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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OP AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C, THUESDAT, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881. A 'Word with Cotemporarleg. Oar readeri will bear us witness that, since the com mencement of existing troubles we have sought no con troversy and entered, into no merely party or partizan discussion. We have endeavored to discharge our duty to the-best of our ability, respectfully to all, but with out deflection from our course to meet the views or sub serve the ambitions of friend or foe. We now notice some thiEKB in North Carolina papers received this morning, not with a view to con troversy, nor for the purpose of setting our position right before the public, but of preventing othere from Betting it wrong. The Raleigh Standard certainly does us less than jus tice, when, in its issue bcaing date to-day, it says that it is " glad to observe thai the Journal speaks out at last in the most determined tones." What the Stan daid means by the phrase " at last," we are unable to say. What any reader will understand is, that the Standard wishes to convey the impression that we have not before spoken out on the subject of coast defence. To this, the files of our paper are sufficient answer, The people, who know what our course has beeD, wil acouit us of any remissness in this matter. They know that we have not waited to come out " at last," but that we came cut " at first," months ago, and have kept at it ever since, with all the energy we could com mand. We thought and still think that the absence of per sonal rancour ought to have deducted nothing from the force of our appeals. An absence not particularly noticeable in other quarters. Incidentally, we may remark that we think the Stand ard is somewhat mistaken in regard to the supply of ammunition at Uatteras. It is certain that they were ehort of " fixed ammunition." and had not a sufficient supply of projectiles of any kind, and no shell. The loes sustained by our men was all inflicted by shells. The talk about twenty wagon loads of powder having been captured, ia all nonesense. Instead of their having had plenty of ammunition, the Captain of the Privateer Gordon reports having supplied them with what few kegs he could spare. We would respectfully inform our cotemporary of the Raleigh Register, who credits all the extracts he does us the honor to make from our paper, to the Wilmington Herald, that for the present (and more'e the pity,) the Herald is suspended and ha3 been for some months. The State Journal of this date, in an article headtd " That doleful dirge, ' I told you eo !' has the following paragraphs : The truth ia the press of the State id to blame in a great measure for the disaster at Hatteras. We have before us now Saturday's issue of the Wilmington Journal, which contains a very indiscreet communication. From the wri ter we learn all the defenceless points of our coast, and are told how and to what extent the enemy now on our shores can devastate and destroy. He tells us of a spot in which there is an encampment, which is bo defenceless that a few well directed shots would break up the whole concern " be cause " (and here the writer goes into a reckless statement of the precise condition of the guns, carriages, ammunition, &e., available to repel an attack. Now all this is wrong. Instead of such matter being laid before the public foes as well as friends it would be the more prudent course to lay it before the authorities whose special business it is. Now this attempt to shift responsibility from the shoulders of thoEe really guilty, ia too pitifully weak to be even amusing. The State Journal ought to have completed the thing cortistently, and charged the mis fortune at Hatteras to the communication which ap peared in the Journal two or three days after Uatteras was taken. The correspondent of the Journal stated nothing of which the enemy was not as well aware as we were ; and we were fully satisfied of this before we in serted the communication ia question. Is not the State Journal aware that but the otht:' day or night four negroes, shrewd, intelligent rascals, one or more of them pilots and all perfectly familiar with every loot of ground and every gun and every battery put up within miles of the mouth of the Cape Fear, escaped to the blockading vessel and were sent immediately to Fortress Monroe ? Farther if the State Journal knew the lo calities and circumstances it would have been perfectly aware that the precise position of Camp Wyatt must be known to persons on board vessels cruising around and lying off. Lay it before the authorities ! We always thought that the State Journal had a fine vein of irony, but this 13 so keen, the satire so excruciating that we must ndd to our opinion of its abilities, and exalt our admi ration into enthusiasm. Why, half the prominent citi aens of Wilmington and other places, we suppose, have done bo, and have received a poo-poo ! from one and a tut-tut! from another. What else was to be expected from a Military Board, that stated on the 10th of June as a fact of which no doubt could be entertained, " that the power cf the United States Navy is not sufficient to effect an entrance into any of the harbors of the State." We speak of the Military Board, because the at tempt to hold the dying Governor responsible for that assurance would be as foolish as it would be ungener ous. We know that the people of the State du not, but we know that they do attach the resposibility to the Military Board. The Richmond Dispatch, noticing the Uatteras affair, says that it has made inquiries at the proper quarter, and is prepared to state that the War Department of the Confederate States is not to blame, as no requisition has come from the State authorities of North Carolina that has not been promply complied with. Last week a prominent gentleman of this State, a delegate to Congress, had a conversation with a distin guished member of the Confederate Government, dur ing which he mentioned several facts relative to our State and our defences, to which the reply was, in sub stance, that the information given by the delegate dif fered widely from that given by the State authorities, who represented things as all right and nothing more wanting. The Yankees themselves Btate that their information was obtained from an escaped prisoner, who had been captured by one of the privateers. Talk about the press of the State I We have been reticent cautiously so, but something must be done, something must be said, and now is no time for being mealy-mouthed. If our authorities will noi, the pres must, and for our part we object most awfully to being " gagged," a naughty word that, even if the State Journal or any body else uses it. It is almost, if not quite aa unfortunate as the somewhat celebrated " kill and make alive " of another of our Ra leigh co temporaries." The Fayettcville Observer, in indeavouriDg to throw discredit upon our remarks in reference to the tents supplied by Mr. Morehead, by attributing them to political rancour or personal ill-feeling, simply exposes its own motives and impulses, while it wholly fails to understand or characterise ours. This i, no doubt, too fully understood to require further remarks from us. We beg our readers' pardon for occupying our space, or rather theirs, when they have bought and paid for the paper, with such obsolete and ridiculous matters as newspaper controversies or allusions. Ours are explan atory, and may contain Borne little information. Readt. We notice in the ranks of the Independent Guards as a private, Mr. Davis, Delegate at Large from this State to the Confederate Congress. Mr. Davis is equally ready to serve his State in one position as ia the other.- Daily Journal, 2d inst. From the Northeastern section of the State we have ust received some more definite and late intelligence than that obtained from the Progress. A friend from Anson county who is in the service Mr. Neal we do not know his precise military rank informs us that onn Sunday there wer no vessels outside nor in side. On that dav Commissary Johnson, with others v 1 went out from Beaufort Harbor ;n a boat some thirty miles, and saw no war vessels nor were any visible from Cape Lookout, with the aid of glasses. Lieutenant Crosan, who visited Hatteras, with a flaar of truce, was not allowed to approach bat was com municated with. His mission had reference to the killed and wounded. He was informed that 2 of our men were killed and 26 wounded. The rumour that the enemy had made a lodgement on Roanoke Island is still doubtful, although Governor Clark has received a dispatch to that effect. We regret to leara that there appears to be a stam pede from some sections of our Northerly coast, as well as from Newbern The actual number of prisoners taken at Hatteras did not exceed 580, in facr, that was the limit of the force in both Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark. The capturk or Hatteras, Oregon and Ocracoke and the Newborn Progress says that all these have been Ciptured will have the effect of detaining certain regi ments to guard the coast of Pamlico Sound against henroost-robbing, house-burning and negro-thieving forays, but it will hardly require more men to guard the coast than to hold the banks. With any reasonable alertness and preparation, no force need be allowed to penetrate into Albemarle Sound, nor when they do go on a hen roosting expedition will the Butlerites find the immedi ate vicinity of the landing very encouraging. They will probably gc t tired as soon es anybody else. But surely enough Butler will make a big noise over tnis, almost the only success of the war. Some poorly and recently got up works, mmntd by inexperienced and probably ill drilled men have been captured by the most powerful steam fltet that the Federal Government has yet sent out, with five times the number of men that our people had ; with the most powerful naval batteries in the world ; with plenty of shells, of which our people had none ; with plenty of powder nnd s lid shot, of which our people had next to none. S.nall favors thankfully rr-c ivc-d, larger ones in pro, portion. In reffonsk to the call of Col. Cantwell, acting in obedience to the authority ol Co!. Fremont, the 30th Regiment S. C. Militia assembled here yesterday. We can hardly state definitely the object of calling this regiment together, but presume the object was to ascertain its efficiency in numbers, organization, arms, ammunition and equipments. I be notice was very short, but for all, the turn-out was large, very large we think. Some three captain's commands failed to be present, from ioabiiity to get hen; in time, no doubt. There was the matt rial for a large body of capital troops, but except the independent companies, euch as the " In dependent Guards," splendidly drilled and equipped, end Col. McRae's company, and the Howard Fire compa ny. v.ho are i early all armed and drilled, there was not much nniforcn'ty either in weapons, equipments or move ments. 1 here was none, sir.ew ,n1 patriotism, however, in ary quantity. There were two cavalry companies in line, Captain Howard's titiz- cs Mounted Guard, and Captain New kirk's Cavalry (rom the Sound. Both companies were generally well mounted. We understand that Captain Nev kirk's is intended &r a troop to t tendered to the State or the Confederacy. The number is nearly com plete. 'Ibeie is capital material in the troop and they will no doubt do good service, whenever called upon. The " Mounted Guard' " are composed of citizens of all ages and nationalities, but who all have something at stake in the community. They are generally very well mounted tu.d equipped, and are armtd with the most effective weapons they could procure. Why ia it that our friends above the rivtr do not organize and ktcpnp one or more c.ivalry companies? Ti-ey must have the horses at any rate, and they would not therefore be such a tax upon them as they would be upon men in towu, whom they would almost eat np in th.es:; times at least they soon eat their own heads off. We do not care to particularize farther either as to numbers or other matters. The enemy is sure to learn such things, but they cannot always trust their sur reptitious informants and so we will not give them the advantage of reasonably decent authority. We learn that the Citizens' Mounted Guard of this place have been ordered into camp and will no doubt go into camp at an early day. Daily Journal, 3d inst. Captain Edmokdston's fine company of Mounted Rifles rode into town yesterday from Camp Winslow, and added decidedly and pleasingly to the lively appear ance which our streets presented. This company or troop was raised in the " Scotland Neck " portion of Halifax County, and, we have heard, has been armed and equipped at its own expense. It is certainly wfell mounted, and in every way fitted for ser vice Under the command of its very gentlemanly cap tain, the troop seems to have well improved its tim in acquiring a thorough knowledge of the necessary ma noeuvres and evolutions. We believe the object of their visit yesterday was to. obtain their rifled carbines. Daily Journal, 3d tnst. There has been much indignation here a good deal cf excitement but no panic. Not even the women and children have thought of leaving town so far as we can learn. Nor will they. Idle boasting, ridiculous always, would be doubly so now, when the danger may fall upon us at any mo ment. We may, however, say, without any accusation, that our people being forewarned, feel that with God's blessing, they will be able to repel any attack of Lin coln's myrmidons that may come now under the lead of Mr. Butler, of I)wel!, Massachusetts, even should be be able to effect a landing or be able to get some of his lighter steamers into our river. Without wishing to be intrusive, we would beg to call the attention of the authorities to the defence of the strategic points on the Cape Fear between Confederate point and this place. Where these points are we do not pretend even to suggest. That there are such points we all know. The be-assemblino of Congress appears a little strange, even with the qualification contained in the telegraphic despatch announcing it, that " President Davis has called Congress together on Tuesday (to-day) to attend to some unfinished bnsiness, a quorum being still here," (Richuond.) This may be all so, but still we feel a little puzzled, and will do so until we get more definite information especially as we find the following paragraph in the Richmond Examiner of yesterday : ' Congress adjourned about 11 o'clock on Baturday night, until the third Monday in November. None of the business of Congress was left unfinished, and the body adjourned in good order." The Examiner is usually well informed and apt to be good authority. Daily Journal, 3d inst. Russell. The London Times, bo an exchange states, says that Russell, their special correspondent in this country, is a strong Abolitionist! He is a bad egg," at any rate, and those who toadied to him ought to be bad-egged. Gen. Scott " took the oath " out of a louder and larger glass, after hearing the news from Missouri, than he had ever used to swear by before. Its range and calibre were great. Wlmt shall we do with tlitm 1 , We have five thousand Lincolnite prisoners and they have some few of ours, unfortunately, and moet unfor tunately, in our estimation, they -have some eight hundred of our friends and fellow-citizens of this State, captured last week at Ocracoke. But we Lave five prisoners of theirs to every one they have of ours. With the true brutality of genuine ty rants, they will neither relieve their own men nor our men by a compliance with the universally acknowledged rules of civilized warfare, one of the most humane of which is that which provides for an exchange of pris oners. ::' The conduct of the execrable John C. Fiemont in Missouri his atrocious proclamation and the conse quences to which his threats, if carried out, must lead, shows U3 what to do with a few of our prisoners. We must retaliate, or sink in the estimation of our own people and of the world, who will place those who tame ly endure atrocity only less low than those who wanton ly and ferociously e.nact it. The fact is that the majority of the prisoners taken from the Lincolnites are only fit to be hung. A great many of them ought to have been hung by the sheriffs of the several counties from which they came, and the truth no doubt is that the Lincolnites hope to get rid of them, and would not have them back if they could, save fnr thfi information thev mierht be able to give. It is remarkable how many former residents of the South are to be found among those people at Richmond, ard generally the most venomous of the enemies to that section to which they once professed friendship. But then it may not be necessary to carry out the law of just retaliation in regard to many or any of these persons, so that some other disposition must be made of them. The confederacy cannot afford to support in idleness and blasphemy five thousand ot the most degraded men above ground, for of such the "Grand Army" must have been composed. So ii.solent in their fancied glory, so base in their ignominious fall, their advance from Washington to Bull Run and their shameless, cowardly retreat therefrom, are without a parallel in authentic history. Why should these men live and fester in idleness and the people of the Confederate States be taxed to sup port them ? They can all do something for a living. It will be good for them The Massachusetts men can all make shoes. Pennsylvanit.ns are coal miners, perhaps put them ia the mines : give them ' snug farms " there, and let them practice 1 arts o' peace down in the bowels of the earth. S ! ;itne of the Irishmen to he'p finish our coal-field mikoud. It will comfort them to see tb wheel-barrow oner more used for railroad em bankments and cut?,rather than for camp:. We need have no squeamishness about employing these men. We can readily see what the conduct of the Federalists will be to our men, if not prevented by the fear of retaliation ; and even that wiil have little power to prevent them, since the rank and file ol their army will soon be only made np of starving foreigners, who mustdo something, and !or whom the Northern philanthropists care nothing. We had the pleasure ol meeting yesterday, Hons. G o. Davis and Wm. S. Afche, the former just home from Richmond, wheie he had been in attendance in the Confederate Congress and the latter on duty as As sistant Quartermaster General, charged with the De partment of Transportat ion. Congress adjournedabout midnight on Saturday. Mr. Davis looks thinner than when he left. We should think he had found that a seat in a Congress like that at Richmond was no sinecure. It worked hard and earnestly, anxiously and barmouiously. There were no clashing between it.and the President, in whom the fullest confidence wts and is reposed. Of many things done Mr. Davis does not feel at lib erty to speak, nor can lie repeat information obtained in secret session, unit fs in those cases where the injunc tion of tecrecy has bm removed. The common imprewion in Richmond aud among military men stems to he that we are on the very threshold of the most stirring events. Everything seems to indicate this, and it is said that a forward movement is to be made all along our lines in Eastern and Western Virginia This of course is ouly report, rumor, but it derives confirmation from the actual po sition ar.d recent movemeuts on both sides. When Beauregard and McClellan try thems Ives in the tug of war, they will both, we may be sure, bring into action all the resources ot their skill, strategy and endurance. Neither, in this great dn ma, will Ie or Johnston bear any Fuboidinate part. The great field of Western Virginia is well worthy of the first soldier in America, and it may be Johnston's proud duty to first cross the Potomac and roll the war-cloud back towards the Sus quehannah. Soon may that day come when tree Mary land shall rise up to take her true position. The last few months have worked a great change in Maryland. That State, at the beginning of this diffi culty would have clung to the Union. We believe, if left to themselves, a majority ot her people would have voted against secession, fearing to be made, as a frontier State, the battle-ground of contending armies. The brutal tyranny of Lincoln's government has changed all this. Even Northern Maryland is now secessionist in feeling. All of manhood in every Maryland bosom rises up against submission to such despotism. Mary land is ripe now for revolution she wants but arms and a Confederate force around which to rally. Missouri was once a Union State, bat it was a Stote. The minions of Lincolnism very nearly succeeded for a time, in reducing Missouri to the position of a conquer- ea province, i ney over-aia tne tnimr. Missouri is now a secession State she goes with the Confederacy by a decided majority. John C. Fremont cannot now over-awe her people he only exasperates them the miserable ungrateful hound that he is. Albert Sidney Johnstone has got to New Orleans, and will soon be at work in the West. The " Pathfinder " will have to make tracks from the presence of a genuine man. Daily Jow nal, 2d inst. A Meteor. We learn that about eleven o'clock on Saturday night a most magnificent meteor was seen to sail rather than shoot athwart the heavens, shedding a brilliant light in its passage, which, so far as we can learn was from the Northeast to the Southwest. One gentleman informs us that it lit up Market Street almost equal to the day. From the accounts given, the meteor changed colors, presenting nearly all the hues of the rainbow. One of our informants illustrated the glare of its appearance or disappearance by saying that it looked like the bursting of a camphene lamp. We have never seen a camphene lamp buret, but we suppose it makes quite a show-off. Fkom the Northeastern part of this State we find or hear little or nothing additional. A report of the burn ing of Washington, Beaufort county, is no doubt ground less. Newbern is probably made safe by this time, We have heard a report of the capture of fifteen men at Ocracoke, which is probable. Ocracoke is on oneide of the inlet of the same name and Portsmouth on the other side. The main defence is on neither of these points, but we fear that if that defence has not already fallen it must soon fall, now that the enemy have poses sicn of the Sound. It is reported that Butler with his fleet was off Beau fort Harbor on Saturday night and yesterday, with what intention and with what precise object we do not know. Neither of them were good we suppose. Among the troops captured at Hatteras, was Gap tain Sparrow's company of Washington Greys, from Washington, N. C Daily Journal, 2d inst. Presentation. We understand that there was quite a pleasant interchange ot good leeung on oainr day evening last between Mr. Milton M. Hankins, late Master Machinist at the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad shops, and the tmployees of the Road, who esented Mr. Hankins with a fine gold watch as a token of their esteem and friendship. Mr. Haukms goes to Whistler, near Mobile, to occupy a similar po sition at the shops of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The affair came off at Messrs. Sharpsteen & Cornehl- sen's Saloon. Daily Journal, 2nd inst. Military Road. We would call aticution to the advertisement of Captain Edmondston for laborers to construct a Military Road connecting Camps Wyatt and Winslow with the Wilmington and Topsail Sound Plank Road. Those who are disposed to assist in the construction of this work will please report to Captain Edmondston at Camp Winslow. B.We take it that General Braxton Bragg is hap py at being relieved from the tedium ol his long watch at Pensacola and Warrington, where he was compelled to inaction. He will find a more congenial field on the Potomac, where active service may be expected at any moment. Gen. R. II. Anderson, who takes Gen. Bragg's place at Pensacola, is a native of South Carolina, for merly a Captain in the old army. Day of Memorial We find the following in the letter of a Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Courier : No class of oar citizens have responded more liberally to the treasury and army of tfee Conf ederacy than the Southern Jews. There are thousands of them in the army in Virgin iarepresentatives of all the States of the league and all the nations of the earth, almost. The following notice in the daily papers is ot interest to them : Religious Notice. To the Soldiers of Out Confederate States of Uie Hebrew Faith This is to remind you that the 5th and 6th of September will be the day ot Memorial (Roshhashonoh, 5122,) and the 14th the day cf Atonement (Yome Kepocr.) M. J. MICHELBACHER, Minister of Hebrew Congregation, House of Love, Richmond, Va. We are requested to state that the Stores and places of business of ;he citizens of the Jewish persuasion will be closed to-morrow aud next day as above. Daily Jourm.l, Atk int Peach. Capt. (J. W. Wightman, Quarter-Master of the 5th Regiment, State troops, called to see us yes terday looking stout and hearty. T'he regiment is get ting used to roughing and hard fare, and the health of the men is generally better. They hop' to get a chance soon at the enemy. We started however, to talk about the biggest peach seen this year a Cue poach grown in Cumberland Co Not wishing to lead our visitors into temptation, we have had the peach put " out of sight." An Earthquake. The vibration which we fell on Saturday morning and noticed in that day's Journal, was felt at Smithville, Raleigh, Charleston and else where. Thought it would be. All right. From our Richmond Correspondent- Richmond, 29th Aug., 1861. Messrs. Editors Dear Sirs Like a comet, I appear un expectedly before an intelligent world thro your obliging columns, trusting to the intelligence an J the chivalry ot your community to pardon and overlook the faults ot a new correspondent. Untutored in correspondence, and where one is so easily led to error by numerous reports, hardly knowing which to credit, and anxious to give the news, I bespeak the kind indulgence of your readers. Not et fully acquainted wiih the wave a"d doings at our Capital, I can not offer any political intelligence, but onl 9 note for the historian (?) the minor matters of eventful times. A e far as consistent with public good. I will inform you of some im portant details which may interest jour readers of -he movements of onr victorious army. Many little circum stances happening every day in a city so crowded as Rich mond fc, and with men from all quarters, must escape notice by the Press, which, though interesting ia themselves, are excluded by more pregnant and historic affairs, yet they are still indices of the popular mind. So numerous are the Federal spies throughout the Confederacy, that the Press, tho' it be blamed by the unthinking curious, ought to exer cise the greatest discretion in the publication of army move ments. Lee for example the information we first obtained the other daylrom Northern papers of th disposition of our forces. Though not correct, still it serves as a sufficient basis wr.ii tha aid of Bccuts for the enemy to plan their at tack. All suspected persons throughout tho Confederacy should be watched, and closely watched, too. They are able to do much harm. Aa Alexandrian met, casually while walk ing through the streets, a federal officer, whom he, alter a long tv,B, had arrested. How great, indeed, is the auda city which prompted him to come, and then, too, in his mil itary dress. He is in jail now, and I hope some summary disposition will be made of him. The miserable fool, a fit subject for the miserable despotism he serves, had been for some nights prowling around the hotels where our officials and members of ( ongress otteu speak quite unreservedly of the intentions aud movement of the Government. This the pliant tool would note, carefully, giving his voice to none but his ear to every one from whom he so eagerly desired the coveted information. I hope he will meet his deser4-.. The Bubmissionists in this Irtate are quite a Urge party and it is believed they have secret understandings a. .ort ot Free Masonry, which, existing in politics, is never con ducive to the welfare and prosperity of a young Republic What an admirable opportunity now for Lincoln, did he have half the sense of some of his subjects, to proclaim him self supreme dictator dismissing (Jor.gresS as soon as as sembled and proclaiming martial law. Re need never fear for want ot funds all usurpers find many ways to get the needtul. tewaid probably has a single eye to the thr. ne(!) and may, perhaps, make Lincoln but a stepping-stone to his own advancement. The next two or three months w;ll be lull ot most pre nant events. There is some talk in Congress of an early adjournment, in fact it was intended to-day ; but the importance of the times, when the least reverse of our arms or a glorions triumph may at any moment ,occur, de mands the statesmanship of oar best representatives. The sacrifices they make in staying so long from their families are fully appreciated, and it will certainly redound to their honor by the approbation of those they represent. It is regular vvork with them and they are not given to any of those windy speeches which so characterized the late sessions at Washington. Ther meetings are alt held with closed doors. A young man who escaped from Washington leaving his family there in Lincoln's service, to join the Confederate Army, has to-day received an honorable discharge as also a valuable acquisition in the shape of a negro who used to belong to his father, but now a prisoner of wr,r. Secretary Walker released him aud the young man goes with his ser vant to Raleigh as an employee in the Quarter Master's De- Eartment. The negro said he be if he was goiDg to elongto a Black liepublicaa." 1 bespeak the hospitable and kind attention for him, for which the Raleigh fo'ks are so proverbially known. He is without relatives or friends, and dependent on his salary and negro for support. I hope he may find a happy home. The many wounded prisoners here are recovering slowly. Yesterday thirty were discharged from the General Hospital and sent to prison. The officers rode through the streets, while the privates marched. A jost and noble retribulation to the ignominious manner in which oar brave boys are treated under their btrbarous rule. They are allowed to write home, 8Bd,in their letters express the opinion, after the kind treatment they have received, that they are all to be hung. Such a liberty Bhould not be allowed them as to corres pond with their friends. Two thousand prisoners are now on the way from Missouri. A guard has just passed the house with 25 to 30 taken by our pickets at Fairfax. On the arrival of the 2000 we will have near 5000 here a heavy expense to the Government. Can't you advocate some plan through your paper by which they may be made to work ? mere were seme rumors last mght that Gen'l Johnston had been appointed Commander-in-Chief bv have heard nothing of it to day and am disposed to conbt its authenticity. Beauregard is making ready for something, he doesn't say what, but his actions forebode an early battie. He is send ing all his sick and wounded down here. He has force enough now and all troops that arrive (coming every day) are sent to Wise and Floyd. Some sharp encounter will take place soon. It is supposed in well informed circles that after Lincoln's next defeat he will keep quiet and harass our coast. Night before last a large fleet left Norfolk, and its destination is supposed to be North Carolina. Let our boys keep a fihrp lookout, and they won't have to be idle long. (5C00) Some troops have been sent down to Peasa cola, and all our Southern Ports are to be well supported. The Lieut, who has just arrived with the prisoners says that both armies ar advancing, and from all appearances a bat tle will take place this week. President Davis is convalescing and will be able to see his Cabinet in a few days. Secretary Walker is suffering from dyspepsia and looks quite poorly. His duties are ex ceedingly arduous. He sees Congressmen from 9 to 10 and citizens from 10 to 12 o'clock. It would be well if you would notice in jour paper, for the benefit of soldiers, that all letters BhorJd be addressed to the number of the Regi ment. It is highly Important, aa without that they lie over here. Captain of Company and number of Regiment with address is sufficient. Richmond is anxiously looking for ward to the arrival of the North Carolina Cavalry Regiment. You will have details of the battle gained by Wise soon, and as I have so far trespassed udoii vonr eolnmna T ri0fr reporting rumors. i wiu wrius you again ana keep you posted when anythine important turns up. Yours truly, Q. M. D. Recognition of the Southern Confederacy.--The Turin correspondent of the New York Times speaking of the Emperor Napoleon, says : ' Everywhere he is trying to keep up division, and thus to maintain the French preponderance. Aa soon as the tidings of the rout at Manassas arrived in Europe M. Thouveoal received the agents of the C,cmMraiZ' in an unoCacial way, indeed, but one more victory of the Secessioiij'sts would at once be followed by the re cognition of the Southern Confederacy. For the Journal. CAur " Bee," Stafford Co., Va , I Angnst 27th, 1861. ( A meeting of the "LilliDgton Bifle Guards." (Co. C," 1st Regiment N. C. State Troopa,) was held m thir en campment this evening, when, on motion, Capt. James . Hines was called to the Chair, and Dr. Will. D. Somers re quested to act aa Secretary. The Chairman, in a few appropriate and patriotic remarks, announced the object of the meeting to be the adoption ot resolutions as a tribute of respect te the memory of their deceased fellow member, Evan L. Miller, Esq., of LiUing ton, N. C., who departed this life at the residence of his grandfather, Isaac Lamb, Esq., in New Hanover county, on the 6th day of August, of a disease contracted while in camp with the Company at Warrenton, N. C. On motion, a committee of three, consitting of Lieut. F. L. Fennell, Sergt. Wm. J. Herring, and private W. II Walker, was aDDOinted to nreoare a preamble and resolu tions expressive of the feelings of the meeting m connection fh tnoa thpir lat hslfivfld ftcenciate. The commit- a imTnelifltelv nrf pntrl th fnllnwinff as the result Of their deliberations, viz : . it ha -rentA tii AlmiffMv Rnler of the uni itraA tn remove from the staee of action our late lamented fellow-member, Evan L. Miller, Esq., an honorary n-ember of onr Company, wno, tnongn not regumny (uhbhi. antrtiar Viart vr.lrmtnril v united his fortunes and fate with oura in resistice the asrirressive incursions of a foreign eue my, who wonld depopulate and lay waste our common coun try tA it. thrifnr Rewired. That w bow with humble submission to this ffliftiT'ir,fiisTen&tion of an all-win and over-rulirg Provi dence, knowing that He doeth all things well, and feeling the w .ath vihitprt n with this sad bereavement tor onr nix n (rnnii. - Tfesnlne L That we deer.lv denlore the loss of a comrade, wV.ns manv inestimable Qualities as a natriot, a gentleman and a christian, have endeared him to all who have had the pleasure of his acquaintance ; yet we sorrow net as those without hope, for we have an abiding confidence that he is now reaping tne reward oi a virtuous auu pious uie m u tpr and nurer state of existence. Resolved, That we will always honor and revere hia name and memory for the noble part wlich he acted, and the lib eral contributions which he made, for the purpose of pro rnH'.ir the nfiressarv eouinments and outfit for cur Compa ny, and the interest which he manifested ia our cause whilst he was with ns in camv. Tipst, Jrfid That. w HeenJv and sincerely sympathize with h hprfiHved comnanion and relations in this the hour o thfrir affliction. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to forward a p.onv of these resolutions to the widowed partner ot tne de ceas-d. and also to the editors of the Wilmington Jour nal and North Carolina Presbjterian, with a request that they publish the same. On motion, the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted, and ordered to be enrolled in the j .urnal of the company. On motion, the meeting adjourned. J A.S. S. fl IK ES, Ch'mn. Will. P. Somers, Sec'y. TIe FttlerHl BlotKadf Prospects or a savai war between England al iln; Unltt'l States. We have btt n enabled to trace and deSue the report referred to in yesterday's paper, with respect to the breaking of the blockade by the ingress of the British ship Alliance. The investigation we made of the icport yesterday waa very much baffled, but, at last, resulted in a con firmation, which we consider satisfactory, of all its main points of intelligence. The Government had heard nothing, in tin official way, of the ingress of the Alli ance ; but the report of it bad reached a member of Congress from the Sherifi of the county on the coast wheie the vessel had run the blockade. We make the statement as it has reached Richmond from this source which is recommended to us a3 entitled to credit. A single error occurs in the report we made yester day, occasioned by a misapprehension of localities. There are two places of the name of " Beaufort" on the Atlantic coast one in Jsorth Carolina, and the other in South Carolina ; the latter being in the locality of Port Royal, ore cf the finest harbours south of Nor folk, into wich it was supposed that the Alliance had entered. It now appears that it was Beaufort in North Carolina, a harbour on the t:eck of Cape Lookout, where the vessels landed. It is further stated that at the time the Alliance en tered the line of the blockade at this point, a number of merchant vessels were observed out at sea ; and it was supposed that they might follow the Alliance in, under the protection of a British steamer that was lying oQ the coast. This may possibly account for the circum stance of the withholding from general telegraphic com munication of the intelligence of the gap made in the blockade by this vessel as a pioneer. This is the first instance, we believe, of the ingress of a vessel of a neutral power into our blockaded ports ; and as such is entirely sufficient to furnish the occasion for freeing the neutral trade of the British Government from further restrictions. It is well known that several of our own vessels have made their egress from the blockaded ports, and that some of them have done so in repeated instances. The late intelligence from Europe reports two arrivals from Southern ports, viz: the Genoa, lrom Savannah, at Deal, and the Kaler, from New Orleans, at Barcelona It 13 to be understood, however, that in contempla tion of public law, the escape of the b'ockade by our own vessels cannot properly, or perhaps justly, free the commerce of a neutral. When, however, as in the case of the Alliance, the vessel of a neutral power itself runs the blockade, through either the inefficiency or the re missness of the cruisers, or even through some accident unaccounted for, there is no doubt that in the common estimation or international law, tcie DiocKade is posi tively and permanently broken. The test of the blockade for England, so far as her own rights are involved, is positively determined ; and the circumstances attending the adventure of the Alli ance point to prompt and effective measures for the as sertion of those rights. It is known that a number of British war vessels are now stationed immediately on the rsorth Carolina coast, and that the running of the blockade by a British merchantman at Beaufort was performed in the sight of one of them. The late ad ditions to and concentration of the British squadron, or rather licet, of! the Southern coast, means som- thiDg. There ha3 never before been such a formida- ble array of modern war vessels around and about our coasts. 1 he British fleet, now under tht command of Admiral Milne, numbers forty-two vessels, wub an armament ot 49 guns, and between i A j t i bix auu seven inousana men. jn iact, every circum stance aids-the conclusion that if the Lincoln Govern ment shall insist upon any further continuation of the blockade, the preparations of the British Govtrnment are complete, instant and lully resolved upon for a naval war with the United States, to be commenced immedi ately off the coasts of the Atlantic P. S. Since the above was written, the information given by.it about the running of the blockade has been fully confirmed by despatches received at the War De partment, not until last evening. The captain of the Alliance is expected to reach Richmond today. Uer cargo will be ouered tor sale to the Government. From what we can learn of it, it ia of the most valuable de scription. Besides an essortment of general articles and some case3 of arms, perhaps, it consists of 199,000 uer cussion caps, large quantities of medicines, quicksilver. pig iron, sheet iron, tin plate, several thousand dozen of spool cotton, &c, &c. Richmond Examiner 20th Aug, Muster Roll of Oeiiuan Volunteer, Company 8th Regiment, N. C. Volunteer-. Captain C. Cornehlsen. 1st Lieut H. Vollers. 2d " (I. H. W. Range. 3d " E. Schalken. lt Ssrgt J. H. N. Cornehlsen. 2d P. W. Heyer. 3d " L. Vollers. 4th 44 B. Manss. 5th 44 W. Dientsback. A., 1st Corp'l A. W. Thies. 2d C. V. Glahn. 3d 4th A. C. Bachman. J. C. Koch. privates. S. B. Anders, J. B. Lewis, T. J. Lewis, H. Matthias, M. Marcus, J. C. Mulford, It. Merritt, A. R. Mayer, J. 8. Nickens, A. M. Newbery, Ernst Ortman, H. Overbeck, A. Ffnndt, H. Portwig, G. Rosenthrol, H. Radges, Robert Reeves, David Reeves, Daniel Reeves, J. F. Stolter, O. Stolter, H. Btolter, F. W. Schoeber, White Smith, A. Schloebohm, 8. Salimon, A. Simmons, J. M. Simmons, J. B. Sutton, E. Teller, M. TV. Tatom, R. W. Ttom, 8. L Tatom, H. Tatom, G. Voss, H. Westerman, L. 'Wilson, Joa. Willes, J. G. Wagner, C. Ackerman, H. Bear, L. Buchner, H. Brahmer, J. BonRold, D. 8. Bullard, J. Bullard, A. J. Bullard, J. B. Coock, H. Domler, O. Davis, J. T. Age, S. Fleisher, Tbos. Faircloth, V. Geyer, M. Gruenbeirg, B. Goldsmith, J. H. Heine, D. G. Hackeman, J. Hoerner, L. D. Hencken, A. Hales, Waahgt. Hall, A. C. Hare, Wilk. Hall, B. Hall, G. A. Johnston, 8. Jacoby, J. H. G. Kordlander, M. M. Katz, J. Eoppel. H. Kuhn, J. N. Kornahrens, Rudolph Klein, H. Kyhle, J. Lncas, C. H. Luhrs, H. W. Ldnsebrink, MTAm acD2kt We learn that Monday last, the boiler ni aJ009' Bteam mil1' at Scotland Neck, burst and killed Mr. Sawyer, who attended the mill, and dangerously wounded hia father also, killed two negro men and badly wounded another Tarboro' Southerner, Ust ult. BY TELEGRAPH. FOft THE JOURNAL From Richmond. Richmond, Va.. Ancr ni , The President signed a number of biita t'A1! 18CI. have yet been made public. Conere? s will .ut "one There are many rumors circuiting about skirmiul n'S battles, but only the former are reliablA. tk . , aad erally express the opinion, and the Bigns ceneralit that an important battle is near at hand. s lnd.cate, Richmond, Va., Sept. iBt 1fiM Congress adjourned at midnitrht on Matn l' third Monday in November, unless sooner conm.j11 t!l President. u uy the The following acts have been approved by tie Tr and made public : 1 '"ideDt An act establishing rates of postage on newonanp periodicals Bent to dealers through the mails or er The rates are the same as those paid by regular subs rf s, An act requiring postmasters to receive treasurr sunn of five dollars and upwards for stamps arrt 'ia envelopes. t u 8mpei An act for the sequestration of estates prorPrt eEects of alien enemies, and for the indemnity ol" citi an'3 the Confederate States and persons aid n" ti,e QJ .ns"f existing war the covernn The preamble to the actsava. w'" H In L Government and People of the ITniieri fit ,m parted from the usages of civilized warfare in' p?Ve ?e and destroying the property of the people of the c , n? rate Kates of all kinds, whetl er used for miliary p,?. de' or not; and, whereas, our only protection gainst wrongs is to be foun 1 "in such measures of retaliation fM,c'1 ultimately indemnify our own citizens tor their losse?8 " restrain the wanton excesses of our enemiee. The apt t? troceeds to explain the way such restrictions t,lA i lfn ducted. ""'be con. Are'olution was approved directing tLe Becretar war, whenever practicable, to supply the troops with n baked bread; also, with rations of tresh vcg.'tabies w' the latter can be obtained at a reasonable cost. ' D An act authorizing the appointment by the PresM from civil lite, of persons to he staii of Generals wri " recommended by tho Generals. ' 6rs An act furnishing for appointment bytlie President of jutatits of Regiments or Legions, upon the leconimen,. of the Colonel thereof. A n act authorizing the Secretary of War to recr iT( forward clothing, shoes, blanVtB and other am ks of3'1 cessity, en to the army by private contiihu'imK Et: An act allowing chaplains in the army the gl!me ra.lr as privates. ' ' rs rassr igers who left Man.issas ths morning, remrt . quiet. r ' 01 From other points there is noth'n? of interest. Clark-ville, Va., Aug. r.orli. isci The Confederates attacked the Federal pickets ten'mi' below Reatonsville, and after a skinnish they mired 6S Richmond, Va., Sept. 2 igfi President Davis has ca'led Congress together on to-rrn row. (Tuesday,) to attend to some unfinished 1 ns nets f quorum being ttill here. They will probably adjourn m I dav or two. Vico President Stephens continues at Manassas, iaatm dance on his sick brother, Judire Linton Stephens. are expected to arrive in the city on WedLesuay. otlr of Interest from the camps. ' Fttlernl Rtpoit of the Capture of the Foi iHitni) nt Cap" Hatlerns Inli-t The Wuuii'ImI u:-(i p., oners Mile tjona oi me n.rs.iri ijimr, Richmond. Va., Pe:,7. Z2. lGl-p y Baltimore papers ot Monday morning, received 1. fr. tain copies cf official reports to the Washington De-,rt ments of the Hatteras expedition. The reuoits stutV'ti! '. the forts surrendered, and it ia stipulate.' ihat the ofTro-. afiQ men Biiati rective me ireaimeui aue prisonm W ur An ollicial communication to tne secretary ,f th v.v,. says' that they (Federals) captured two forts, twenty fv. cannon, one thousand stand of arm, and seven hun;!ri:il ati fifteen prisoners : also, three prizes, two of which' loaded with cotton and coC'ec. The prisoners are :o b conveyed to New York, aa J the thirteen wounded to Aa napolis. 'ihe ll jrriet Lane is supposed to be lost. SECOND DISPATCn. Richmond, Va., Sept. :ird, r. M. The Federal Surgeon reports tho followiue tierxnN wounded at Hatteras who are now at Annapolis, Md : ..nltf. borough Guard Willoughby Davis, instep, not bad; W. .!, f orces, lacerated wound ; lar icivcr HolsWiv. ru thigh; Jaa. A. Cooney, shoulder, serion ; JunMiUn, ana- John Mooring, niorta ly ; Hamilton G r north vu. (i. .ad- drews. ankle, serrua : Afhiey Keele, Hide; Zorth Carn'M Defenders Mat bias Tonna?ar, breast, not hnd; lannr RravesLvpn'i Mills, leg, slight; Henry lines. sid;, k rious; Francisco Morirg, mortally; i-.'oan-ke Gnauk tiillet Fogerson, foot, painful. All wounded by shells. Richmond, Va-. Sept.. 3d, It is stated by an engineer who has just arrived here, tb: a serious accident occurred to-day near Ahlngdon, Va., on the railroad. The Aiken Ouards, Capt. Rrady. of the 111 Louisiana regiment, had ono killed and thirteen woandeil. The names are not yet ascertained. Congress has passed an act authorizing the Preside"! to continue the appointments made by him in the aiii aryai.j naval serv:ce during the recess of Congress, or diirit. th? last or present session, and to submit them to L'otgrtsi u. the cormr. encement cf tho next session. Congress was in session about two hours, and then journed until the third Monday in November next. One hundred and two Federal prison rs reached here to afternoon, who were taken by Gea. Fioyd rear Cauk-j's Bridge last week. One hundred of them" belonged to & Ohio seventh regiment. Many were killed, and the balae of the regiment fld in great confusion, wading nd tee ming the river. They were signally rou'e l and th-.rosLj demoraiiz-d. There are about two thousand Federal prisoners tww is Richmond, No;hing of interest from the cp.mp?. It is qur:e cool h the mountai 's of Virginia, and winter clothing is absolutely needed by iany of the soldiers. It is t:ie duty of the Sstii liberally to provide warm clothing and sust.i'u a 1 ihe move ments to ameiiorate the condition of the .-Jc k and w;;unW. From the Noreh anil "Vet, via LciitsvlH- mid liuhlli. Quincy, Illinois, .'-Oth, ISo'l. A special dispatch to the Chicago Times s.iys ttot Lieut, lieukio arrived last evening, and iays that Mar tin Greene took Palmyra. Yesterday morning twenty cars, containing an unac countable number ol persons for St. Jo-ph's, wasfcvl into and made to return. Cixcinwatt, Aug. oOtb, Yyjl Tyler's defeat has been confirmed. Washington-, V. C., Au. .'lOth. lsl. Secretpry Chase contemf lates issuing an adih-s behalf ot the national loan. Dates from Mataozas to the 25th in?t. have be;?, re ceived, which state that a British Schooner ran tie blockade of Newbern and arrived ; and sailed o-rum r Charleston and also ran the blockade. No warlike reports from Virginia to dav. Louisville, Aug o 1st. St. Louis passengers report Jifivrson City umlli " ville in the hands of trie Missoarians. Secretary Polk at Lexington favors a neutrality, but says that he is for the South when the conksr com ?. Lexington, Ky., Aug 31. 11 , The Post says that a new array ord :r wil! be i?.r to suppress all objectionable papers, under which n - Gen. Dix will suppress the Baltimore pt'ccsi'n p'P r: New York. Aug. 30, Cotton -aIes of 3000 bales, at l'J. centi p r ib. St. John'?, N. P., Aug. 30, b The steamship Argo bus arrived oil Cap" K .iet. Liverpool dates to the 18th inst. The Etna bavr: broke her shaft put back. Cotton Sales on Monday and Tuesday ofSfl''1,' bales, of which speculators and exporters took W-01, bales. Prices had advanced 1-1C a -, Cl':" was on middling. Consols 90. r Fayette, Missouri, Aug. 30t!i, l-1"' . The cashier of the Bank at this place has sect u hundred thousand dollars to Sprins.fi -Id. St. Tinris. Au?. 30 1?C1. Twenty secessionists, headed by Poiadextcr, have seized. ... It is understood that Lincoln's letter to Gov- goffin is conciliatory. He says that he will bcjr by the action of the Legislature. t ,wi Wi king ton. D. C, ris'c The Times says that the Coufederatc, wllMWep' attacked the Federal pickets tt Bull's Hon trow " The Federals fell back but again advance J, occW ' oil position. . Titian L. Coffee is acting Attorney General cnr.0 absence. , i The Government will not collect duties on d cie,cy or declare the porta closed, but will re;y of the blockade. The N. Y. Post eava that startling news reacne l ... r a tr..4. i ...- t.-i . i ,.f rnR!rt!-Ri r Louisville, Ky., Aur. 31 The above is"'", .mo tional. Mr. Jackson is doubtless coming to ei c .in vocation of the Union Legislature, and Cope j)re? rio has been spending moBt of the day wi n e Piece, who ia here. J From Fortress Monroe. ocW- ' The gunboat Iroquois has arrived t'remt "e,: ',"CF' Savannah, and repor s hearing heavy cacnor.au- 6 Hatteras. . v'n::l cannon, and fired several shots at the Sav!un j. vuuicuoiaic iuj4 una atuvtru ju - , vu''1 red- was hurt. The tug retired towards o.,i,.t and sheila : one exploded near the Seminole, ana w , to the Rip Raps fihft t.hnn retired behu 1 SeT . . . A f, 1 31, 1 The World says that the Attorney Gc 0j gt,: that the loan is not taxable either by lrf a 1 anthAoifn The Herald says that it is estimated uj 0nfejr; know, that there are Beventy-five thousano. 0 o, between Harper's and Edward's Ferry, wa." portunity to force a crossing into Maryland. .ta time the Maryland secessionists are gj.i.u.."o shore. Gen. Fremont proclaims the State of Missoar re . tial law. Tersons found with arms in iueu s0-a - court-martialed and shot ; and the prope; ?ea reai, or persons wno are iaa.eu m TI,i freen s- will oe oouiiJctieu, auu ijl.ch oi'" ----- , a m-- tn rAtnrn to their jeredP1 .Dip" RAnnA. wit.hnnt snffieient cause, will be consi tive evidence against the absentees. g viSiM Provost Marshal McKensley forbids persons v of the county, without ft pass. euuaeniy ior is.eniucKy last nigni, r.& dispatches indicating danger of sn instant oat" r lar nrlviff-9 -wpro rnnoivaA hora tn.hv f'rotll r. '
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