf to tie Boe tar their papera, will Bt be aerre4 by the carrier. list will be kept at the tvfflce, aad toeir paper bere whea fv - - . "- - a-Tae Term or subscription and for advertising are ob the tret yaie of rer J paper. Nn!e copfe of lb paper are for eale at tbe desk, at Ave cente each. Th Northern Mail did not get io last night. We glean some few lie mi from tbe Southern mail and the telegraph... , Evidently tbe enemy ia endeavouring to tarn iea- regard' positioa at Corinth, and by getting Id bit rear fall upon hi communications, especially by tbe lint of the Mobile and Ohio KaUroad. He will hardly succeed la doing thia Id pretence of each live general! Bean retard, Hardee, Bragg, Polk, Van Doro and Trice. From day to day, tbe battle baa bcoo regarded u iov tnlnmt, but Hill it baa cot ret come tfl. Apparently , It c moot be post pom d by aty possibility beyond tLl Weill, Tbe battle at Ooriulb, however it may rcanlt will be almost certain to baaten deadly atruggle in Virginia. If Halleck la ddcated, McClcllan must do ome'hmg to counterbalance that diaaer. ,' If Halleik ll victorious, why cot McCkllan alao figbt and be vit torion f Ench wiU be tbe tone ol Northern eotimei.t, ,J Bnrt. Va nriM Af tt nn in whirh M fV ' CU llaa will be aobjechd. Vaticlnallona or ratcnlation on either aide have been pt to amount to liiUe ao far, maiqly becaae tbey bar la 1 a tr eaume aa tbelr baa'a a eta'a of thing at all reaembling tbat which the country actoally preeenta It I u s to cmcial the fact that tbe North haa "e- telooed 0 enercv and ferocity of hatred for which nei ther the South nor tbe worlJ at large waa prepared.--Tbe Ftdt-ral KtaU j are determined to aink Or awim on tbe (ueccM of tbeir coercive menun. Tbia hu given a devtlopmeot to tbeir p.eparatiooa, and an txtenaive Deaa to tbvlr military movement tbat throw all parallel Instance in biory iuto theihade, while the determina tion and tenacity of tbe South compels theae movement and preparations to be kept op and protracted beyond what H e North bod thought p waible, and to a period which tbrea'ena to break dtwnber resouree awl leave ber overwhelmed in debt and dt struct ion. Ital tlitnira hare rtrobattlv rt-aubed their extreme limit n nil rfiit h,i Vrnl tin (in tin-nt aiile titr an crrrat length of time. This is obvious. It la not in tbe na ture of things that they could be kept op. Tbe preeetit war drains of tbe two Anglo-Americio federation would nbauat tbe tcsoarc s of all Kurops itself in a brief time. t may premise that if the war goes on . much longvf, it must alack Its pace somewhat, from no ' cetajty, if not Irom choice. - 7 Thing hare ala, fa all piobability, reached a point io Euro to which pcrhap parties tbere questioned whether ther would eror arrire. For bpttif or for wore, some Euro p an movement In connection with ocr eiiating d fJlcuHhs it tviJeotly, we thiuk, more probable now thao at any former period la tbe brief history of the anunUy since tbe separation. Thrre is a ' disposition, natural enoogh, to put oQ the eril day to unit that tometnmg may turn up ny which it may l prevented coming at all Thia diapoaition has been tnauiltatcd by Kuroprau powers who have seen their commerce tuQ ring, their manufacture crippled and their .-eople stoviog, and yet hocd that somehow wnnoui iLCir baring any nanu in u, mc cause uuiu 1. 1 ..1 ! 1 , lt. ... . . f 1 ason pas away. Beward told them ao, and they gave bira eiU mlon after extension J bat at last tLo thing has come down to the bard reality. There is no escaping from tbe evil. 1 here is no cotton to be had Sooth, no goods to be sold, do daylight ahead, and tbe capture of New Oik an only ihowa thi tbe more conclusively. Europe, too, ha probally by this time feen things ap proach their extreme limit, beyond which they cannot will be corrud ouch farther. Any bopt of an early stoppage of the existing strug gle mast, we fear, be founded npon some external prcfsore, for it ia hardly to be supposed that either nartr will either submit or come to terms. Io fact there or no tetms -thtra can be Done short of recognition by the Federal Government, for to tbat the lact ol treating , with cur Government would amount. As f r trade, we tmntit think (hat Ktirnrvftn ivuintrir mint now aon that - r their interest consists rather, io oponing and preser ving a direct trade with the Southern. States, than in looking to the Federal State for commerce, since the inclination a well a tbe necessities of tbe Federal Gov ernment will indace such a course of policy as will a' mount to a virtual prohibition of foreign importation to either the North 0? South. . - As fur England, while Earl Rawell can prevent it, we netd kok for bo open or manly policy. Paluieraton teems at present to be s care io power for seme time, ii 1. n v.. , J... j ,i..t k. ex let ice i filet iocs and ball-hinted mental aberrations of tie Qurtp, ibertis a tacit understanding tbat no ira mediate tffort will be cmde to remove her present con fijeotial advisers. .-.. J l r Bat this positica cf f jrbpararcs implies something of compromise a listening to the opposition and cenuin amonot of concessioa to its pol e, and tbat policy vi deo tly tends to intervention in Americao efl-irs. Still, any my bolJ and decidtd mease rjs are most likely fo oriinate with the French Emperor, and we bare to donbt but that in the present position of tbir gs, tbe . p position wttcb Earl Baascll might be disposed to make nay be easily overruled. Tbe wry tact ol our revprs?, followed by the exhibi tion of a still more fixei determination and by tbe de struction of cotton, got s to show foreign nations tbat tbe breach i one that caa never be el ised, and that as we are now ia fact two nations, the protraction of an . Bnavailing war (or conquest, is only a barbarism on- worthy ol tbe rpirit of the age. Hw Otl.ana. We bad ite pkature thia tnornirg of Laving a brief conversation with two highly id.tliigent gentlemen from ew vrieani, 11010 wu wo vuiawa some iuduw 1 . n l 1 . 1 r information upon doobttol point : One as to the omti sy at Fort Zaoksoo, which we learn compelled tbe sur render. The Fort was garrisoned mainly by a regiment of Louisiana regulars and bad fought-with great coaragr at,decdurance,irjdeedGcD. Duncan gives them tbe bigbttt praite as fighting men," but when the enemy's flaet bad got rast, thy thought tbe game was op, and suddtnly cetetmked to fkht no more. So unexpected was the jcuticy tbat no measures had bees taken to qoeil it, and wb it oeTel pd itself, it embraced nearly every com- nn Irn wj . ri : 1 1: . 1 r. -' 1 - 9 .L i -j- . ut. x uu.ip on in ieit aiuu vi un wu ".-n to ui rtrr iij Bailer s forces laading at xce quaraoiine station.' Abot tbe location of Fort St. rtiU'P tbere is but a narrow suip land, not over toils wide, seperatiDg tbe tVbaiPpi Eirer from the waters of the GnHooUide. When Butler got hi troop txdvi tiers aUT lie J Fort, tai ttkt gun-boaU bad pawed ap tbe river, little conld be done. ForU yackaoo and St. rbUJip were me oniy nrer dvfenca at all worth aamlrg. The bn wired gnna that were eaiJ to line tbe river bank above were not tbere. At Chalmette tbere were work mounting gun forked service, aay 24a and 32a, but these did not do tnncb. and could not da much against naval steamer. , There seem to be an Imprcsaioo tbat the naval force did net properly co-operate with the other force and defence. Gen. Lovtll did not hare full control, and or der from RUbmood, or a out other place, acemed to thwart him Id reirord to tbe navv. Tbe men and offi cer on qoard our boalafbugbt desperately Tbe people cf New Ork-o are Booed to the- core. Commodore Farragut ia spokco of aa emiuently cour teotia and apparently soxioo to avoid all appearance of harsboeas. Soma of bl mbord.natti seem enziont to force him into a different course. ' A good deal of Litteicca ia felt toward .General Lovell, bat we should ju'ge that the more int lligeot acquit him of any rjspic.on of treachery. Ilia force bad been tery much we-akened to reioforce our army at Corinth. We will not aay what Lb preteut lorce ia, bat it i tot twenty tbooeaod, Mavor Monro ia a native of Yiruiuie. Mi. Ti't the contractor for tbe burned at earner, tie Miaauip(i ia an Intloiate friend, but .no relative cr connection o Mr. MalloryV A awcceeful fcklrutUli, We are ((lad to record another successful skirmish of portion of Capt." Boot lie a company of the 2 1 a. C 1 Cavalry. A picket ol 1 6 of the company comn.and.-d by Lt Roberta weYe oa f'u'r lust Suuduy, tMh iit-u'uu. t icaeia rit uukiiiI an some dis- LMii a ami ttiv rei or ibe men were at dinner at a farm bouse. The picket bthiw d covered a company ol cavalry advancing to wards him, whom wi Drat took to be Uond-dernte, tut on givliif ihrin the aign diai-ovcnd Ibey were rank.oi lie fired o0 tiia pit-co at ihem m a nuu and ret rea d towards fiesq iud, the Yankees after bim in fa! etaise. Ii dashed o i, the Vaokeea flri.;g upon him, and gave tie alarm, the qmd nt having heard the s nul. Tbe Yankees weie too clue on them to allow thi m to ge l their horx-a, and It. Itoberte ordered th m to thecfiurKi. The Yankee commandi-r orderel ihrm to asrrender, which waa retunnd t.y a bull that bro-ight bun re tbe gn u id. The fiht b. came general, our ni 'n atandiug flrnily, and with unerring aim brought a-niie 21) of the enemy to tbe gremi.d. 'I bey were about to repine thi m when tur n.en diacovmd a r.gimtnt i.f Yankii Infuntry . advwneitia: up D them, when, alt. r st-curinti auturs, pistols, Lt., mdu good tneir retreat with only one wounded man. lie', an ex.x-ll. st young inuii of Gates county,, to r. CrOis, rresi ivid a bull io bis lungs. Whether the wound ia mortal or not ia riot known. Captain It tot he's company is winning InareN by its in trapidi'y. Thia is tbeaecond or third tkrnuiab iu which it lias met wiib success. II all our cavalry were nron- et-ly equipped t.d tffijered, we minht t X ect every day to near ol success. - Uooln. si, jiKk'n.cjl and curaue will do wonders. Tbe count rv reeiuirei every man to ao ins outy ins lull duty. 11 weuo, rc cuu yet drive Data the enemy. We learn tbat the above oeount from the liuleigh Standard, ia as Dearly correct as may bo. The ttkirmivb took place at Mr. Lteiidcr'a, 2.' miha b-la rollocka- rillo, U is certain that a Culonel, named Eifulestern, of tbe 103 J New York ngiuitnt, was t itber killed or mor tally wout d si, an.l a k'ptuiir Lill.d The whole num ber of killed waa probably about t. u ; tbe wound. d cun- not be ascerloimd. We regret to learn that three of Captain IJootbe's oca were made ptiaoners, not having bita able te get to saddle liefore the infantry came up. IC-Ol sanitation of lit Si ull.ml Rrrk Muunltd I Iflfliirti. We learn that tbe abtire flue compai.y waa re-organ-i d on the 1st instant, by the election of the following officers ! . A. IliggR, Captain. 11. 0. Kiultb, First Lieutenant. J. Y. Parage, Svcotid Lientenant. A. P. Jlymon, Junior Second Lieut. , Trlbiiie of l.cl. Cir aliNOOM, Co. 0, tlv RroiassT, J aad. lMi2. I -Wnasaia, Cod, In Lis Ala ise Trovldnr-e, ba sera Hi to rcmoT from our ranKs our friend aud fellow auldicr, Net.I A. McMillan, or Hot.nnu county, wl.we ptoua walk at 1 aoldiarl Irarlug had won fur hm the eatim and love w all his comrades : Oafraiora JiemArrd, Tbathilewe sntimit to this 1lponalion of uie nana tn I'rovideoce, we wri lorf vnr cneri.ii mi memory and endearur to loiltate Ma many vlrtuaa aa a ploua soldier, and one truly devoted to the cause of that pure religion he prmtaafd. Jm'.AlMwl TV. . , nd'a. nil. )i..f.W ..mnalliL. .11 amm. dolruce to nie lllic'd family ; hid tbeni be of Rood elieer, and point them to the only source of consolation, to our Uod, that doeth all things well for those that love hlni. Jitmolved, That we ssud a copy of the resolutiuo to the family of tbe deceased, and rr.uest the Wilmington Journ al, r'ayetteville Observer, and N. t I'rcst.yterlan to publbb them. 1'E'J tU V. aicUAE, Ch'm'a. Malcolm U McBa, Pec'y. T-e Urfcnre f Mobile. 1 he Montgomery Adverttur thiuks tbat the Yan kees,' having succeeded in tbeir purpose of making a demonstration up the Mississippi river, it is not at all unlikely that they may, before very long, moke a aimilur attempt on Mobile, with a riew to tbe capture of tbat city and the ascent of the Alabama river. J a this con nection, and in speaking of the defences of Mobil, tbe Advtrttier expoaef a " cute " plan of th Yankees to get cotton Ij the event of the capture of Mobile. It rays : Our authorities hare, doubtless, d ne all they could to render Mobile and tbe mouth of the river secure against, attack, bat avat New Orlctns and other points, the lorlifljutioiis were not suflL-i 'utto ob-tttuct tbeir passage, it is not impossible that, thu Vfti kevtBiay succeed iu forcing tbnr way past the defence. Should the y do this, unless the river is si obstructed that th y Cioot navigate it, the-y would be quite likely to pu-h on to Montgomery. We h.tjie they in ty nevei be able to penetrate so lar iuto th- interior of our Slate ; bat the possibility of their d ing so is One whk-h sb uld be aoblcncbiug'y coo t m,.!attl, aud pre-puraiiun made to wet tie emergency. r(:ere is bir. as ia we I known, a considerable muntif coUtu whicii the. fi' my are icrtatly intereattd ia .throaring on tbe. market.1- We, bare a derjer iutmst, however, in prtrrnting tle-m Irt.m gettii g it, and if onr ieple and the auihontitsdo tbeir djiy, tnty will ner-r obtain one bdj of iu Not ooe ounce should be suOcteJ to go abru&l upon any pretext; aud if .e-i6urts to secure tbe pron pv d-s-troctiou of the whole eiaount, if in dai g.-r ol tailing into tbe I amis of the enemy, bare not already b.u adopted, they sbouid be at once. We have uudimiood tbat an agvut of the French Government is in the city, author x d to pnnbase an inV finite amount of cotttn. I be dtsiges are evidently thi : ' Tbe eg. nt is to pur chase a large eupp'y of cotton, ai d then, in ease of a threat, ne I Yankci oei-npaiioo of the city, ha would hoist tbe French flig t rei it to prevent it Irom being destroyed by our autbewities and tbe citiiens. Wiib , Montgomery and tbe Alab-ma rivtr in tbe hands of tbe Jacket a, aud tbe Cotton ia the band ot ihecrcnca aeat, it could be at once shipped to Ear ipe, and the r eo sillies cf- tbe manufacturers tbere rthered. I be Yaukets would not, of course, object to such a cote scbt-me, steing at tnce that, with a aupply of cotton suf ficient to meet their requirements, Eu.l.iid and France would lose all tbeir inter, st io tbe Americao question, and Lioco'n wou!d no longer be troubled with tears ol loreign Intervention. - It is doubtless a very ice arrangeroent on tbe part of those who wish to relieve ihcmsclrcs from a very disa greeable d.l-rnma, but we can at-sore tbs Ficnch agent and all others that the feberoe won't wotk. I be ques tion coocemicg tbe protection of foreign flics baa already bceo decided, tbe I'rx d-ot baring aatboriz.d Ueuerat LtTeft, at New-Ortear.s, TO" destroy alT cotton and tobacco belonging to citix?oa or for. it; n rteid.aU iodiscrimioateiy, where it was in dancer of ialliog into tbe hands of tbe enemy. Tbe ume coarse wij be par- sued bere, and tbe French iig or aoy other will not save tbe cotton from d trcuon ia case the enemy threatecs to lacd at this point Thi Charleston Mercury -rive editorially some fact eotfirmatory of the suspicion rumor to wbicb we made referrnce tome day ago, about Mr. Mallory and the ..... ttr . a I contract on tbe fetcamabip M!ii'PP- copy iuo lltrcury't article . - The Capture of Vw Orteew. V " We have uJa favored by ao Interview with an intel ligent geotlcmao of character, who ha just come rum New Orloana, where be-waa at toe um - From faim we obtain tl.e Wlowing partualars of tbe captare of the city : .. . Jit..v i.- - A nfcovpniv boat of tari- iw i Duare boci conrioMr . -v- t . de-criptioos-gunboats, mortar boats, steam liig . A-n. frt rfrlenr nf New Orleans rest.d opon two 001 atts forU, Jackson and Ht, Fbihp, fe inferior batteries above tb forts, and a fl t of twenty boats, tbe atrocg est of wbicb were the McIIm (Cirrymg seven 32-pound-ers and ooe fl inch gun,) aud the tlanas$a$ Him. I be LouMiana (carrying tight larpe'guns) was a complete failsre." he bad to be towed dowo the river and meed as a fljating battery, for the two larce wheel working in tbe middle ol the boat interfered with one and rendend bet unmai.ageai.le. She wasao ok! bulk roofed with iron. The enemy' fire wa concentrated ehM fly on Fort Jackww, until tlie work was only a bat tered sbelL 'Ibe tdioers 'and ifarriaon were said to have behartd with great spirit and lortitud.'. 'Ibreeef the enemy's boata ate said to have pafs d by without tin knowledge of tbe Ions. The river I about a mie wide, and corertd with h.avy f;g at night.--T naval fnt7HrmffiL exkid d lor some miles Dp the rirtT. Ex.hmg'S ot brondaides and c illhlon were continu e, cutil hut one ol tbe Confed erate boats a Steam hulk with or e gun -returned to the city, and wss burned and turn.-d adrift A Galves ton s-ejtner sunk one ol the U ft of the Yankee gu-.- tw.-t- tf, mnnin into h( T three tl't e fcbe Sot!)- sunk heraelf. Theit.W was su-u .alUnily exchai g knuuluidt) for broads tJC a-lth two di ui-bok lr K a'e s. She waa conmi nd.d bj ('apt Tom. 1 1 u .er, of 'Jl.rrWton, i n f was a n,k. Her c UiUiii d. r is sa d t lie iu New Oil-an. Wuiindif, haviiuf save.d bis life in one j( iLe smu.t' toil's, it is up..aed. Tbe JUan M$, (oiiiinaiKhd by Li.iiitiiaiit VVaihy fif euih C'a.o 1 ni uisappearrd, but it was not known Whether she betook h.reelf to one of the bayous, was euptured or miik. J "be conduct of - the (Je.nlc It-rate Navy wa d !rtttn iu the guliunlry and devotion tltspl iye.l. Kut their fuhfwiis h'.JM'li t-s Ire m ti e Ije gmtiiiig. Toe great Mttijpl steoui ram hud juat le-;w launched a lew duys, and would net have been ready to uieritc for forty du more, rihe wu a propeller, with threr sciewa and six'e n engines, to carry twenty vuns eif the lurpeit calibre, ller projection, e.r ram, wus twenty leet of solid timber, to be shod wiib ao additional steel point.-. Hire whs thrwr timer as large aud powerlul as the Virginia, ll'iuted beiiutilufly, and wn9 sea-going All the naval etliw-r who saw her any thiit tthe whb tbe liniHt ship iu the world, and it is conli.lcnily asserted by tiflicets ol high ranki that without a gun s! c mid have desliov.d the whede Yatik.e fleet.- .She was to Imve been ready by the 1st of February. 'I hu contrac'or was a M. Tirr, brotber-in-law of Mr. Mall ikt The. woo.l-'mk was finished long ago,anl tU to biS'bivn great anxiety are) impatience about the dil.ttory nntiiner ol completion thu irou work uod niacniucry. The peeqdu of New Orleans und the surroundiug country ofloicd the Uovcrniu 'iit aud it agent all thuir mochauie!al resour ce and workmen. They were declineJ nti'il three dajs be fore the attack. Up to thut time niiht work had not b.tn put upon the boat. $100 000 bounty whs, some, lime sioci-, ofl'i-rcd to th con'rucior to gel it rv. dy in timo. Urwurds were ollorej to other; Lovcll said, to ibe reroonstr ane e? of eitiz-ns, that his lmnds wore tied, and tlut he could do no more thi.n he was doing. Gov. Moore said that matters were going on well, and that the city was sufc. llecoulfl do nothing. The citia.ins offortd m ney and labor tei fortify the levee? between the city and the lorts. but their tflcis were decliuetl as un-nm-ssary. I hr.e iUj before the sippetianee ejf the Yankee ships at Ncw-'J.-leai s, (Jovernor Mooro quietly departed wiib his e-lnel eounst! ors, by way of tbe' Cur reiltoo lUilrtiatl, uhemt dark, huViiu a Biennibout aud picket ol soldiers at thut point. AnonyiiH.ua letteis probably caused it. Two days tn fore the S'lrrender o! the. citjptn exci e.l crowd, prepared with a rope, npear i J ut toe sliip-yaM In search ul thu cot.trucior ot ti c M wtiKhippi. lie was gone. The MiBsi-sippi was buru-. ed mill sunk by the amhoritii-s Our informant states that there is a feeling of pro found (XSHpcratioi a?ulnt the AdniiuisTilioii aini.its agents. 'I he peOjile leel that they have been system-mi-cullr trli.Ml with and sacrifitml. When the Yankee of- D 'ei landed, live (Sicilijns, who clieeced them, wercsh.t d )wn br the crowd Ail who show, el anv s.irrw of fa vor were knoelitd down ts truilors. The leding was intense. All the cotton wus burned, and all the tobuo co, except that claimed by the French Government. The sugar and molasses remains iu the city, ns private property, in immense quauliliej. Much, however, is oo the plantations atill ; the crop being very largo. Gen. IjovcII carried oil, by -railroad, tbe mm bint-ry of the workshops aud iron nulls, ai d all the rolling Block of the railroud. The machinery ii important, and en titles bim to credit. In preparation lor the defence of the pity be has either been permitted to do little,' or has done little of bis own accord. His forces ore at a camp ol instruction at Jacks m, M issifsippi, protecting the railroad where it crosses l'curl Iliver. 11a is oot tx-peK-led to reir force Beauregard, except as a reserve corrs. I! ia forces erc-a M to be about twenty thou- sai d. Twelve thousarel fouign denizens in New Or- leans bad organized to fight in .1 -louse of New Oilears, but eloa lined going oO to fight iu the Coiih; lerato cause. Can the Wound Ever ba lUalcil I Tbere are some people, only a few, we trust, wbo be lieve, or aOecl to helkve, thai frateruul feeling will a earn be restored between the North and the South. I t sct nis to us thut the man tnu't be d 'ttiented wbo would eutertaiu the idea, even lor a momeut. lie thut does Bee. has been far remove J rr.m tbe enemy's- hewtiiities, and the wail ot the widow, the orphan and tbe childless parent, baa never heo beard iu -tna home. Ibe te-ars that fell like torrents, after t!.e bloody battle at S'liloh, aud tbe cries or distress which still break the silence of d. s.jlate homes, will ring through a hnndnd yearato come, "lla'e, deep, dc)iute bate, will su.'Cetd crier and de-pair; an! wheiber our people are free or a'ave, they will ever now in m eecraiion tue rtTy i aiiaew nm. If the North and the S mih nuke a treaty, unl our i ors are thrown, tipon to the Yai-ke-e to Coiiw and Settle with us, this Ktsolut on will have been Inaugura ted in vain Iu vain th eteoans of b!od sp ll d ; iu vain Hie suflerii ge and bardidiips of our bruve troops ; iu vain the loss ot time, property tnJ health ; in vuiu all the m Kif"tx.neiA,J, and alt tbe Untold and nnwritten fuc- rifiet an I labors of love bt stowtd upinv eeor bieedipg touutry by the noble women of the land. We miy be miataktn, but we wli. ve that e v. ry day tbi.i war luuts eligs wider and defper the gull between the North and tbo south, which 1 uue, the great Architect as well as Ut'stroyer, can mver bridce. Ged graut we.miiy not be misiuken. For il we couli be induced to bolieve that the outb would ever again restore the laws of trade and intercourse i'h the North or permit the Yankee to come among us and erjoy the rights of citizuship, we would rather make our borne in revolutionary Mexico or in despotic A astria, than dwell in ih e States w ith the trail ot tbe serpent around ns and over os all. JJet Ut that erery man, women and child in the Co-jftdcr.icy were dead BLrt rtstimr Irom life's fitful fever, than live in the chains wbicb Yankee commerce and connection would forge lor oar limbs. The wound tbat has bcn made is like that between Roland and Sir Lealine, so btutilnlly and forcibly expressed by Coleridge, in bis incomparable Cbristable : " Tbey stood aloof the' scars remalniriB; ' Like cliRs which bad been rent a-uuder ; A dreary sea, bow flaws between.' Iiut nei' her beat, nor frost, nor thunder, (hall holly do away, I ween, Ihe matks of that which once hath been." A tbe separation between us has been Seal and eter nal, let the barriers between ns be r aim d so hit; h and impassible, that IrieneJIy intercourse shall not be ievir ed, or the mora' ol the new Republ c be conUoiinated by asHtciattoD with tbe oO scounnn ol tUeol.J. Md.tigevilU Vaion. Tbe CcK,6Kaiion bills in tbe Federal tooKress tavi beeorelcirtd to Special Committees in bo-h House., and have thus been laid on tbe shelf for. the present. TT 18 KOW TOO I.AT8 T.t BE11RK. FPOM TUB Ce)XET. TUEkB IS NO BKTRKAT BUT IS CHAINS AJjJ bAVEi-." Patrwk rw in Ufir4 HevoMion TL.FtlliB; ! Daw Orleans. . We fcaTe'recrfred tbe New Orleans Crtutnt of Mon day, 28tb April, and give the foliowicg rxtracts. 1 be Lrettta says : . ' , - It is with feelings of the deepest pride that we point tbe Federal officers to tbe fact that do Union sentiment exist la our midst that . with almost one voice, and ith one tongue, this community entirely repudiates all allegiance to the old Governme-ut, and warmly and de votedly adheres to the new. And we respectfully bat firmly assert that tbia sentiment, this fceJing,- is so firmly implanted in the breasts of our people, that co time, do cireoowtapoe, no change can serve to eradicate it, or still their free souls in tbeir straggle for tbeir inde pen- deoce I bey nave suOcred, they may sutler unspeaka bly in the future, but we hazard nothing in saying tbat no sacrifice, even to the last life, will be too much to accomplish tbe one great, mighty and glorious under taking. This we hoaestly believe, end while we do oot otter our convictions in a rain-glorious spirit, we will not shrit k trora Ineir free and independent expression; I be following U a lint of the suff.rerg in tbe naval fight. ... . IVuunded on board the-Steamer iefiaeIieut, T. B. Hu.'tr, Lieut. Thomas Arnold, iieorge Kendrick, VV'ra. ttan, Samuel ilanna, Gharl Kiv.rs, John Hays. h. O'Brien, J s. Gofler, Francis Hamilton, Owen MeGratli and pilot Houghta. " ' Kilted on board the Steamer McRae flenry Sey monr, David U. Wiliz ond Michael Fox. Lie ut. IIucrs wound is a very severe oue, being a frudure ot tbe thigh ; Uvai. Arnold was only slightly hurt,.a'.'l went on board of the gunix.at' Louisiana. ,.'J be Yaoki II . g pluc-djover the Mint was Din down on Saturday evening, 2Cth ult., by some rpiritel citi zens. The CiewU : Tbe men engJieed iu this gallant enterprise, we learn, weic Vim eat il.fl-rnun, W. B. Muralord, -H. Holmes, J.il n Burr and J ms Iteod. They tore the Uig into ahre os, ai d each with a piece in bis baud ruarcued up town In triumph. Tbo eb us tin d by the Fe iernI vessel came very near d'inii8hiDg several b'-u -ts iu the neighbot ibo d of the Mini, ami a elU Imlg.d ia tb rof ol the dwelling ef V.r. J. A. Lae.nir, eoruer t.f Victory and Frenchmen s'leels ; but Iu. k ly, not e -xploding, iufl e'ed no Serious djinaie. Mr. Laeour gut tbe shell out from b;s roof and bfemcjit it up lowu. We could not bave believed that a civihz-el jweip.'e could have so far forgotten their dignity us levhave e-rmitted tliemselve's to have eudan ui led the liu-s e.f uiiofl.-udiiig women aud children, in thus wuiitoiiingly firing iuto a city; but the fact is patent ihe de.'d was done. Und r the e-aptiunof " Talk on 'Change," the Cr cnf stja : Ih- rowereno gatlt. ting on the flags of Carondtlet str on. Jrtand ibout thu' City Hall end on Camp sTrel'fTthe thfotiga of citizuTwere immense. We were untouched at the large numbers ot women and childre n that proiiK'tiuekd the sivoral streets, having their termi nation en t.'itnal strext. Of course, there was nothing of a buniuet-s Uuture thought of, the chief attraction was iu cod about the City Hull. The proceedings of the City Council will bj fouud. tleewriiere. A number of the Fed. r,tls proa-edeeT op the river on Saturday evening, tmt returned yesterday lore noon. The ll.iKH ol the different Consulates, or the represen tatives of i :u'repoaii Govcinmeuts, are all displayed Irom their rtFj'ctivB e liters, excepting in two or three in staucis. .Tbe Gnnsuluto of Bremen has no Dag, and two or three other nutions bave no representatives bere. Several piivute citiZ'.-n?, ' foreign subjects, have houud their country's oinbl. ni over their re-side-iiex's. Tbe di utructiou ol property has been immecfc ; much more so than necessary. True, all the Cotton was ex pected to have bieu burnt ; but why the suar and me lnwies on the it ve was saciifiexd in the uiaimer it was, that fs.'t'arri' d oil by pilferers and tbe rubble, wo can not cay. A part eil a cargo of provisions, just lauded from K.d river, was ul.so stolen. Jf the ugrarians bud made au eijual division, it might have bie of more bt Lefit, t.u i eocie pirtief, not satisGYd with .boskets end b .fjsof sugar, rolled sway hogshead, others barrels ol ku'ar ; in tuc:, never was hucd a scene oi puieriog nearu ol hi li.rc, nor such Bcep.cs as occurred last Friday in this hi retolorc peaceable city. Measures, it will bo ob- 9. rved, have been takiifhy the authorities to put a stop to lliene elieraeelul ddings. . 'I he tcleeraph ha.iiilurmed us thut the enemy fired unon a crowd of wofnen and childre n. .. We find the fol- lowing nccetaot ef'lhe disgraceful aflair In tbe Vrtuent : On Sutu.'day, about newn, a party ol men, wbo have recently returrkeJ Irom Beauregard s army, went down on the levte with a band of music and a Confederate d ig, to pivo tent to their feeling in the fuee of tbe Fed erals. The levee was densely crowded with people, amors; hum were a great number ot women and chil dren ; but this did not deter the sharpshooters ou board the vesMcI ti'arttt the shore from ojK'oing Dro npon tbe men engng-d in the burmless exhibition of patriotism, which te, nited iu thu death of an innocent bystander and the wounding of two others. e do not commend the act on of the young men wbo provoked tbe unfor tunate ufl.tir, but we cannot refrain from coudemning tbe cruelty ol t.ie parties wbo could level their guns at a crowd lor the fault ol two or three. From the Augusta Cotjatitationjliit. Tim Capture of htw Url.aiu. The Capture of the Crescnt City by tbe Vai.kees ir. volves a svrious loss to the Southern Coufedia?y. It cuts oil nn extensive d.-pot of supplies for our army, and curtails nur (acuities tor tue tnuuuiuciurc of arms anel ammunition, lt virtually gives tbe enemy tbe coutrol ol tbe .ii&i.4sip'H river, aud deprives us ol our supplies ol susr.tr ami maloaries. Ia short,- it is a severe blow to tin Confederacy, and an immense advantage for the enemy. But admitting all this, it does not signify that the CouiceJcracy is about to be conquered, or tbat, tbe rebellion, as our fots are pleased to style our tffjrts for independence, ia about to be crushed. We have time aud again asserted that the capture of our seaboard cities, or -of poiuts subject to tbe visits of the Federal mi 1 1 boa's, would not involve the conei icst of tbe boutb The London jouroals tukd the smie v,ew of the subject; ard we need only ruler to the history of tbe American Kei'o.'uiion to sustain th.s ai-rruoii. It is true, the Ins of these cities ia a sad disaster depiorable eicear- reuces but not sufficiently so to cuuoe ns to " despair T - . , . . -- oi me itepuo.ic Wl.eu New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, Savan nab aud Auiuta were iu the bauds of the Bntisb, our lathers did uot fuceumb to the. terrible power of their iiicttiK S ; but wltti un Diisweretiig faith iu the l is ice of their cause, tbey gained fresh aidor, and pureued the struggle lor leu- p-n.-Cjce witb renewed energy and an uiitu.ierini; devotion, biia.l we prove ourstuVes no-wortl-y sous of each noble sires T Shall we, with re sources so muoi B'ip. ri-r to theirs, witb -an army so much Lrgcr ibwi ih.ir9, with a populi'tian fi. mOch grea'ei than theirs, lulu-r for onemoineul in tbe defence ol our I b -rtiis aud ol our nationality ? Shall we des pond and be cast down because wo have met witb ri vers, shore end there! It lull we, the fneaien of the Souih, become the hewers ot wood and the drawers ol water for a despotic and irap.acable foe' No! tbe patriotism of the people, refiatd in the crucible of ad versity, must, like pure geld, shine the brighter ; tbeir high rt a-lives nun be renewed npon the altar ot their country's iuJepend''0cx,, their willingucss to bear su3er ii)2, to five all and risk all fur tbe. Confederacy, must be re-bthTu.e'd end made apparent by their acta ol patriot ism and a votien to tbo cuu e. . Awav, then, with despondency with despair it is a disgrace to freemen -to men struggling to be free. I hey know but one resolve, but one sbibboletn, ami mat one is ; - Victorv or death." t nn laree armiea.-in the field with l)rav and accompli6bed leaders at tbeir bqad, witb a just cause, aud the far of an over-roling Provideuce what have we to fear T The water cours may be overrun by their gunboats the seacoast may bp si-l A hv thmr fl ets cities and towns may fall into their bauds but we hare tbe interior of tbe Confedera cy if need be, the woods and tin mountains ia which aud npon which to concentrate oar armies, and thence drive back and rout the ioraders of our eoiL But we need not U-ar sue a an altcrnatire. i he tnemy will be whipped at Yi.rktown and at Corinth and when his . , ..i . 1 n: i.. a: i u OrOMCO cut. n io zuiu uit- piHunuAca cu ujiuy uses w their Xortbern' boms, roul aad" dispersed, pureued br our victcrious armies then will our captured cities be'giwn tp. nd the id-peiKloee f -our.CouLeLracy. acknowieJgeo. iiiis is no VJ.e dream. It u a rtasoaa- ble bope, and one which needs but patriotism, energy aud determin tion to accomplig'L' i'ben, we a-k our readers cur whole people to cast away all feelings ol despair or de -pondeucy. Ia the words of the poet : " It is wiser and better te never cfve is. Than oace to despair ;" ; and in the language of Beauregard, to - be of gocd rilWf ftn. anoa ia inmt mnA (Znti will wot o-l n . L. .. .. ' . , - - victory." . - - Uu Dmfn ssr Uev. Jo-bso, f K jr. We extract tbe following from a letter written at Corinth, just after. Ibe battle of Sbiloh, to one ot the New Orleans journals. Tbe writer, after describing the arene in ann rJ m .. i . :! . l 0 f1fl . Io one of Ihees tenti there was enacbid a apene which rmftflPMpa nn-n ar tnd , I : -. 1 . .l unt occapkd by one of tbe efficers of tbe gallant ith Kentncky. Capt. Monroe, son of tbe venerable Jadca Monroe, bad ycceived oo tbe" batik fidd a sew and ral- -uablo recruit. He bad Served daring tbe day as one of tbe aids of Gen. Beauregard, but from his deafnesa and want of fami larky with military matters bad coacluded pthat be eould be of more aervice in awne other position. ite nao arreauy longnt in tee raoaes oi cap tain XL on- -roe' company, aud now, at night, while occupying the same tent witb tbe Captain, it ccured to him that he tiru uu mat a- iul vui wuitu,e.uiu icu u Jill HJ yfj cQrOir- ed ia tbat company. He therefore desired the oath to bs administered, wbicb was done with due solemnity t " and cow.1' said the recruit. " I will take a nirht' n. Lr. an t Haa lulh anhiiih n at la4 W A L and be reedy for a good day' figbtiBg.' Uow faithfully be kept that plcdife, bow nobly be discharged tbe obli gallon to deleud the honor and Ireedora of the Con feder al Stabs of America. Tbat man was George John, on," tbe most heroic and gilted ot a family of heroes, tbe nephew of tbe dauntless cbkf in tbe battle of tbe Thames, and tbe mua who during a long public sod private career, bad been regarded one ol the obbt of Kentucky a chival ers, tbetrna and. worthy Governor of all that was Jelt of Kentucky of which an Lunest tad true n of that old State siiould be proud. Yankhb Fbaod 'I be papets publish a Ion speech of Mr. Dawes, Chairman of a Committee on frauds in the Lincoln Congress, in which be prove by dx-um.-nts iiutd by Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War, that thut functionary obtuiued bis confirmation as Miuister to Russia t y a dt lib rate written talseiiood. His nomi: nation was res sled on. the ground that he had given v-ust swiudliDjr coutracts for arms. He wrote a fetter which was read in secret session of tbe senate, denying that he bad ever given any such contract, bat .doming that he bad alwa left such contiacts to be made by tbe heads of the appropriuie bureaux. Y hereupon Mr. Dawes gets Irom tbe War Department itself the follow ing statement,: ' ' Kutketa anil Tiiflm Contract by order of Secretary of War, ...1,834.9 0 t'ontiacts by Chief of Ordnance,. . . . v , . . 64.400 Contracts by order of Ms j. Gen. Fremont, 1,000 Contracts by order of Major P V. ilacour :.. . 1.600 . V - - . 1 003.800 Mr. Dawes showed, too, that on the very day tbat Oamcrou wrote the above lying letter to tbe Senate, he signed an extension ol au euoruiou contract for sword and pabso-j, against tbe protest of tbe Chiel of Ordnance. And this was two days alter be bad resigned a hecre tary of War, but Was still acting. Dawes says tbat Cameron did not let err one in the Department know of one of his contracts for arms till three moqths alter be had made it, ui d until three days before be resigned. ADd then tbe contractors came forward and consented to deduct $1,300,000 from the amount that Cameron bad agreed to pay them I Mr. Dawes mentioned tbe well known fact that an old feud between Cameron and Stevens, (Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Mear.s in Congress,) bad been healed by means of oer- I tain horse contracts, tbe reconciliation being celebrated Dy a great leesr. it iook iour uorsa coutracts (says he,) each for oue thousand hors. s, to settle fties ? old po litical fiulsand eve-y one of these coutrait cot the government $100,000-$400,000 in lour horse con- Ironta ami lut mt till vmi Mr SnPitlfif that: ifimo nf 4 ii rr nnru I ,i mr. n nonrtca vrKfi Aiti nnt Inrtn ft nntil in ut vyi A iuvu a uhiulo puv va va uvt nuvn va uu hAA the contracts were -made." A r.d 1 r. IIjvm nlnapH hlft iletAil nf tHifl atnnAnrlnna fiands by the folio wing statement : "In tbo hist year ol a republican administration which came into twwer upon professions of reform and retrenchment, there is indubituble evidence abroad in tbe land tbat someb idy has p'uodere I tbe public treas ury well nigb in that single year a much as tbe entire tration wbicb the people hurled from power because of its corruption." Isn't it well that the South is forever aoDarated from ' such a corrupt concern? nyetterille Ubserver. " ins r jgorks on units r aradk. Assamlig an army of six hur.lrcd thoasao.l men formed iuto line sing.e rank, i h -y will show a front of twen'y-thrtfe mile sl owing two f.et a man, which is rather cl- sd packing for free movements. We will countermarch one half the right wing atd placj them as a rear rank (the usual fi rmation), and we bave a front of eleven and a half miles, wbicb distance, they wou'd r quira when . marching in column of platoons. Should the general issimo wish to make a rapid ineppcinn, if be had the appliance of a purall. 1 railroad track, and a fast locomo tive, he may run down io front Vfjtb.e line in a quarter ol an hour, and make hasty review. If mounted on bis charger, at a smart trot, it would require over a half hour. This rpptctabl army, formed in hollow square (in double rank), would be nearly three milles from side to s dt?, showing oq each front a fraction under three miles. i ' Tbe enclosure woulel contain about 75GO acres, an sr. a equal to soma immense Indian cora fields in Illinois.' W rion mnlnK!nn Ira n.1nnn i fc mit.l w.a.!.i L.l. - o ' 1 " dui taking ti c thing easy; for the eitreme left wing to reach the point left by the right wing in theea'ly start. When we add tbe commiss'iriat, artillery, ammunition and other wheel transport, v must give the army two whole days before tbe left wing dtbmtch from tbe start ing point of the right wing, ll'thi immense army were formed iuto solid rq-iare, allowing about lour equate leet in n Mnn tk.. . . .1 n U , 1 tfl I 1. u vi iuiu, niTrj nuu u ejicr uwi iov aijrca, ftua lurui a block of bayonets a traction under a quarter of a mile (quire, Eitinuiing each nun as carrying weight of" musket, equipments, rations etc., at flrty pounds, thtg army wi'l uaVd Uulged along with 15,000 tons weight.. Alowinfj two pou i.ls of rovig oca p.'r diem for each man, tbty consume 600 tons per day, ard it they drink -oue q wi of water per day, wh eh la 'the best drink for an army, iney c Jtisu ne 1011,01111 gallons say tzuu nogs beads which is a cljver biz el ship load, each dey. : - - -- -V ... iV. Y, Journal of Cummcru. Trad ! tvllW. ' m The Dispatch a new paper published at Nashville cem,)ldins that bminesj in tbat city revives but ; slowly " that it - lacks that r?operative energy which heretofore characterize I it." It adds : Every ttrauch of bus n is prilyxed. Oar mr- chauta are d jiuu compara'.ivcly no bmioess, while tbere . ia ictrccly a branch of minurauturiag that is dung any thing at ail Tbe reason for this is that tbey have DO market: Nobody appears to bay anything bat what be absolutely wants. There is no disposition to specu late and trade languishes. There has been some little movement ia cotlou and tobacco, but it is comparative- Iv beat, not withstand ins? bmb prices would be paid br pure-baser s. Tbe trade in these staples would perhaps be larger if the shipping facilities luroiaheelby the rail roads were better. Again the same journal says : Still, we do not expect ti se at much cotton and to bacco sold bere this as in fjrm?r seasooa. Tbey may. possiDiy, do neat over tor me iau trade, under the im pression that still bigber prices will prevail. t i. t - . . . - . - . . a i. iw Ktv pfoeresa that is being madj towards re establ'ishinr the ne hhte un-n wi npvniL n rannninT.n in iu commercial prosperity of Naabville. Weeks ago it was -apparent tbat tbe merchants and traiesmeo ot Loai -ville, Cincinnati and 8r, L?ais were making prepara tions t secn-e, u possible, the lanre aud lucrative trade they had formerly drawn from Tene8ee. But, so far as Nashville is concerned, the trade haa bceo compara tively light, with oo immediate prospect of a heavy in crease. rmviTxtm on m t:0A or Bojombo. A rather start- liiff a.'Di DnciDtit a BaSde a few daje so of ibe pres ence of a Contederate privateer ia tbe l a aa see, bhe la repoiUd to have Oen failfB ia with by hrr Kaje-ty e afaip Pioneer, oa the cosat of Bornfo ; and, If Uero at all. Boat evi eetly bave beea on tbe lookout f r A merles o ahipe out ward it-MB4, tgja Id their track by ibe Palawan aa sage against tlie b. riiieterB BuxiBeoon.-Thii rumer, alaiming to Aerkrao resale, will, howtrer, be epevdily pat to rest one wey vr the other ; bat it is part oalarly -lortaoate for them tbat the federal tirrernment baa not a .mgle war reaeei of any deecriptioi in tbeet waters, eseept U baginaw, and ah i reuea and udsta.
The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.)
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