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foi gecl e^ hite mare i such per- ie person station on r the laws s no white in States , or over- in which ploy* geons THE DAIEI JUCKNAI O^FKDBRAT® STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, DEC’S. 6, 1862. Single copies of the Daily Journal will be for sale wenty ne- >s of each 1, and on i or over- might manufacture liquors from grain brought from without the limits of the State, was lost. The penalty fixed for the violation of the law, is a fine of $100 and an imprisonment of ninety days, for each offence. A section was added, making each day, ~7 or part of a day, a separate violation, and liable to the a this office immediately after the Northern and Camp mails are made up, which will be from half-past one to two o’clock, and from that time during the afternoon. Price— Scents. Another Venerable Citizen Rone. Day by day the old land-marks of our town are re moved, and death carries off our best known and most highly esteemed citizms This process is usually so gradual as not to attract peculiar attention, but this year war and pestilence have been doing their work so ruthlessly, that the absent Wilmingtonian, returning to his old home, will soon look in vain for many of his old friends. The death of E. P. Hall, Esq., who died at bis resi dence in this town yesterday evening, although uot un expected, from bis feeble health and advanced age, still severs another link that bound the present generation to the past, while ^deprives the community of one of its oldest and most respected citizens. Mr. Hall had enjoyed the confidence of the public in many capacities, as President of the Branch Bank of the State in this place, director in the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company, etc., etc. . But he pos sessed another character more precious to him than all others in the hour of dissolution. He was a sincere Christian and a good man. Ws learn that at a meeting of the Diiectors of the Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Company, held subse quent to the Stockholders’ meeting, the following ap pointments were made : S. L. Fremont, Engineer & Superintendent. J. W. Thompson, Treasurer. Louis H. DeRosset, Secretary. Wm. Smith, Transportation Agent. W. John Yopp, Acting Freight Agent. penalties of the bill. B^»We are authorized to state, that Rt. Rev. Bish op Atkinson will preach in St. James’ Church to morrow, (Sunday, Dec. 7th.) Thisis the first time that the Church has been opened for some time, we believe. No successor has yet been chosen to the lamented Dr. Drane, and, indeed, no meeting of the Vestry has yet been held. “ Zay may talk as mooch as zay please about ze re bel rums, boot by gar ! ze yellow goat of ze grande Meestare Smeet can butt harder as sev-ee-ral rams.”— Yea, verily. Exit French gentleman. A Correspondent of the Chattanooga Rebel gives the following as the contents, substantially, of the bills of fare in many of roads now-a-days. lum :— the principal hotels along the Rail- It is, as he says, substantial pabu- Frog, Owl, Black Snake, Snails in half shell, Corn Beef and Cabbage, i Kangaroo, Parsnip Jelly, Colt’s Reholvers, I Boiled Muskrat. Tender Loin of Jackass, June Bugs, Cigar Stubs, , Wood Roosters, I Mules. sours. Horse. Peanut, FISH. RELIEVES. ENTREES. BOASTS. Corn Cob, Skunk. Ball Terrier Pies, Stewed Liver, cold. Mutton and Turnips, Hens 25 years old, Arctic Liniment. Bull Beef, Toads. (Jailed Ox, Plucked Sheep GAME. Wolves, with Oyster lining, VEGETABLES t Old Boot Pies in Tan Bark, | Gotta Percha Dumplings, WINES AND LIQUORS. : Root Beer. AND DESERTS. Monkey Jelley. Ice cream made last year. The Registration. We do not feel either able or at liberty to explain all the objects proposed to be effected by the registration requested to be made here in accordance with the wish es of the commanding general. Suffice it to say that they are all objects connected with the good order of the towh at present, and its safety and defence in the event of an attack. The request, which, under the cir cumstances, ought to have the moral force of an order, is for all male citizens, and all females, heads of families to register their num s. etc. Females, heads of familes, can register through any male friend. The age is not required to be put. down. Captain Rankin will attend to the registration at the office on Front Street above Market, East side, formerly occupied by Captain Farker as Provost Mar shall’s office, to which people used to go to get pass ports. We Still Live, the reports brought by deserters to the contrary notwithstanding. We were to be attack ed this week. We have not yet been attacked, and there remain but twelve hours of the week, and six of them dark. These reports, coming from the enemy, really amount to liitle or nothing, and, as a rule, produce only evil to us, by keeping up a constant nervous excitement, of which, after a while, people get so tired that they are apt to run into the extreme of apathy and indifference. They will at length pay no attention to the cry of wolf, even when the wolt is a bondf.de animal. We beg that neither our people nor our authorities will permit themselves to become the victims of this feeling of indifference, or false security. As this war progresses,—if it continues another year—we believe that the hour of trial will come to all—certainly to all of us on the seaboard, Wilmington among j Jersey Lightning, Townsend’s Sarsaparilla, Turnip Sauce, Twigg’s Hair Restorative, Molasses Water, Weak Whiskey, Coffee Grounds, Butter Milk, Weak Tea. Prison Coffee, Yankee ampugne, Bottled Vinegar, New York Bum, Lemon Beer, Brandy, [rifle brand warranted ] N. B.—Waiters provided with Wine Cards and Slate Pen ci’s. the first, and it will lance, all the firmness, demand all the vigi- all the preparation and all the hard-fighting that each arid every man can bring to its defence, to save it from the fate of its sister towns of the Pamlico and Albemarle regions, or from what appears to most to be the still harder fate of New Or leans, Nashville and Memphis. And not only is Wil mington concerned, but the whole Cape Fear country* for if Wilmington falls, the whole of the valley drained by the Cape Fear and its affluents lies open to the ene my, certainly the whole of the lower valley. Legislature of North Carolina. In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr. Graham, from a Special Committee, made a report declaring the offices of Adjutant General, Attorney General,and Solicitor of the 4th circuit vacant. The grounds taken are that the incumbents of these offices have vacated them by accepting positions in the army. This will complicate matters very much, we think, as several persons elected by the present Legislature, as well as many of the Leg islators themselves are in the same category. The mat ter will come up on Monday. A bill relating to the salaries of Judges of the Superior Courts was passed. It provides for payment to the Judges appointed to circuits where any of the Courts cannot be held by reason of hostile occupation. An amendment offered by Mr. Ellis making the salary of Judges $2,500 was not adopted. Martial Law.—Decision of the Government. On the application of Mr. Collier, ol Petersburg, the Government has made a review of the sentence of the court martial on two cases of liquor selling in Peters burg; remitting that portion of the sentence which as sumes the right to punish citizens by personal penalties for violation of the articles of war. The following offi cial letter of Adjutant General Cooper settles the prac tice of the Government on this subject, and will there fore be scanned with interest: Adjutant and Ins. General’s Office, ) Richmond, Nov. 22, 1862, f 1 General : The csss of William H. Moore, and the ques- J tion involved in it, have been carefully re-considered, and I I am instructed to say that the directions of the President ■ conveyed in my letter of the 15th inst., will be carried into effect. The same difficulties present themselves in the case cf M. Handly, who was tried by a court martial at Petersburg, in October last, and the President directs that the decision in the case of Moore be applied to that of Handly. The articles of War provides for the trial of officers and soldiers of the army for military offences. No civilian can | be tried by a court martial under these articles except ia the cases of camp followers and retainers to the camp,&c. (See articles 60 and 96) >'r in cases provided for in articles 56 and 57, and the 2d section of article 101. Where citizens of the Confederacy offend against the military rules and or ders, the only remedy is to place them in confinement, or send them beyond the limits ot the military command. General Orders No. 11, on which your action was proba bly based, was issued in consequence of the President’s Proclimation ; but the authority for the latter having ex pired by the limitation contained in the act of Congress, ap proved April 19, 1862, some modification of the order will now be necessary. In the meantime, although th“ power to arrest offenders continues in the Provost Marshal until the order is revoked, action under the 14th paragraph re quiring them to be punished by sentence of a court martial, shouk be suspended until more' definite instructions are- communicated. Messrs. Moore and Handley must, therefore, be released from the sentence of the court, but the contraband liquors may! destroyed, or confiscated for the use of Govern ment. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, (Signed) 8. COOPER, Adj’t and Ins. General. Maj. Jen. 8. G. French, * Commanding, &c., Petersburg, Va. An Appeal to the Soldier’s Friends. In consequence of the ascertained fact, that the Con federate Government may not be able to furnish the army with shoes, an earnest appeal is hereby made, through the press of North Carolina, to the families and friends of the suffering soldiers of the 2d Regiment N. C. Troops, to take measures for the immediate sup ply of shoes, and, if possible, blankets for them. Over one hundred men in the Regiment are entirely barefoot. Many cf them made the campaign of Maryland in that condition, without tents, shoes, or adequate clothing.— Their privations and sufferings have already proved their patriotism and devotion to the sacred cause of liperty. Shall their naked exposure to the ice, snow, and cold blasts of winter be added to their trials and their sufferings? Shoes and blankets, with donor's name, sent to Rev. A. A. Watson, Goldsboro’, N. O., will be received by him, boxed up and sent for by me. All shoes or blank ets,not the gift of family or friends, shall be paid for, the price accompanying the article. W. P. BYNUM, Colonel. Strasburg, Va, Nov.,20,1862. In the House, Mr. Person ofiered a resolution au- thorizing the Select Committee to whom was referred the subject of Public Printing, to inquire whether there had been any fraud practiced in regard to the Public Printing, and by whom, authorizing them to send for persons and papers, and have oaths administered to wit nesses. Agreed to. The bill prohibiting the distillation of spirituous 17 liquors from grain passed the House, an amendment bersh oxen [uar ' n S P? providing that agents of the Confederate Government Grand Lodge of N, C. This body met in this place (Raleigh) on the 1st in stant. Quite a large delegation present for war times. The officers elect for the ensuing year are— ; E. F. Watson, of Alamance, G. W. M. Ilon. E. G. Reade, of Person, I). G-. M. John McCormick, of Harnett, G. S. W. R. K. Speed, of Pasquotank, J. G. W. C. W. D. Hutchings, of Raleigh, G. T. W. T. Bain, of Raleigh, G. S. 8. P. Horton, of Wake, S. D. D. H. Stephenson, of Wake J. D. S.'M. Parrish, of Raleigh, G. T. This Lodge is still in communication and will proba bly adjourn to-night. War, it seems, does not break down Masonry.—Raleigh Progress. From' the rictmend Enquirer, 4th inst. We noticed a few days ago some remarks of the Ral eigh “ Standard ” on the politics of North Carolina, in which this journal was largely adverted to. We recur to the subject for the purpose of making a few inquiries of our cotemporary, in order to a fair understand:! g o; its position. The “ Standard ” has been very active in organizing a party in North Carolina. It calls it the “ Conserva tive ” party, and it calls its antagonists the party of “ Destructives.” Will the Standard explain the lull meaning and reference cf these terms’? Conservative of what? Destructive of what? The only patriotic or respectable basis of party as sociation, is some peculiar view of present and prospec tive public policy, in regaid to important questions.— We can understand and respect parties thus organized. Will the “ Standard ” please tell us plainly whet are the peculiar views on which it seeks to consolidate a party? In what respect, either as to the present or ths future, does it hold sentiments and aims, not common to all the good people of North Carolina, including those whom it styles “ Destructives.” In the discussions and consultations which trans- pirtil in Virginia prior to her embarking in the revolu tion of 1776, Jefferson says, that the swift leaders, or those who were for early action, moderated their gait in the spirit of harmony, while the slow, from the same motive, hastened theirs a little ; so that in the great popular movement, u front and rear were kept together.” vVe know that in North Carolina in the present crisis, as well as in this State, there were a front and a rear, and that the “Standard” was among the very slow. In ibat time it would have been appropriate enough for it to style its party “Conservatives,” as'more anxious or hopeful than the others of preserving, consistently with honor, the forms then existing. But are not front and rear together now? Do not all assert fully, heartily ard cordially, to the action which was finally taken? Did not all cease to be Conservative of the Federal relations then existing, and ail become Des tructives, when it was demonstrated that the late Fed eral Union was inconsistent with safety and honor? If so, why talk about a Conservative par'y? To apply that term to Confederate citizens now is either an utter misnomer, or a charge of disloyalty. It is folly,.and in the present case a slander,'to cell a man a Conservative because he has been one. The present union of sentiment and purpose among I the citizens of North Carolina abolishes ail legitimate i basis for parties. 0 d issues ran their course to a prac ; tical solution, to which all consented. To recur to them , as the tests by which parties are to be arrayed now, is, in the last degree, unpatriotic and unwise. Is a social j or political difference to outlive its time, or its ghost to j stalk the earth alter itself is in its grave? Is it to be j handed down like a Scottish feud to vix a day that has I sufficient evils, and an hour that has troubles enough ot I its own ? It is r ally incomprehensible to us how, in a I time when the country is bleeding at every pore, and I fighting for life, it should be decided by any one to ! alienate the mutual affections of the people of a great Commonwealth by party squabbles over dead questions ! The “ Standard ” would seem to say that, in conse quence of proscription by these lately in power, the pos session of the spoils of office is the issue between the two parties. The very idea is nauseating at a time like this. But if it was necessary to squal ble for them, and to form parties on that basis, why not call them the proscription and anti-proscription parties, in accor- i dance with the alleged issue? The “ standard ” urges I its “ party,” now that it is in power, to “retaliate strictly in self-defence,” by driving from office, high or low, every one who is not a so called conservative ! This is proscribing proscription with a vengeance !— after the manner of the bloody Granger of Harrison’s administration. The people see in all this the mere lust of office I Why will a victorious “ party ” attempt to cover such proscription with the poor pretence that it is in “ sel'-defence?” As well might a General mur der bis disarmed captives on the plea of “ self-defence.” It is simply interested revenge. It is a tomahawking of captives for their spoils. We pasi no judgment between the “ parties” as to the alleged and denied proscription ot the past. We are not familiar with the facts We know, indeed, that the Raleigh “ State Journal ” was public printer, in stead of the “ Standard,” which may, perhaps, have been a very grievous wrong. But if a good example is r.ever to be set—if a very party which gains power by appealing to the popular sentimentofjustiee against proscription, deludes itself with the idea that “ retaliation strictly in self defence ” requires it to far outstrip the alleged crimes of its predecessor, we do not see but that North Carolina is to be the prey of spoils-seekess through all time—taking an entire new set at each turn of the po litical wheel. Is the “ Standard’s ” party organization based upon the past? That would be very bad. Is it based upon the spoils? That vould be very odious. Does it im ply a difference of aim and sentiment respecting the present and the future? We address this last question particularly to the “ Standard,” because we sometimes see remarks in its columns which we do not understand. For instance, in the issue now before us, speaking of the “ national men,” (we suppose it means its “ conser vatives.") it says they “ were opposed to the destruction of the old governmant.” Does this mean they opposed it at the time it was done? Doesit intimate that they have any lingering regret to indulge, any remaining wrath to nurse and gratify, at the expense of the com mon harmony? Doesit indicate any lurking hope or desire lor restoration and reconstruction? We tell-rhe Standard frankly- that such equivocal expressions are not suited to the times. -When struggling hand to band and for life, with an enemy that has filled the whole cir cle of atrocities, and filled every loyal bosom with a vir tuoue and inextinguishable rage and indignation, it is not agreeable to bear implied laments over the dissolu tion of an association which would now be to the last degree detestable, and expressed in terms which do not exclude the idea that the “ conservatism ” of other days is still dear to the affections,- and that what is so great ly lamented would be gladly restored. The “ Standard” makes one of its accustomed at tacks on the Administration, and upon the “ Enquirer” for being friendly to it. The accusation is best answer ed and our own course abundantly sustained by a reso lution unanimously passed by the North Carolina House of Commons, on the very day, and perhaps at the very hour, when the editor of the “ Standard ” was writing his severe accusations. It reads thus : Resolved, That we have full confidence in the ability and patriotism of His Excellency, President Davis, ana that his administration is entitled to the cordial sup port of all patriotic citizens. We are “ patriotic citiz ns ” and we yield the “ cor dial support ” to which President Davis’ administra tion is “ entitled,” in the unanimous judgment of the North Carolina House of Commons. The Sa da d pursues a A fferent course, and thus falls under ^unani mous” condemnation in the house of hs friends, or where his friends have a decided majority. According to its own friends the Standard is utterly derelict in an obvious patriotic duty. We are happy in this proof that while North Carolina may indulge the Standard as to the spoils, she will shun its mischievous senti meats. b Vaccination. Vacca is the Lutin word for cow ; Vaccinia is th, Latin word and scienentific name for cow pox, Vuccin "Urn the name for the process by which the vaccine 1 sense (Vaccinia, Cow-pox, Kine-pox,) is produced in a human being. More than sixty years ago it was dis- covered that persons who had caught the cow-pox from cows affected with this disease could not take the small pox. The Southern Confederacy, in an interestin', ar tide on the subject says: • " i Sixty years ago (May 14,1796,-) matter was taken ii-om the baud of Sarah Nelmas, a dairy maid, who had been affected by her master’s cows, and inserted into the arms of James Phipps, a healthy boy about ei^ht years old. Co the 1st of July small pox matter, fresh from pustule, was carefully inserted in several pla-esin hr- arms, but no disease followed. If small-pox matter be inserted trader the skin of a healthy individual, he will have small pox ; if the sal; va ota mad dog be inserted hydrophobia will follow' as if a lymph from a cow-pox vesicle be inserted cow’ pox may be looked for as the natural conkequehce— But if putrid matter from an ulcerous sore be used it will be as likely to produce hydrophobia, measles’ or whooping-cough, as cow-pox. In fact, it will produce nothing but ulcerative and erysipelatous inflimmation which may even go so far as to endanger the life of the patient. Let it, then, be clearly understood that vaccinnation is the production of cow-pox.by the insertion of cow pox matter from a cow-pox vesicle. This matter should be taken from the vesicle on the eighth day after its i n . sertion, in order to propagate most surely the vaccin in faction. PROGRESS OF THE VACCINE INFECTION. For one or two days after the insertion of the vac- cine lymph there is scarcely anything to be seen at the point of introduction. On the third day there is a lit. tie redness; on the forth or filth day the vesicle begins to appear. This vesicle resembles a very small blister tilled with clear water. It couth ues to enlarge from day to-day, until the eighth day, [one week after the first insertion,j when it measures from a quarter to ball an inch across. The vesicle is lower at the center than at the circumference. The clear lymph is not contained in one single chamber, but in ten or twelve, or even fourteen separate cells, so that one may be opened by a puncture without letting out the entire contents cf the vesicle. Until the ninth day the redness around the vesicle extends to only a small distance from it. Af er this it spreads much farther, and the areola is formed. This areola is a circular read border, which continues to in crease until the eleventh or twelfth day, when its color begins to fade. By this time a brown or mahogany, colored crust has formed over the vesicle. This becomes harder, and falls off on the twentieth day. The ecar is less than half an inch in diameter, circular, depressed with a well marked edge, and dotted with little pits’ from five to twelve in number, corresponding to the cells of the vesicle. There is usually some fever on the ninth, tenth, and .eleventh days. Painful swellings in the armpit begin frequently on the seventh day. If the vaccination be successful, and the patient be vaccinated in the other arm, four or'five days after the first insertion of the virus, the second set of vesicles, though beginning so much later, will catch up with the others, so that from the ninth day after the first vacci nation, they will closely resemble the first set, always being, however, much smaller. HOW TO VACCINATE. Che week after the insertion of the vaccine lymph, the resulting vesicle furnishes lymph cf the best, quality for transfer to other arms. Physicians frequently defer vaccination until the tenth or twelfth day. In’ many instances, even at this advanced stage, the perulent lymph will produce the proper infection, but it is far more reliable on the eighth day, just one week after the first insertion.. The vesicle should be carefully punctured with a lance, needle, knife or any other suitable instrument, and the clear transparent lymph which comes forth' should be neatly inserted under the cuticle of the left arm of the person to be vaccinated. It should be in troduced in three or four places, an inch apart. This introduction may be effected by pricking the skin with a needle cr making a superficial puncture with a lancet. If there be much bleeding, it is to be feared that the lymph will not be introduced. With care it is easy to vaccinate 20 or 30 persons from one vesicle, the small est quantity being sufficient. The Federal Fifteen Inch Gun.—The Federals appear to have a great deal of trouble with the terrible weapons with which they intend to “ wipe out” the South. The new Monitor Passaic has made another unsatisfactory trial of her fifteen inch gun—of which, the Cincinnati Gazette says : A skillful gunner might throw a shell into a porthole large enough for these guns ; therefore the porthole was fixed for firing through without protruding the gun, being little larger than the ball. The first fire was as much as the crew cared to risk in that experiment.— The smoke and flame filled the turret. Then a flange was fitted to the muzzle of the gun and the curve of the turret to increase the space. The last trial was of this contrivance. Thirty-five pounds of powder and a hol low shot were fired. The concussion lifted the perfora ted shield plates on top of the turret, one of which fell on Captain Worden’s loot. The volume of flame from the muzzle set the tackle for hoisting the shot on fire, burned the eyebrows and hair of one of the gun crew, and the force of the gas tore off the flange. It was found also that although the extra flange might fit the inside curve of the turret, the gun must recoil before the charge left it. It was rather queer that ordnance officers should have to experiment to find that out.— The result proved that the porthole must be enlarged so as to let the muzzle of the gun protrude, or some sliding arrangement like the joints of a telescope must be con trived to keep up the connection with the porthole I while the gun recoils. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. Preaching is expected in the Front Street Baptist Church, to-morrow, (7th igst.) FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 4.—Bacon 50 to 55; Lard35; Beef 8 to so at retail-on food 12J; Beeswax 60; Butter 75 to SI ; Chickens 40 to 50: Copperas Si at tetaiL CO™”" els: Cotton Yarn $3 to *5 per onoeh ; Eggs oo ^er doze , Flaxseed $2 per bushel; Flour—Family 27 60, super 26 50 , Grain-Corn $2; Wheat 4 50; Rye 3 50 to $4; ^ts, non in market; Peas $2; Hides—Green 40 to 45; ^Y 60 . 1 . 0 Iron—Swedes 30 per lb : Leather-Sole $3 per lln, Upper 3 50; Liquors-Corn Whi.ky SO to $10 ; Apple Brandy » Brand? to $t0; Molasses—N. 0. pe> gallon’by the bbl.; Ms-Very light stock on band; °““ S3 ner bushel; Pork 174 to 21; Hire-7j ot ». »I" ^WS ^^ ^^ S^S uK!pe^s Sweat Potatoes# to 1 60; Tallow 55; Wool 1 50 to 1 (5.
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