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x i'UE DAILY JOURNAL (RI'KUKHATK STATIC O AHICtlCA Wilmington, n. c. fbidat.jauab.t is. tset. BEE AUCTION' 8ALE4 O.Y 4 TH PAUK. A iw Cabui bm bee placed sn rjr JJpjer Rout. from North slot of Market below Front Ktreet, all above, t&bcribtra ftn aaid route fil rg to receive tbetr paper will pleaM Lotiiy n at tta ccnatinr deak. . - - - ........ Wido wib that UoL Thabh cou'd only realiz the fact tbat more than one half of the Ion g- windej din patches to Ma pre, ditcd at Richmond," and signed Smith," cou'd be very easily difptnttd with. Look at the ttoff sent to-day. What d.j wo care about the num ber of patents granted t$ suV jccti of the K ing of Bava riaf f- That inrely could very wi ll have waitrdtbere srilar courga of tie mails. Expenses are already heavy eooojh without being taxeJ for Mr. Smitb'1 lucubra tions. We tkn't think It epa.ntial th it wa Bbould pay telegraphic rotes for the private Opinion cf any in tuber of the Smith family. . It If afnoet lmp-sible for the sama generation which efllcta a revolution, to p .y all it txpenscs, and the attempt, if made, is almost certain to fail. The toppajfl of p.oduclion incidental to a state of war the derangement of businrgs and currency the physi cal hardships necessarily entailed npoa a pcoplj bo en gaged are of therm-elves hard enough to be borr.e, with out tryicg to pay the enormous expenses tf a wastifu1 and dcglructive war. ; Congress should tax with the via w of reducing the volume of tie currency and of giving a guarantee to the bolters cf the evidences of public debt, but, at the ami' tinvj Congress .mn.9tb(j sward. that iwru l a limit to the power of the people to bear t&x ttion, and a sadden and violent depletion may have the . effect of paral'iziig the energies of the country, and 10 fur weakening its recuperative power ns Beriounly to jeopardiza the cause of Southern iudrpcodtne-c. Tbcre is no reuBon why the present generation should pay all the cost ol Ccd?i derate independence, but, on the contrary, ty generation that conns after should bear its full proportion, fur it Hill be much belter able to doit. Under all circumstances the people now in the Confederacy must end will suffer their full share. 8. W. Wiiitaker, Esq , has purchuoed the Chailotte Bulletin froraE. II. Uritton, Esq., and now appcais editor and proprietor ol tl.at paper. We think Mr. Whitaekr will make an interesting publication. J Ie is a gocd bUointS3 man, and nn intelligent writer. We wish bioi theb-Bt euce si. KiwirirKii Cuakok. Wu. F. G. DuFontaih "l'er sinno" ha bocome tbu editor and proprietor of tb Co lumbla Suulk Carolinian, having purohai.id tbit fcatablitji. tuent from Pit. R. W. Uioki. It a. DFoktaiK ia Wfll known to th country an one of tbe bent vritara lu l he Coiifederiio;. Jl; amtrcitla i IIkn htTjmkou n., a tioo juct. Tlw Corclmian w ill, no e'eubt, pxrima and hold a L'gh jio-HIun. Ibesk would appear to bt no doubt tl the d ath of Arch bidhop llcuuiis, ol New York, lie was to hae been buried on ThurjJay of list week. j For the JnrtiaT. Ft Jams Rbctout, Jan. Hth, 1C4. Mtttrt, Fulton A Price ntliukh : 1 mw in yourlnuue of yettiMrfa an appfal made t bonalf ef Mm VN'r ght, wHow of Dr. WfRlit, late of Norfolk. I draira earncntl to. aeotmd tne appeal In btbnlf of oca wbo ha, in the doath of her hmbwiij, n cruelly ar.Sored at the hiudu of our common ermntoi, en 1 wbo appeara to be, by tbe Ram' atroke, doprtred of tbs Dieantt of eepport far bi-rBelf anl family. Idothhth rthor, In conHt-q'Ukio rt Uttcra rcfflivcd from friend and connection ui Mrs. Wright, hl h had dotermioed me sniie day ao to nay (wimt Rickne.M ha dlyed mo in amg,) viz: ibii 1 will ehorfully take Obarge of and forward tnj d mntiouM which ile lihcraiity or patriotism if citizsni, o'. Wiimiutou iniy liiduce ihem to make to so worthy an object , ai.f::ft a. wiTiOJJ. I.aniartln on tha Utllglitit of Kolillonar)' Mot. I knew I sigh when I tbitk of it that hitherto the French people huve b-en th kt-st religious vl nil the nations of Eurojxi. I it tw eauijetbe tdua of (iod which ar:'?'.a from all the evidences of na uro and from tbe depth of reflection btini; the prtijundest and wtigh!ict ideti of whicO humau intilngeuce is capable; and the French mind, beiotr the most npui, bat the moat Bupetficial, lightes, end. i3-);t unnflr'cliva of all European races, this mind h s not th.? force and tevfrity neotaary to carry far unrl long th; ge-itedt conception Of the human unilerstauding? I it becuuse our Woverrjtnents huw nlvays tben apon themselves to thick kr us, to believe for us, a'.d pray for nsf Is it bu-anse e at- at.d Lave been a military ptopl6, a eold;er-iu!i..n, wl by kio, h-roes and ambitiop8 men, from battle-finld to battiofield, makiug conqussU aud never kocpi;;g them, r.ivagiDg, dazzling, charminj; aud corruiiug Europe ; and bring ing home the manners, vices, bravery, bghtntaa and im piety of the camp to ti e brsi Je ,f .h.. p ( pit 7 laDmeuseprivress tj make ins. riom Uu-u'hr, if (.he" wishes to be free.. It we Los. at thecharaeiers, com pared as regerda- r.liit ui Btntiii-ents, cf the great na tiOES of Europe, America, e?eo ArU, the covantoge ia net lor ns. TLegnat uien of the country live and die, forgettiog completely th. only iJa for which it is worth livjng and dyiuir; tbey hvc acd d.c, locking at the cpectator, or, at 'moa', afjioxteiity. . Open the history of Ameriva, tee hii-t Jry of England, and tbe history Ot France; read the great lives, the great deaths, the grit martyrdems, U. creat words at the hour when tbe ruling tbonght of .Lie reveals i.s Jf in the last words olfdleicg, and compare. . Washington and Franklin lougbt, tpke, Enffered, al ways in the name of God, for whom they acted; aed the liberator of America died coLfiiing to liod the lib erty of the people and his own soul Sydney, tbe your:g martyr of patriotism, ga'uly of nothing but impatience, and who died to expatiate his country's dreaui of liberty, fa id to his jiiior : "I k joice tnat I die innocent towards the kku, but a vic tim resigned to the King on High, to whom all life is due." The publicans .of Cromwell only sought the way of Qod even in the field of battle. Their politics were thtir faith, their reign a prayer, their death a psalm. One bears, sees, feels tbat uod was in ail tne movements of these great Deip!e 1 Bat cross tLesea, traverse Mancha, come to our tfiw, open onr annals, and listen to the last words of the great political actors or rne orao.a or par litxrty. Oos would tbiLk fhat Ood wasfclip from tbe etui. that II is i sue wasenkcown in tbe Uogntjre. History will hve tbe sir of an atheist wb a sle rreoun'f to pop- t wit j thrae annihilu'tioDS, raih-r than d.-atbs. of a lebraj te I mto 10 tfcegnaiesi year 01 1 rnct l l bt victims on'y bavea uoc; inn tnoone oa nciora nave nooe. Iwk rMiraVaa'on-ther bed of deaths "Crown me with flowers," said he, " iotoxicito me with p'jlum-s, le t tne dis to the Sour.d it. deJickjna - manic I". Not a word of Ood or of his sag!. , Seniual philosopher, he de- ir(d only Bapremo sensualism, a last volamptuouane-s ia his sgony. . " " " . ' Contemplate Madim? Kilanu, the strong-hearted w man or tne revoiauon, on tne cart mat conveyed Mr to death, hbn looked contemptuously on the bonotted poote who killed their prophe's and sybils. Not a ulanoe toward br a ven 1 Oily ouo word for the curtb she was quitting "0 Liberty l" Approach tbe aur-jreon door or tbe Ulrondins. Tl.tir lastiliht, a bauqiet: the only hymn, the Mar- teillaise. ' ' Follow Camille I)emrulins to IU execntion. A cool and Indecent pleusonlry. at the trial and a long impre cation on the road to the guillotine, were the two last thoughts of this dying min on his way to tbe last tri bunal . ' ' Hear Dinton on the platform of th' scaffold, at tbe distance ol a line from Ocd and eternity. I have had a good time of it ; let me go to Bleep." I hen to the executioner, "you will show my heal to the jxople it is worth the trouble" !" ilia faith, annihilation ; his lust nie,h. vanity, liehold the' Frenchman ol this latter age ! - WLatmust one tbink or tbe religious sentiments ot a free people whose great figures seem thns to m irch in proctBbion to annihilation, and to whom thut terrible minister, death itself, recalls neither ti e tl.restenirgs nor premises of Oed 1 v "Tbe Kj:UbtIC"lfthni? menwithout & Ood has quicks ly been stranded. Tbe liberty won by toy much t ero ism ai;d so much genius has not" found in Franco a con science to shelter it, a Ood to avenge it, a people to defend it against the atheism which has been called glo ry. All ended In a Boldier and somrj aposta'e repub licans trave s'.ied into courtiers. An atheistic republi canism cannot he heroic. When you terrify if, it bends ; when you would buy it, it sells itself. Who would take any heel ? Tbe people ungrateful and God non eiittjut. Ho fldsb atheist revolutions. Tho tew ircn Bteomcr Virginia I)ar, Crfptain Skinner, from UennuUa, in attempting to run tie blockade at Wilmington, about 5 o'clock on the morning of tic 7th insL, was discovered by two of tbe blockading squadron, who immediately give ct.aj-e. Ibe Dare ran down tha" coast, hotly pursued by the Yankees, throwing shells every few minutte, uutil, oo approaching Georgetown, about 2 I. M., the bloekud ing steamer 3 that port threw herself directly in btr path, and alo comTienced firing. Captain Skinner thernpon tumid his veil's b)w to tho shore, and rtn hir ou the beuch, about six miles from Groigetnwn the pitfS'ngers, ofti era and crew escaping in th boa's. I wo luuucb.es were si nt Irom the anlv e uttutners to tuke pi sscssiorf Tel , the Dare, but Jouc ol them wub Iauiou'.J in tut! bum, ami three ot in r crew drawooc, The other auccceded . in bourdiug the vts.-et, and niter rcina'inir on board for a sWt tim--, landed on the beach, where they bad bceu but a few miuutcj when they had been turrouuded by a detuehioent if our Cavalry, and tbe tntire party, coumstinz of a lieutenant, a tabordina'e' offiaT and twenty loir seamen, made prisoners. lno three latKee steauitrs. then coai inenccd shelling most furiously, and Bccx'eded in setting the Dure on fire, but the tide being out, the Confeder ates boarded h'T and extinguished tbo iljmes. Nest nurning the boffl -d pursuors again ventid their impo- tent Hpite y thiowiug shells, which was cotilinu.d, wuhout doing any damsqe, nntu tbo evening, wuen they withdrew, couipietely baOled in their designs, and with the lots ot a considerable portion of their Crews, and two tine launch's, which are in our porsfs sion. .Oapt. rikinier deserves much credit for Lis courage and bcumau."hip in eu ling bis pursuers. Duriuc: the chuse ofnine hems .uptfard of o hundred 8tells,wee thrown at hia vees :l, many C)t which pasied over Lor, and five rasetd Uiwceti the steam turr.els. The Dure tad an assorted cargo, which is now beiug landed on the beach, and will be r.eurly ail Bavtdin grod condition. Tbe prisoners were expected to arrive by the Northeastern Kill Ilond luesday tveoinsr. I be prisoners mentioned above arrived by the Morth eastern Kail lldwi train. They belong to the U. S steamers Montgomery, Aries, aud bri j I'erry, blmkuil- tng ou ticorgLtowo. . The cfScrrs captured aro a? follows : George J I. l'cudlct.in, oldster U. S. steamer Mont goaerj; Otoxge M.'Smith, Knpiiru ; G. M. Smith 3j Assistant Engineer; J. E. Farkmun, Cuptcin's Clerk VhailestQn Courier. T be diffienlty of gettii g voluntcera lor the levy of 300,000 is wt.ii displayed in the New 1 orR pa; ers. In the Herald we find flfieen advertisemetits, of w!,i -h the lollowin? are rpi-cimens : $852,-1 AM NOW PAYING $330 CASH in band lor Volunteers before beirg sworn in, nink:rg wiib Government nnd httu bounces tboJ. A;5) wanted 109 sappers a. :1 miuers for the Engineer's corps, 4 tail ors, 3 farri. is, o bakers and 3 harness mukrs, to whom txtfa piy " ill be given. Non commiwioiied officers n'.eded. A -o wanted tatty colored voiunuers, to whom the hishest bounty will be given. All person brircr- iiig recruit9 to this cilice will be paid the highest pre- mium. Apply at it uenuc Bireei. Capt. JAS, W. FUKMAUEICE. S852 BOUNTY' RECRUITS WANTED. For infantry, cava ry and" artillery. $852 bouary ; $525 cash. Reeraitiog agents wilt receive from $15 t) $25 for every able bodied man from J. W. WELCH ana F.'H. SI1UL1Z, authorized recruiting cflioera, offi-.-e 147 Forsyth stree, b isement. Also, colored men wanted. Other advertisements ollor $950 a head for heroes to perve the best Government ia the worid.,: Suppi.se we average these t tnptations to patriotism, End, putr tng theai down at S700 each, b what the s u n total of tbe cost ot Jbe 300,000 will be. We foot it up as only $21 0,000 JPOO. That much to get the men to sign their names! It is a wonderful extravagance, which impli a a monstrous superabundance of money and a plentiful lack of love ot country and- disinterested .he roism. Mobile Tribune. Fca tbe first tiaa for, we might say months, we hare a bright acd genial day. - nDipbJa latclllganc. We clip the following items', from- the Memphis Bal ktin, of tbe 19ih olt.; JCST I.V DI3 UAllD,. ! A gatnb'cr was brought" op by tha " prt us gang " yiBtrday, and after, eoms qneatioLiru, ordered into a regiment, whtreapoo he said to the tCicer : I d? not threaten, but if yoa knew me asrfcH as I knew myself, yoa would not put me in any rfgimnf. I aiit a saf'' man to have around.? lie was tak-o at bis w rd and ordered through the lin s. He retorted by saji. g, tbat was jtiat ia his Land as be Lad been trying to get tkoagU lor iwo weeks. . Fuel has gone up to a frightful price. Ten dollars a cord is the la wist fig a re at which you can buy the Kreenest, sappiest wood, and Cay villa toal is $2 75 a barrel by the quantity, while the tx t r-r sorti are cr repp ndingjyhigb , 'i be lowest pricjut which you tan boild a fire to boil a tea kettle is twenty five cents, and it i? contemplated f o charge ten centa for looking at a r'O'.dyard. . . , ' DECAMPED. V6 hove hnard of very many perROas who lave de caiiped since the impressment com rr.ened, doubt kfii, scaping through the Imrg as b st tbey c'-u'.d, to avoid eweeiptiofl. These are u orilly men who have de rt- e l from the rebel army, and who dare net tuke up arms on tneotner sioe, iar tear tbey mibt cip'.nrcd by the Confederates and shot for desertion. THAVKL. 1 he recent militia order has bal. lie efi.ct to cVcr travel in this direction. Many ol our citizens who are absent stay away to avoid ccnscripiion, and etraigers who contemplated visiting tne city beFore, have changed their plans, and determined not to rush into the very jiws of impressment. A ECARK AVOSO T1IZ WOOD cn0rPEH3. A large gang of. negrot s, who have been ert?ared chopping wood fur the Government in tbe bottom i of the Wolf, were driven into town yesterday by guerillas: v e nave bard that somo lorty one of them were can- tund, bat Caunot r uch for the correction of the re port. A . BALL AT FORT I'lCKEKINQ Tlcrq arc many balls at Fort Pickering can non ba.ls but this particular one is of the sort where they or! with the dunce ar,d let joy be unjonfined. On Chris'rnvi eve th gallant boys iu end to celebrate the festival i an appropriate nnnner.- Th.iy have t Ibx lial:, Imve euguged tbe beat of music, and invited some of tLe highest dames in Memphis. We wish thtm a merry Cbris mas. C0XSCRIPTI0.V. Tbe ba-fiiifctts of picking up thosj .who do not carry tno nemsnry papers, is btftug vigorotyly pushtd I here is,' o d'JUbt tbut several dangerous characters have beui Sint through the lines into th Confc.il'racy. It is no plute lor avowed eotmiei to be, within tbe lines f a city whic'i is in immioet danger of attack. Ob3 secret foe iorte than ten in the open held. COTTON MARKET, Memphis, Dec. 19. 18G3 fkre wa5 a little more cotton sold yesterday then for a day or two past,' bat th-rc is no animation, and priciB Hbow t.o improve nie .t, rioivntlotMD'iiiig two nee' in New Yolk. Hny trs s'iow ' no dir'0"ition to ojH'futo, and currency verv franc. Tho sale repwrtrri to ns wt.e : I at 25; 1 at L'J; 0 at 80; 31 at C2;; 70 at C.i; 1 10 at 03 1-2; 23 at C5; and C2 at 03 ceiita. Totjl, 270 bah 3. 35;'84j)e. 45ca50s. 52ea5Co. f8eaC0e. 62cafi5c. Inhrioi, Ordinary, Giod Ordinury, ITw MidJIiug, Middling to strict Middling, Good Middling, Mii'diircr Fair. 5 iCaCbc: letter from Express Tiis Firing into CiURi.itr.To.s. A Clnrleston published in h. Petorsbtfg speaking ( f the firing into the city, says : The emmy's fire into the city seems to Lrm almost a complete mi-circle. Beyond a certain point they huve not reached. There is no harm, pornop, in say iag that their best shot has on'v reache I to within : le yaids If Iteaufain ctreet, and tint their shortest lell in Water street, i; ginning then at Wutcr Btrt, near the batlcry promeuide. and describing u ha'f circle, including the Mills House, Chariest on Hotel, and then goindowu to the Dav again, will give you "the exact area exposed to ibe Yannee fire. Many ol tie huge miss'ks lied a lodging pi ice without harmirp any one, in what is known as thn " Dumt District." Aft-.r all, that frightful conflagration of two year. bade, was in many renp -ds a godsend. It ttfhrded a resting place for Yankee shel's-it eff)rd:d debris, ic., enough to ob'truci s x barbois L'keonrj nr.d material enough lor the case work of -batteries, bomb proofs, kz , inumerabJe. I took a stroll through the nrtion of t hediy txj.osed to theehels two' days since. It was an instructive und inteusting eiroli, tlioutrh oe necessiitating fome exprure. My way Iny first uo Eist Bayjto Hroad, np B ead to King, up King to Uastll.diwa Ilasell to the Bay, and buck. Splintered glass, Bcatu red br;ck3, large hoks ia ihe pavement, the pi-r tec l desolation and pileece ot dea'h, all marked the epot as well deterttd. No footfall, save my own, awoke, the echoes m the cheerless (.tree's ai,d when once again I neured the prscinc s of a bus, breathing population, i Bignea, n3 naving a mighty weij'at lrom my breiit. i he tflct of the swlis there is no denyin are Ecriou; ard O r3iruc'.ive. iai very le s'.r;k the buuits, anl ut tl.n rate, years would be onsuuud in knocking to pitc.-s even thu small portion ol the city CAput.t'U 10 1 ULKee uiauee. TELEGRAPHIC KKPCKTB OP PKKIS ASSOCIATION. entered accjrdiD to tlia Act eff o7e fa tb i elr ISfiT Ukavv Loss. As will be s?en by a teleSfain from Wilinicgtoa, the steamer Dire, bour.d for Wilmington. has been ruu ashore near that place, by the Tat.kee blockaaicg tieet, and has nodouot tuber be- n captur.d or destroyed. Sue hid oa b."rj a valaablj cargo, a considerable portion of which was intended for th.j Vir ginia Militaty lostifute, t, c State Armory acd the pitol. Ibe Ktcres consisted ol ltb, boots and shoes, stationery, emery, pand-pjrrA--;. Trie part of the cargo intended lor tbe Sta-e-was purchased in Eu rope by a special agent of life Staie govtrcruint. '1 be ofstotce v irginia -Military lostitute alone amounts, if we are correctly informal, to 2.000, EoUUh cur rency. H. Whig. ' ABaAHiHIxcoLNTIa t'ublicTiudTa private, upon tboroughlares and at social lircks.'at all t mes and in all places, where citiz.'u are accustomed to speak their minds freely, any man win is not willingly or ac tually deaf may hear Abraham Lincoln denounced as a ojv, cunning tanatic, an unscrupulous partisan, and a perjured magistrate, iY. 1'. A'etfi. . COXFEDE3ATB CONUKESS. Kicumdkd Jacuary 14h. 1864. ni-cniibi.Biiaarcret fceioB waa conflpu.--d th't morn- ..i'omraaDicti?D8 jrorn jh9 President, coateyia? ', ra. port, of General Bindman, and tba aimea of Boldier pro--.ted from the ranks for diatinirai.hed aoaia t ; 03 tba held, were presented to th? Hoo, and ordered to bo pnoU d. - .- --.-.- .,......,,.. . ........ Tbe Military Commitiea reparted a bill to repeal tbe eitmK Ut orgiaIz;n,j band of part'za ranger. U noua tookup..disccss3d,attianded and paed tbe general atproprUtioa bill to carry on th oaeratlor.s cf Oovernmou for x mohtb. endmff Cm July next, amount ing toote- f jar banirua aad nfty mtllii,. Tba rale were Biepenled, and tbe, bill -cf at to the Bente at oaoe. . - . - Ia the H-nitPth Military romm't'ee va J gcharged from tbe c msiieratioi of the -titian of dentltsta, to be daclared fx'inpt. Tba Coraiiittee i the Ja Hilary rep - r'ej a bl'l to jrrant a ;Jeci .l C( piriibt to f.ercri.1 Hardeewjlb aaVgLt amend, meat. The bill w pmtpoued until to mufrow. Tie ame committee reported a bill authorialo district attomjs to invent ;;a'e tbe accooaU orall di-barain'K if3 cer and i;overnmeut contractor, and when he has reason to believe they bava reallzad money from Government fuidi other thautbuaa, of their alary, or failed to execo-a their contracts, he sbalt commenca iait agalnet -them ia the IjittiKt Couit, aLd no tranatcr of property ball defeat tho collotioD of the awards of comts affainst them. Thoeame eomn.ittee reported back tbe bill to lirai. tie tin e of Cabinet rffieer to two year, nn'ef ie-D(miuated by tLe TrPhident nd eonflrmod by tho Senate, withn ametdmrnt, tbat Jhoterm,-ot-ibire w la " office etpitt en the efghtceuth of Febinary nex, and recommend that ihfi bill pass. Majority tnd minority report of great ability ard research Ware pres nted. Tbe fui-mor ly Vr. Semirip. of Looijfaia, and tlie latter by Mr. Hill, of Geor gia. TLey era ordered to be printed. The bill wa place 1 on ti e calender. 'Iha atmaal report of tbe Commis-.lonor cf Patents wa rnad-i to C'jrcre this morning. Lt year there were II4 api'licatio'iH wade, 47 caveat n:ed, id patonta mued ani 11 Uti'od Htatca patent! and aasigamouts thereof, ia whole or ia part, recorded aud revive!. 1 patent granted a citi iian of Bavaria; 33 to Virginia. ; 11 to Georgia ; 9 to Mi souri; 8 to Texa ; 7 to Aorta, Carolina; 8 to Alabama; 4 to Mialaippi; 4 to Loulsiaua ; 3 to Kentrnky ; 2 to fouth Carolina ; 1 to Arizona. HI are or. improvement la fne arm, projectile, implement? of war and mach'nery. Of tl.tir manufacture a fair proportion has beon adopttd ' by t e Government and proved to be practicable to tbe ervice. More than a third of tba application for Patent are for inventions of this na'.are. A great nnraber of ill.ta rato man; Tar from t ouroea cf information have arrived ai fact-i which the scierca of tbo world big discovered through mu :h toil utd Investigation, andBometime never discover ed till Bi .ee this wur. bymsn wlthont th? a d of Hcieneo or iaf'jrinatlfjn. The tilloe la Bclf-Eutaiulug and u-j exp.ne to tho Govcronjimt. Tba whule number of patentt graatcd Su:eo iho orduiz V hn of ihe Gov orument id 22.1. FHOM VIRGINIA. Eichmosd, Va., Jin. lith, lfOl. Infoimatloa Las been received bere tbat a force cf Yan kee intimated at live thousand, landed at Kltijdale ou the 12th Inst., destroyed provision and committed othor de precatiocB opou tbe defenceless peof le of Weitraorelnnd county. C.BiKCK C. II., Jan. Hth, 18C4. ' :osby attacked. Garrison (?) at Harper' Ferry a few dij'B iince with hij.wbolo command, but was reputed v itb severe loss, owimi to the precipitancy of the attack en the part of hia advance Guard THE BOMBABDMENT. Charleston, Jan. 14th, 18S4. The enemy have kept up a lively shelling all day. The number cfthcll Cred at tbe citysinne tooediiy night to half past Eva this afiernoon were fonrhandrd and seventy one, can,iirg some damje but no furtht-r casaaltie. The enemy bava nnmanked two or three moie Farrott guns at battery Gregg. Tho Rhellin Is ti!l L?avy this morning NomovtiiKn'. of the fleet. Airlia lii Norfolk. Tie Norfolk (Va) -'O.d Dominion" seys that the "Firt-t Uni'ad tv.iUa Colored Cavalry" is nearly enlist . d in that city. The (.Cms is taken from tbe 3d New York eavf.lry. There are about 100 prise rets in Fort Norfolk, embracing merchsn'p, farmers, goldiiTP, citi zens, women and negroes. He "O'd Dominion" says it ha3 leaked out that the exact rumber of rebels no in the field is 109,000. Butler has appeared in u new character that of a, founder of a Magdelene Asylum, on Crui.ey Island. The paper says ; - We arc informed tbattjen. Butler is contemplating, if be hes not already accorrplished a grand reformatory, industrial and Charitable enterprise, whereby the "social evils," which are so turnerou in thc two 'cities may be trurs ormed into pociul bleswres. It is said that the oumor ct (alien women tow in Norfolk and Pou month, who make a living by tl eir shame, 13 not lcs than tw( tity three hundred .' This appears almost in c'red.ble, buuthe tfieet of war, it must be rememNred, 13 "horribly dehioral.zicg." Be that ns it may, howev er, it is u :w p ported that (Jea. Butler intemls tranF j'Orticg oil this-T ut hapy women''-: to Craney Island, where they will be furnished with eeicg to do lor the toldirrs in this department, and enable thm to earn a livelihood in a nputable and benert fashion. . CliKrlc&ton. A despat. h fiom Charhston announces tbat tberaove mmts ot the enemy indicate another desperate effort to recuei; Charleston. In referring to th-'s matter, the Sa- . rannah Kcpublicw says : AH the sign3 indicate that the enemy 's gn makicg theii last atUmpt ogaiott Charleston by way of James Island, and thit a move ment ia tifat direction will taire place at an early day. Io this eod heavy batteries are being erected at point9 that will conamand the landing on tha island, and they bore to get a f.oi-ho!d under the cover of thdr guns. Once oa this sU?, tbeywlILdiir cY'ankcts nut di?, and ihuj-'tucinpt by regular approaches. a ot Vii-L-s'inrjf s'M Mnrr!' Ta'u't tn A.'r . - - i- . - w ' - - - - , v nuia tueir way eventaaliy to the narth end, where their guns would have eomp'ete command of the cily, and at the Eam3timeen- aoie tnem to e?sail cur Datterits ia tne rear." fc'uh is no doubt the prorrramrna for th fntnm shall eee bow it works cut. ' : ,
The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 15, 1864, edition 1
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