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BI TELEGRAPH DIED. FOR THE JOURNAL. miNOBTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Baleigh, Dec. 5th, 1862. v .terday the Committee on the subject, reported that flees of Assistant General, Attorney General, and So- ‘ for the Fourth Circuit were vacated by the incum- accepting commissions in regiments of North Caroli- tocos This will cause a stir, as many of the members lAssembly are in the same predieament, and two of the tutors lately elected held commissions when elected — ’day the Committed on Military Affairs reported a bill for ’ms for home defence, it provides for volunteers, and Mises five thousand (5,(100) men, between the ages of - 140 to be tendered to the Confederate Government, Reserved for.the State. The Revenue bill has been re ’rted It will be much amended. The bill to establish Eighth Judicial Circuit, pasted to day. itor ARI: IVAL OF BRIDGE BURNERS. • Lynchburg, Va., Dec Sth, 1862. Twenty-two bridge burners arrived here this evening, on Ie Western train, who were arrested in Georgia, charged it being engaged in burning bridges, &c. They will leave jr Richmond to-morrow. FROM FREDERICKSBURG. Richmond, Dec. 5th, 1863. Yankee Gunboats proceeded up the Rappahannock River pday, and when opposite Port Royal our batteries opened jtbeni. The Yankees returned the fire. No further par- solars. Burnside seems to be following the oecupation of his fedeeessors. He has taken to ditching on the other side ; the Rappahannock, in the mud, and dare not venture ;ross for fear of falling on a Lee shore, with a Stone-wall i the rear. Itbas been, raining incessantly, which renders the roads ^passable, and consequently renders army movements im- ta c tic able for some days. FROM CHARLESON—NORTHERN NEWS. Charleston, Dec. Sth, 1862. The Fa-mouth correspondent of the New York Herald, [the 29th ult , says that the bombardment of Fredericks- nrg has been postponed for good reasons, but not indefi- itely. He states from three to seven months have elapsed since je army of the Po’omac have been paid. The Yankees have constructed a corderoy road from quia Creek to Stafford Court House, and built a Railroad nidge over Poomac Creek. The Philadelphia Inquirer observes, editorially, that the ruiy of the Potomac will win Richmond on the Rappahan- lock, but that the army of James River will occupy Rich- nond. The Herald abuses the Inquirer for this statement, s divulging military secrets to the rebels. The Democrats carried the New Haven election on the Sth nlt. The trials of Fitz John Porter by court martial, and luel) and McDowell by courts of inquiry, are progressing. The Herald announces the abandoning of Holly Springs y the rebels. Grant’s forces had occupied Hudsonville. The rebel cavalry captured the town of Henderson, on te Mobile & Ohio Railroad, on Tuesday week, burning the tation and capturing a Yankee company there. From the Atlanta, Ga., Intelligencer. Plot to Burn the Bridges of the State Road De- tected. We have before us a letter addressed by an officer of the State Road at Daltou, to Mr. E. B. Walker, the Master of Transportation at this place, from which we make the following extract: “ The news was brought here this evening, (Pec. that some four or five men have been arrested in and near Ringgold. It seems hat one of these men was playing the idiot, when some persons had him arrested and pretended they were going to hang him, when, ter rified, he said he would reveal all he knew. It had been planned, he said, to burn the bridges of the State Road on Monday night next; that, in ail, there were twenty- one of them to do this work. Upon this revelation, the citizens generally bad-turned out in search of the party. I now await further information, and have notified cur watch to increase their vigilance. I understand by Mr. Lochman, two men, pretendedly idiots, have been arrested to-day at Resacca, and have sent word by the down train to hold oa to them.” It is more than probable that the plot referred to above, and others similar to it, do exist, and wul be at tempted to be executed at some time, while the enemy are near to ns in North Alabama and in lennessee.-— The destruction of the bridges of the State Road would be, to the Aboltionist hovering near the Georgia line in those two States, worth more than a victory over fifty thousand of our best troops in either of those States. — The advantage to them, and the loss to the Confederacy cannot be calculated. Hence, the utmost vigilance ol an active, reliable, and strong, force is required to keep oil bridge burners during this winter and the coming spring. The Lincoln Government, and its General now in command of the I'ennessee forces, Rosencranz, would not hesitate a moment to give any reward demanded to any set of rascals who would destroy the bridges of the State Road. The guard now on duty to protect them is too small. It should be largely increased, and be made as efficient as possible. At his residence in this town, on yesterday afternoon, at 4 o’clock, EDWARD P. HALL, ^^ Ja^ his funeral The friends of the family are invitedto attend hi the first to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, ** 3 o c 10 ^!??^ * Presbyterian Church, thence to Oakdale Gemete y. At Kinston, on the 13th November, of W 1 ™ 1 DANIEL BUIE, of Bladen County, Private Co. (1) Stu ■ C. Troops, aged about 25 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T WO VOLUMES—Mobile edition. A large supply re- ceived th ; s morning at Drc. 6th,1862. - WHITAKER 8 BOOK STORE. FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR. P ARTIZaN LEADER; Southern Spy; Manual for the bayonet; Volunteer’s Manual; Battle of Bet } e • 1 ec ^ Battle of Manasses; Heavy Artillery. A large lot of each just received, at Dec. Gth, 1862. WHITAKER’S BOOK STORE. THE SECOND BATTLE OF BETHEL, WITH SKETt HE8 of the recent campaign in A ortbern Virginia and on the Upper Potomac—prepared from official material—by author of -‘First year of the War. Just published and for sale, at armor? Dec. Gth, 1862. WHITAKERS BOOKSTORE^ “FUN FOR THE CAMPS,” A T Dec. 6th, 1862. WHITAKER’S BOOK STORE. 100.000 ENVELOPES IN STORE AND FOB Dec. 6*1,”1862. 8Sle ’ WHITAKSB S BOOK STORE. B bautiful English cap, Letter and Note paper in any quantity, for sale at Dec. 6th, 1862. WHITaKER’S BOOK STOFE Deplorable Condition of New Orleans.—“ Her- jes,” the Richmond correspondent of the Charleston lerewy furnishes the subjoined melancholy details of ie condition of the people of New Orleans : The attention of our Government has been called to ie deplorable condition of New Orleans, where 60,000 eople have preserved their property by taking a forced ath of allegiance to Lincoln, and upwards of 2’0,000 ave refused to do so, and have openly registered them- elves as enemies of the Abolition tyranny at Wesh- Dgton. These last are compelled to remain in the city rod witness the sale of tbeir entire furniture and bouse- jold effects by imported Yankee auctioneers. These ffects are nought by Yankees and shipped North at ince. Houseless and homeless, the 20,000 patriots nust starve or take the oath of allegiance in order to jet a permit to leave the city. It is proposed, in the ibsence of any practical relief, that this system of wholesale robbery be laid before the civilized world by >ur Government. Sea Sickness.—We find in a late number of Silliman's Journal, a paper by R. M. Bache, of the U. 8. Coast Sur rey, on the “Physiology of Sea Sickness,” Prof. Bache isserts the theory that this distressing malady is not i disease of the stomach, but of the brain, and arises from the fact of the mind not being able to understand the vary ing motions of the boat as rapidly as the senses feel them, Ihns causing a conflict of impressions and a consequent affection of the brain, which in turn deranges the neivous system, and produces nausea. The smell of food, close air, and similar matters may aggravate the disease, but are not the primary cause of it. As soon as the mind is educated up to a point that enables it to conceive the idea of each motion as soon as it is felt, see sickness ceases. Prof. Bache recommends persons going on board a vessel to eat an ordinary meal, and whilst on board to comfort as closely as possible to their habits whilst on land. The deck is the best place to remain during sea sickness, as the sight cau there be best educated to the movements, and the fresh air has also a good effect. A steady gaze at the horizon enables the suff erer to quickly estimate the move ments of the ship. If it is possible choose a position amid ships on deck, spread a mattress, lie down and look out at the horizon, and then all has been done that can be done to prevent or cure sea sickness. Merchant Gamblers.—“Burleigh,”the New York correspondent of the Boston Journal, tells the follow ing story in a recent letter: “Two merchants of New York met for a game of change—in other words, to gamble. Both are well known. Both of them have been very rich, and one is so still. But reverses, and perhaps gambling, has brought one down to $150,000. The game run on.— The $150,000 man held a high hand. He proposed a game of bluff. It was accepted, if the stakes should be the full sum of $150,000. Confident of winning, it was accepted. T he game was against him and be went out abegger. He come in the next day and paid up like a m an. His generous antagonist, in consideration of his honorable conduct in paying this debt of honor, made him a presant of $50,000 to begin the world new.— The fortunate winner can be seen any pleasant after noon with his spanking team on Central Park.” The Federal Indian compaign has been closed for the prepant in the Northwest. The savages have been subju gated and scattered. BAGS! BAGS!! FOR SALT AND GRAIN. 5,000 JUST MADE, in the beat manner. Call quick and secure them at Bec. 5, 1862. BALD WIN ’ S—BALD WIN’S—B ALDWIN’S, 38 Market street, Wilmington, N. C. 49-eodtf Burns! tie. A correspondent of the Grenada (Miss.) Appeal, giv ing some facts of the life and career of Gen. Burnside, adds: Burnside’s most intimate personal friends, Generals Heth, Maury, Field and others, are on the Southern side, fighting the battle of freedom and independence. On repeated occasions Burnside is said to have behaved with unexpected courtesy towards the Confederates, more especially in the Roanoke Island affair, where the lamented O. Jennings Wise was killed, and in his bear ing towards non-combatant citizens of Fredericksburg and its neighborhood, one or two of whom he certainly discharged from arrest, though they had been appre hended by special order of Stanton, Lincoln’s Secretary of War. To a gentleman, whose name and country it is not necessary to give, burnside declared, Jees than three months ago, that when this war upon the South became a war tor the extermination of slavery, he should resign bis commission. The proclamation has been published se-eral weeks, and he has not resigned—on the contrary, he takes command of the grand army of invasion, and comes to incite the slaves to revolt in the spirit of his master. Doubtless, when Burnside made that speech about resigning, he was sincere and really meant it. But the temptation of military fame was too strong. Indeed, holding office under Lincoln at all is well calculated to degrade a gentlemen. He serves a scoundrel, and so serving, by degrees becomes like even unto him, or, as Shakspeare expresses it in one of the noblest of his sonnets, his “ Nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer’s hand.” As for high military genius and capacity of manceu- vering great armies in the field, if these qualities belong to Burnside, he has yet to show them to the world, and the Examiner is right in saying that we could wish nothing better than that he should yield to the clamor of the Abolitionists and make a winter march upon Richmond. McClellan, whose honest predilections and convic tions—so far as he promised such—were with the South, was bribed and bought for the North by the expecta tion and honor of succeeding to General Scott. It is in keeping with retributive justice that Burnside should supercede McClellan. Burnside’s talents, as far as we are informed, are me chanical and constructive rather than military. A specimen of his breech-loading carbine with which he attempted a large job from the Government, and on which he spent large sums, may be seen (or was lately to be seen) in the store of J. E. Adger & Co., opposite the Courier office. It possesses some merits, and is one of the four kinds of breech-loaders—the Sharis’, Smith’s, Maynard’s and Burnside’s—that have been mentioned favorably by official boards of trial and examination. Charleston Courier. The Cotten Excitement In India, The vigorous efforts put forth by England to obtain cotton frota her own colonies have produced an extra ordinary degree of activity in India. A Calcutta let ter to the London Times says : At present it is striking to observe the way in which cotton is pouring into Calcutta. The jetties on the Hoochly and the turucks on the Jine are covered with great bags, unscrewed, and, in some cases, almost un sewn. No care has been shown in packing it, and little is given by the railway officials in the transit.— The road and the river are often covered with it; natives as they pass, and the birds of the air, help themselves to it; and all because there are no screws in the interior. Yet, so largely have prices risen in the interior that it can afford to pay the high rates demanded necessarily by the railway for cotton so packed. Little above thirty hundred weight of unscrewed cotton can be stowed away in one wagon, and each wagon costs from thirty to thirty-five rupees, and at that sura hardly pays. This rupee a hundred weight to transport cot ton from Agra and Allahabad to Calcutta is due solely to the want of screws. The river presents a similar scene. Great boats, which are as safe as they are unwieldy and unshapely, are borne down the current out to Calcutta. This is the result of prices having at last risen above the level of 1859, when they reached their highest point during the past twenty years. Fortunately, too, the rise took place about sowing time, and the fact that native capi talists are eager for cotton, gives the people, so often deluded by the fickelness of Manchester, confidence in the permanence of the rates. So long ago as the close of July, fifty-four shillings per pound of eighty-two pounds was the rate at Mirzapore and Ghazeepore, and this is higher than has ever been known. But the cot ton seems to be most filthy, and has never been so much adulterated as within the last ten years. Formerly each kind of cotton had its own peculiar failing, but now all are bad alike. Compta, which bad only seed, is now weighed in addition with stones and dirt, while Broach and Dhollera, which were only dirty, are now as full of seed also as Compta. Worse than this, mixing has bean added to the baser kind of adulteration, and bad cotton has been packed with all the well known and dis tinctive marks of what is good. HORSE FOR SALE. A FINE BAY HORSE, 6 years old; Apply to Dec. 6. 1862. S. BEAR & PRO. 49-12t* STEAM LUMP AND BOILER FOR SALE, SUITABLE FOR SALT WORKS. Dec. 6,1862. 50 Apply to T. K. COLVILLE. 49-lw* CHAMPAGNE FOR SALE. CASES OF CHAMPAGNE* and OLD BURGANDY PORT for sale by Dec. 6th 1862 i5 8HARP3TEEN & CORNEHLSEN. 49 Iw sugar—Sugar. HHDS. Ne' Dec. 6th, 1862 Orleans brown Sugar. For sale by .8. BEAR & BROTHER- 49-121* SCOTCH SNUFF AND TOBACCO. S AHA L8 SCOTCH SNUFF, in 8 lb. boxes; L 2,000 lbs. superior Smoking Tobacco. 3 For sale by 8. BEAR & BROTHER. Dec. 6th, 1862 49-12t» EXECUTRIX’ NOTICE. T HE UNDERSIGNED having qualified at September Term, A. D., 1862, of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of New Hanover County, as Executrix upon the last will and testament of Owen L. Fillyaw, deceased hereby gives notice to all persons having claims against said estate to present the same duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, otherwise this notice will be plead in barof their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. JULIA G. FILLYAW, Executrix. Dec. 6th, 1862. 49-lm&ll-3m A Federal View of “the .Situation.”—The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times, in a recent letter, says : Great pains have been taken to produce the impres sion that all that was necessary in order to bring on a general engagement was for our army to march to wards the rebels. Never was there a greater mistake. It is idle to deny that the events of the last four months have demonstrated that General Lee is a master of the art of war. One of the principles upon which that art is founded consists in avoiding battle whenever it is de sirable to do so. It has been desirable for the rebels to do so ever since the battle of Antietam. They desire to draw our army as far from Washington as possible, and as near to their line of defenses on the Rappahannock as they can. It is in General Lee’s power to decide when and where he will fight, and no general on our side, even if he had advanced against him a month ago, could have forced him to fight except at his (Lee’s) own time, and on ground of his own choosing. It will be so now. The battle, if er e takes place, will be fought just where Gen. Lee wishes it to be, and not until he is ready. This is a fact for which no one is or can be to 4 blame. When we make war in an enemy’s counp/y we have to accept all the conditions of war. And it is one of theso conditions, and an imperative one, that an army occupying the position held, by Gen. Lee cannot be forced to tight until they wish to do so, or until they have retired to their base. The Federal Confiscaiian Act Decided, to bo Uncon stitutional. Fron the Maysville (Ky.) Eag’e, Nov. 6.] At the present session of the Mason circuit court, the Hon. L- W Andrews, circuit judge, presiding, an action for the recovery of a note of $5,000, instituted by Rebecca Doniphan. Jno. Doniphan, and James Doniphan, against Darius Norris, was tried. The defendant, in his answer to he action, averred that the plaintiffs James Doniphan and Rebecca Doniphan, at the commencement of the present obel ion, were citizens of Missouri, bur sympathising with the rebel cause, had removed to the State of Aikansas, *here ’h- plaintiff Janies Doniphan, had tnered the pervice as an officer in the rebel army, and had so continued. ■ That the plaintiff, Rebecca Doniphan, had removed to one oi the receded States, and was there giving aid and comfort to those in rebellw n against the lawful government of the United States, ard that each had, consequently, forfeited to ths government their property, money, choses in actions etc., under the provisions of the confiscation act, the President having issued bis proclamalion as provided for by said act, warning all those in rebellion to return to their al'egiance, more than six y days before the commencement 1.4 the action, and that plaintiffs, notwithstanding the pro clamation, continued their rebellious practices. This defense brought directly before the court the con stitutionality of that section of fh* confiscation act which declares that of all who shall for sixty days after the Presi dent’s proclamation continue in rebellion, th^ir property hall be forfeited to the government,;-nd authorizes the Presi- :ent to seize it and appropriate it to the Uni ed States.— the act further declares that it shall be a bar to all actions to plead and prove that the plaintiff is in rebellion against the government. , The 2d section of the 3d article of the Constitution of ’he United states says: “Ihe Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason; but no attainder shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.” If the object and intentions or the confiscation act is to work a forfeiture of the estate of the rebel without previous indictment, trial and con viction for the crime of treason in a court of competent jurisdiction, as argued, then in the judgement of the court it was a clear infraction of that portion of the Constitution quoted above. In sustaining this view of the question, the court aptly alluded to the practical working of the law, if carried into execution. In effect it clothes every judicial officer, from the chief justice of the United States down to the police judge of the pettiest village, with power indi rectly to try every suitor, plaintiff in his court, for treason —and that, too, not under the regulations governing crimi nal trials, but according to pracice of the civil tribunal, oftbe country. Then, too, the citizen, under thia laws might be deprived of his property by judgment of civil courts, and afterward upon indictment and trial in the criminal courts be pronounced innocent. EXECUTRIX’S SALE. O N Thursday, 18th inst., the undersigned, as Executrix of the last will and testament of the late O. L. Fillvaw, will sell, at public auction, at the plantation of the deceased, four miles from town, all the perishable property, con sisting ®f Corn, Fodder, Potatoes, Pork, Beef and Stock of Cattle, Goats and Stock Hogs, and Farming Utensils. Also at the same time and place the land will be rented out for the ensuing twelve months. On the next day, or 19th inst., at the late residence of said deceased, in the town of Wilmington, all the House hold and Kitchen Furniture. Also a small lot of Tar, Tur pentine and sundries about the still yard. Terms—Cash on delivery. JULIA G. FILLYAW, Executrix. Dec. 5th, 1862. 49-101* SI0 REWARD. &S I WILL PAY the above reward to any person who may apprehend and deliver to me my boy R'JFUS A He is about 25 years old, light mulatto, small aize, and pleasant spoken. B. F. MITCHELL. Dec. 6, 1862. 49 Iw AUCTION SALES. BY S. M. WEST, AUCTIONEER. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. ON THURSDAY, December 11, 1862, at 11 o’clock, A. M., will be sold, at S. W. West’s Auction Room,— Allthe HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, belonging to the Estate of Marsden Crapon, deceased. JACOB A. 8. PRICE, Adm’r. Dec. 5, 1862. 48-ts CATCHING SHADOWS. VANORSDELL’8 Photographic Gallery has just been re-opened with a full assortment of cases, plain and fancy frames, Breast Pins, &c. Those wishing Pictures can now be accommodated. C. M. VANORSDELL, Photographist. Dec. 6,1862. TAKEN UP. COME TO MY PEN, one Yoke of OXEN. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take them away. W. G. DAVIS. November 27th, 1862.—41-lm* 49-3t* Wilmington. Nov. 25th, 1862. BY ORDER OF GEN. WHITING. flIHE undersigned assumes command of the Military Po- 1 lice of the city of Wilmington. The following regulations are published for the informa tion of all concerned : 1st. All officers and soldiers of the different commands visiting the city must have proper written authority. 2d. Officers exercising separate commands, entitled to visit the city on their own leave, are required to report to the Adj’t Gen’l at Headquarters, immediately after their ar rival. 3d. AU officers (except those exercising separate com mands) are required to register their names at the office ol the “ Commandant of Military Police” immediately after their arrival. Officers not registering, will be consid- ed absent without leave, and arrested 4th. Belling spirituous liquors is forbidden from this day. All offenders will be summarily dealt with. Sth. No disorderly behaviour, or riotous assembling, wil' be allowed on the streets of the town, and all persons found intoxicated will be arrested. 6th. Negroes visiting the town must have a written per mit for the visit, and each permit must give such a descrip tion as will enable the police to identify the bearer. 7th. At 9 o’clock, F. M., all negroes must be in their quarters. Sth. Negroes found idling on the streets, will be put to work on the entrenchments. 9th. Livery Stable keepers are prohibited from hiring hor ses or conveyances to negroes on any pretence. 10th. No officer or soldier will be permitted to leave the town by the cars without written permission from the Head-Quarters of the General Commanding. 11. All seaworthy boats are to be kent above the Market dock. No boat will be al owed to pass below the Market dock after dark. Any one attempting to pass, will be tired on ^ the sentinels on the dock and at the guard-1 ouse. ihe citizens, and all officers and soldiers are earnestly requested to report any infraction of the above regulations, ana to co-operate with the Military Police in preserving ordor inthecity. W. B. G. ANDREWS,. [39-ti] Capt. Commandant oi Military Police. THOSE OFFICERS npHAT have been accommodated by me with Uniforms X some months ago, will be kind enough to reciprocate by settling ’their bills at once. Nov. 17th, 1862 J. McCORMICK. 32-tf SALT MAKERS, GRAIN DEALERS, &C., WANTING BAGS, can be supplied by LEAVING ORDERS. .THE BAGS WILL HOLD 2g BUSHELS— made with ribbed seam—very strong. These leaving orders at once can be supplied first at Nov. AT Nov. 28th, 1862 BALDWIN’S, 38 Market Street. 42-eod-tf LARGE IRON SAFE FOR SALE 24th, 1862 BALDWIN’S. 38-tf Quartermas Ka’s Department, ) ^nmi gton, N 5 D Det , 1 62. j SPECIAL REQUEST. ' A LL PERSONS having claima against mis department ior rent. hire, oi services tor he paa eight months, wid present them immediately at the tffice of Dec. 5th,1862 O. W. sTY ON, C'apt. & A. Q M. 4>2t A LARGE SUPPLY of late publications received this morning—direct from pre.s at Dec. 5 h, 1862. WHIT KER'S BOCK STORE. O NE OF TH PRETTIEST LOTS OR WRITING PAPER and Envelopes received since the war, in stoie and for sale now, at Dec. 5ih, 1862. WHITAKER’S BOOK STORE. P ortraits of a good many of the Yankee Gentiah; also “ Fun for the c amps,” published only two months ago in New York City, can be seen at Dec. 5th, 1862. . WHITAKER’S BOOK STORE. BAYING RECHEiiED I ENTIRELY from the effects of the yellow fever, I have J returned business again, opening with a large stock of elegant Military Goods, Cre^shaw and N. U. Cassimeres, suitable for officers Uniforms, at Nov 17th, 1862 J. McCORMICK’S, Market Street. 32 tf EMBROIDERED COLLARS L^OR STAFF OFFICERS, Infantry, Cavalry and Artil- JU lery, at J. McOORMiCK’B, Nov. 17th, 1862 Market Street. 32-tf
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