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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL - C 0 FEDKRATE STATES O? MgHICA. WILMINGTON.'n. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1863. brought here at 11 o'clock yesterday A Rjaroa was forenoon, by passergers who arrived here on a train On the V uaiuvaujiv.-.- that Jacksonville, the county seat of Onslow county, had been occupied by the enemy. This rumor was pretty generally believed, yet on sift ing it, we could r.ot find any confirmation sufficient to satis'y cs. Is o such news, we know, had been received at Magnolia, the headquarters nearest to Jacksonville, and from which alone any reliable "information could have been brought by the train. Ihe enemy has fallen back from Trenton, so that no immediate advance ia in progress in the direction of Goldsboro'. In truth, the Abolition forces in this State are practicing either the most profound or the most Bhallow tactics. Tfcey are eiiher going through the celebrated evolution of the King of Frar.ce, marching up the hill, and then marching down again, for the mere fan of the thiDg, or they are ccncealiDg some very occult designs under very mysterious movements. For icstence, cne day Gen. Pktor, in command of the Con federate forces above Suffolk, found in Lis front only some twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred of the enemy. They had gone somewhere, cay to "Wicton, cn the Cho wan River. The text dry, the enemy appeared in force, tot Ies3 than fifteen thousand. So they back and fill. They advance from Newborn , acd they go back to Kewbern, with what preciso military object weeannot see, unless they make armed rcconnclsaccea in force, for the purpose of robbing hen-roosts, stealing niggers and committing acts of felony and other ruisdstds. Wc have referred to Suffolk in connection with the Eastern part of the State, because in nearly every point cf view, or military movement, in Eastern North Car olina, acd in South Eastern Virginia, are co mixed up as to be almost inseparable. Humored disaflcction in Foster's army may have paralyzed hh movements for the time bcicg, aB it is said to have cg; J3 Bup.xside's, so much in the latter cr.se as to make -the army of the Potomac quite as nuch a eource of uneasiness to the Cabinet at Washington as to cur Government at Iliahmcnd. Somehow we have been able so far to contain our souls in tolerable quiet, spite of Gen. Foster, who we will venture to ray, 3 not without apprehension of be ing himself attacked acd thrown on the defecrive in hi3 own strongholds. If any Abolition trocpa have been seen at Jackson ville, they must have been a mere cavalry rcouting par ty. Daily Journal, 22d intt. The most solemn farce of the season was enacted in the Iicuse of Commons of this State on Tuesday last by Mr. Henry, of Berti'?: who introduced the follow ing : Jlftrivrd, Ey tlso Horse of Commons of the General As BPmM'y of North Carolina, tiiat the language used by the Richmond L'r.quirer aad other ill tempered partisan i'aptrs out of the Slate, towards the Legislature of North Caro lina, is al.Le slanderous, cmzonous and uijust, and de serves the ejom and contempt of every free and true heart ed son rf North Caroica. Ji(r'oV:'i, That it is with i." grace that pny Richmond paper teeks to defame the Legislature of Noit'i Carolina or any por'i n of hfr people, o larjg as they owe the very ex istence of that city, End the protection of its peopls tLd homes, rrair ly, to the gallant troops cf North Carolina. Da. l ftirtiicr Jxrdved, That North Carolina is a free aud independent sovereign State, and wil'. ue all constitu tional ii.er.ns to defend her rights and liberties from insult and oppression from vhatever quarter it may come. Acd the House cf Comaion3 most solemnly ordered that thcic resolutions should be printed and made the special crd-.r for twelve o'clock on Thursday, (to-day.) Surely, r.cvcr before in the whole history of legisla tion ras any such thing reen as a legislative body, chosen for the discharge of high and responsible duties and pcid fcr ueh discharge, leaving such things undone and entering the crena of nevtspaper controversy with journals printed in their own State rs well as out o.p it. Surely, never before did any legislative body seek to screen its own acts from criticism by denouncing all who cxprtss disapproval cf its course as ill-natcred partizau papers, and their language cs slanderous, cen sorious r.i.d nrjinf. Surely, never before did any party to a d.'ecussioa hope to carry its point by dimply votkg itself riht and its opponents wrong. Surely, no man or bedy cf men who did net fed that they were justly amenable to censure would attempt lo forestall the free expression cf opinion by legislating upon particular newspaper paragraphs, thu3 trying to bring a ceitain pressure to bc-r upon the liberty of the press, thu3 virtually caking such liberty a dead letter. That a weak mar, like Doctor Henry, of Bertie, should imagine that by " exhibiting " so strong and nauscaus a dose, he would get ere lit for " heroic prac tice," wc can well imagine, tut it does excite our spe cial wonder that there was no wiser or cooier head in the House to Euggest the propriety or at least the poli cy o! ..-mothering the bantling before it was allowed to come forth full-pledged in all the honors cf type and "made the spec'al order fcr a certain clay. In gocd truih, we are sorry that the House of Com mons oi Ncrtl: Carolina should have stooped to consti tute ltttlfa party to a mere newspaper controversy be tween the BaJcigh Sta?,dard, the ltichnioud Enquirer and seme other papers. If the Stardust u-as getting the worst of the controversy, tie House of Commons need net proclaim it so ostentatiously cs ?t is asked to do by Doctor Henhy, of Bertie. The Standard must really be hard pressed when such au undignified course on the part of the Legislature is deemed necessary to sustain it. The House must feel itself weak on the score of defenders when it is forced to eact itself riant by resolution. We have taken little or no part in the bitterly viru lent discussions that Lave been going on for months past. Other interests, other carc3 and other anxieties Lave occupied cur mind and engaged our attention. We have, however, kept our eyes open, add expressed our opinions lairly and calmly ss occasion required seldom without provoking some Eneering or ill-natured retort, wh.cb we se;dora stopped to notice. We have remarked, what cannot hare escaped the attention of any observer, the manifest ctesire on the part of those claiming to constitute cr lead the so-called " conserva tive " party, to evade the real question? at issue by ap pealing to prejudices in connection with matters wholly irrelevant to the subject under discussion. Thus in the controversy between the Standard and the Richmond Enquirer, the effort 'seem3 less to be to prove the Enquirer wrong, than to excite a preju dice against lrginia, and by such prejudice it is even sought to influence legislation. This is hard enough, we tliink, and it has not even the excuse cf being fair. We pass over the small potatoe sneera of the mere sattalites at Eng'ish, Irish, South Carolinians, etc., they are evidently mere reflections, so feeble a3 to be unable to even cast a shadow. They make up for tbe lact of argument or information by abundance cf slang-whang. Wc do trust that the Legislature will vindicate its own dignity by ceasing to be in any way a party to newspaper quarrels it3 own independence by legisla ting irrespective of c ny prejudices fomented between the people cf lava State and those of a noble sister State engaged in the same cause, and its own patriotism by throwing party to the doga and goinjj earnestly to work ivi ucoi intiicio ui me estate. Yankee commerce will soon be pretty unsafe. The uiiaoama doubled tbe rates of insurance, the Florida Will stiil farther increase the risk3, for Mafittt has just about as much affection for the enemy as Sihmes, and the Harriett Lane commanded by some dare-devil Tex aa will do more service -for us in a moath than she did fo: Lincoln ia a year. . Anything to Eat Not much, and we fear there will soon be nothing at all. No carts corns in with produce. Nothing ii brought to market. Nobody cornea in to buy or to sell. We are getting to be aa bdly off as we were dur ing the time of the Yellow Fever. We are disinclined to grumble 'at any time, and es pecially at this time, but really unless something be docs we must soon be a starved out community, since nobody from the surrounding country, in the direction from which our supplies come, will venture into town with their horses, earts or wagons, when they have no assur ance that they can get out again, nor that they can get any feed for their animals while kept here. We bow to General Whiting's military knowh-dge, and have implicit 'confidence in his zeal and deter mination to defend the district committed to his charge. We ere willing to make every sacrifice acd submit to every deprivation that the public defence may render necessary, bat we respectfully submit that some modification might be made in the present stringency in granting passports, so aa to permit intercourse between the town acd the country, sufficient to permit the peo ple of the former to get provisions and of the latter to supply themselves with sach articles a3 they usually ob tain here. We are not making complaints. We are merely call ing attention to a state of thkg3 to which we are as sured exist, and to which we have been requested to call attention by nearly every person with whom we m?et. We trust a remedy can be found for this great public inconvenience, without interfering with the mil: tary arrangements made for th3 public defence. In quality of Taxation. We desire to direct public attention to a matter the importance of which all must feel, and to point out a manifest inequality which we think all fair-minded men will recognise, and which ali just men will be will ing to see rectified. It is this : The war has greatly modifLd the relative values of property located in different sections of this State as, no doubt, it has done in ether States. Real estate in most of our seaboard towns and cities has measurably ceased to be a source of revenue, even where the enemy has not been able to extend his power ; while on the other hand, even the commonest houses in any interior town' or village will command 3 early rents nearly equal to the whole amount for which, before the war, they couM bave been purchased right out, from chimney-top to foendation stOLe. To illustrate this we will take Wilmington as an instance : Early last year the fear of an f.ttack had driven a large number cf families out of town, and the depopula tion wa3 completed by the fear of the epidemic which raged in the Fa!!. By the time that the fever had be come a fixed fact very few families were left that could get away. When the epidemic subsided, the command ing General issued an address deprecating the immediate return of families to town. Several families, however, did return, but .even those have been driven cfi by the inrninuncy of an attack as Set forth in G neru. Whit ing's address of the 14th icstant. 1 he result of this state of thin s is that real estate here can hardly be s.-.id to have any real, rentable value, for the time being, and its owners, instead of deriving a revenue from it will be compelled to pay heavy taxes out of pockets aUeady well drained by the expenses in curred in carrying their families to points of supposed security, for which supposed security they are compelled to piy in rents that exceed anything ever known here, in the fiaahest of flash times. Now we would respectfully ask whether, as a matter of simple justice, something ought not to ba done for. the relief of the real estate owners ia places circum stanced as Wilmington is ? Whether some provision ought not to be made, assimilating taxation to the pre sent ability to p.y, ralher than exacting it in accord--ance with an assessment mads under different circum stances.acd beericg no earthly relation to the present po sition of affairs ? We would not appeal to the Legisla ture for this as au act of favour or o( lelief, otherwise than ia the technical meaning of the word " relief." We have thus briefly alluded to this matter, mainly with the view of bringing it to the attention of the public and especially of the Mayor and Commissioners of this town and the proper authorities in other communities similarly situated, in order that prompt action may be had. Our Mayor is a clear-headed business man. aud oar Commissioners mu3t ail be aware of the truth of the statements we have made and their importance to our people. The Legislature will not probably remain very long in session, so that if anything is to be done, it ought to be done at once. By information almost direct from Beaufort harlrjr we learn that the enemy's iron-clada are said to be of much lighter draft than we had supposed, being only nine feet two inches. They have one or two pilots who know this river perfectly, and say they can bring them in. Whether they are white men or negroes we could not ascertain. The boats of the Monitor class are merely fi Dating batteries, without speed or sea-going qualities. They had to be towed around from Fortress Monroe, and dare not venture cut from Beaufoit while there is any swell outside. They can only operate in perfectly calm weather, otherwise deck, guns, turret end all would roll under. The Yankees at Beaufort say they are coming here the first favorable weather. It ii strange that they should talk so much about it. An Abolition force consisting of about a thousand cavalry, with a battery of light artillery, made a recon noisance in force this week as far as Jacksonville, in Onslow county, but almost immediately returned with in the Abolition Hues at Newbern. They may have come out on a foraging and plundering expedition. The federal gunboat Hatteras recently sunk by a Confederate Steamer, tupposed to be the Florida, was not an iron-clad, as reported by the telegrams, sent to the pre3s. She was a side-wheel steamer of 1100 tons, carrying three or four rifled guns. She wa9 built of iron, but not armored with it. In talking and writing, people are apt to confoatd iron-built veesele with iron clads. A Seasonable Fall. Salt has declined wonderful. ly in Charleston to the great disappointment of the speculators in the necessity, a letter dated the 9 th, published in the Mobile Neic$,'$aj3 : A month ego Liverpool salt brought in this market 210 per sack ; three days ago, at one of the large cargo sales, which had assembled bidders from every portion of the Confederacy, a large lot of Liverpool salt was put up. With some difficulty, the auctioneer obtained a single bid of $75 per sack. The bidder, finding him self the only bidder, contented himself with taking five sacks, the minimum quantity allowed by the term ot sale. The remainder of the salt then went off, in small quanti ties, at the successive and constantly decreasing bids of $65, SCO, $50, and finally less than forty dollars per sack. I need not add that this amazing fall woke up a good many who have been dabbling, shrewdly, as they supposed, in the treacherous and uncertain merchandise. The true cause cf the decline is of course to be found in the extensive and successful operations of the salt ma kers on this ccast whose name is legion, and who, by active competition, have brought down theprioe of salt a 1 ttle more rapidly than it was inflated, in the first in stance, by speculators. A recently arrived lady iu New Orleans, the wife of an officer, speaking of the dreariness of the citv and the paucity of entertainments, observed that in the evenings "the houses seemed as solitary as grava yards, in which the wives of officers were set up as monuments, to late husbaadg." m The J scksoo M iseisstppia o give, from an t ffioer of high position, an interesting account of the aeeoud siega of Vicksburg. It 13 well worth reading - Oor commander acted vigorously oa tlw information he broujib', and errc ing the landing of the combined forces ot ha entmy on tbu Yeziw, every tflfjrt possible to be made with our reewurcea wtbj resorted to. As was foretold, in a fe d the Yankee fleet of some thirty-five guuboa's and rtr?s, and about t'gbty transports appeared near the mouth of the Yazoo, io S'ght of the 'City of the Hills.' 1 be Ip.'l'jwicg day.at 1 o'cl'k, the gun boats of tbe eaeiy hail c utiouely ieit their way to tie raft at r?nyder'd Binfl, ab ut ten miles from the mouth of the Yazoo. There they found a fcatte-ry, wbich opened fhe admonishing tb ni that their luttter progress would be contebied with vior. The enemy tbrew a few shells and retired. Io ihe meantime the transports had land ed abt ut 6000 troops on the L- uistana Bhore, who pro ceeded dewu to th lailroad. opposite the city, and de stroyed the bridgei td ctberwiae rendered the roai un available, cut M off our communication in that chan nel with t c suit mines of Lake Bisteneau, which were at that ti.no uipplying ubout 5000 bushels cf salt da.il to the Confederacy. Failing to reach RLy corsidtrable force in their ep eratins, l iet Tuesday week they landed a large body of troops, estimated at 50,000, on the Ytzoo, at the plan tations of Mrs Lke, Capt. Johnson, .and Col. Blake 'these forces prsoeeded through the forest to the hills whieh tx'fcndtd along the southern border of the swamp from tbe point at Snyder's to a distance of two or three mi'ea below Vicksburg, varying in distance fr' m ths Yazoo litver In ra two to five miles, as tbe meandering of the rt ream may direct its course. The bluffs are gen erally quite iuegular; rncning from northeast to south west btfroiijg a rejutiial view of tbe bottom, which is intersper.ed witb lakes, and the smck?; ascendirg through the tite to;s from the Yaukee camp fires. Four davs ir. succession the enemy, havi cr adranctd to tL tucskirts ot the woods, kept up a continued fire on our lines under the bluff i, embracing most of thecbs "tanre from Snyder's to tbe I d'aa Mound, only four and a half miiea above Vicksburg ; and on Monday last it was evident they bd thrown a large force near the centre, with a view of bte-jkiu it and coming in tbe rear cf Vicksburg. When Gtn. Lee discovered their supposed intention, be otd' red tLe light aLtiliery to be ia readiues?, and withdrew the infantry from the advance lin?of rifle pits to oihert at the foot of tbe bluffs. This had tbe da sired t-fleet of drawing out the eoemy fr.om the oover of ihe wood-, rtfost admirably did tbe Illinois, Missouri, Indiana ar.d Ken'u.-kj troops (8000 strong) advance upon our srnill force. Our brave troops were admon ished to hoid the lr fire until the enemy was m short musket range, but tbeir ardor was' such, remembering the insults and sufferings endured ia their prisons, that patiei.ee seerta'd t o longer a virtue, and when within 175 yards the 31 and 30th If nnesfiee directed a deadly fire on tbe foe. " he artillery then shared in the engage ment oa both s'dea. The enemy advanced gallantly to within' fifty yards of our rifli pits, when the well direct ed fite of our artillery htcame-so rapid, in connection with our ij-fintry, that the lines were broken and tLe enemy began a precipita e retreat lor the woods. The pits could contain our infactry no longer, and they rnshe I upon the er.cmy, k'llicg and capturing as they advanced, until they were lost in the woods, where the fight ended, e ur men bringing cut prisoners even there. Thu3 closed the fight at Chickasaw Bayou, at Smith's Bluff, on Monday last, the enemy being completely routed, many prisoners captured, at;d some 12C0 killed, wouuded and musing. - An iolo-mal 11 ig of true? was sent by the eremy ou Monday evening, aud our sharpshooters fired upon the troops, who were ostensibly upon the field to fake oil the .'ead a;,d wounded, but who undertook -first to obey an order to s: care their artdieryand small arms pre vious to coring fur their own sufferers It was while they were ihm rrgage-d in pillaging the fhkl of oar rightful inheriiauce, the spoils of war, that we fired on the vanquished h.e. Our humane fcre'e then advanced to take carc of their wouuded, and thej were in turn fired upon tLe;r sharfs'ioo ers, when they withdiew with the few w-ui oed they had coll. c ed. The wouud ed Yariktes bi ought tff by ua express the belief that we were justified in firing ou them, as they had no right to interfere wilh n-iythkg on tie field. The piiaoneis captured are- good specimens of Wes tern tioopi, and will compare favorably with our own in soldi rfy qualities, 'ihe greater portion are youth ful iu appe:irinc--, aud it is to be regretted that those misguiiitd Western men should be sacrificed on the al tar of Aboiuiondom, at the- base of the hills on the Ya zoo, in a vain endtavor to take Vicksburg. 'I he eren.y moved from the Indian Mcu::d on Mon day niht to the vicir.ify of tbe old Racetrack, thus ex tending their lias to tbe Mississippi, a mile and a half ; further south. E irly Tnesdav morri. tr a force aorear- ed in the fallen timber in frcrnt of tbe old Rice-track, ia the bt cd above the city. Our artillery en the hills above opened on ih?m as the infantry stationed on the flit along t' e cdg n the timbtr that bid been cat down to obstruct their passage. The enemy were, after a corjpli 1 vz nru;s ekumishing, lorctd to retire info the woods. Oar erdaar.ee on t;ie h-ils aove fvored them with occasional ehelta all day. Since Tuesday rooming ir, is evident that fro i the nigh-iy clamor of axmen, the enemy are bridging lakes and nuking roads to transport heavy pieces from the Yazoo to this point cn the Mississippi, in order, doubt less, to co-Operate in a general tand aud riv. r attack, their right being about a mile and a half above the city cm the Mississippi, and their left extending to Sny der's on xlw Ye zoo. Should the present raic.s continue the attack on our iiaes will be indefitite'y posipocd. A Ktw Wy cf rlarylng. In New Hampshire they used to choose all their State, couijty acd town officers, from governor down 10 hog reeves, at one towru meeting, the annual March meeting. As the town officers were very numerous, it was customary, as fa.st as they were chosen, to walk them up before a justice of the peace and have them swoin into office, " by companies, half companies, pair aiid single." " Squiie Chase," of Cornish (father of Governor Chase, of Ohio.) being the most prominent justice, had bis task to perform and a sev. re task it wa3, occupying much o.' his time from morniug tnl night. It was on one of these occasions, after the labors ar.d toil 01 the day were over, he returned to his home weary and overcome with the fatigues of his employment, and throwing himself in his easy chair, he fell into a sound sleep. Ia the m cnt4o;e a couple who had been wait ing patiently for sometime for the jast ice to jiin them in wedlock, presented themselves in another part of tbe hous.! and made known their interesting desire to Mrs. Chare, who, somewhat ccnfus(d and agitated, attended them to the sle-ping justice, whom she found it difficult to arcuse. Sh. king him by the shoulder, she called out, " Mr. Chase, Mr Cht.se, do pray wake up ; here h a cduple ccaie to be married." The justice having ad ministered oaths all day, was dreaming of nothing else, half-waked, iubbing hi eyes and looking at the wistful pair, asked : " Are you the couple ?" They nodded assent. " Well, hold up ycur band." They did so with some hesitation. " You severally, solemnly swear that you will faithfully perform the duties of your offices, respect ively, according to yout best skid and judgment, so help I you, etc. The astonished couple looked wild, the justice added, soothingly, " That's all, excepting the fee, cne dollar," which was quickly dropped into his hand, and they were off, doubting as they went, the legality of the process, but they concluded to go according to the cath. An KxnviiED City. A most singular discovery has been made on tbe French coast, near the mouth of tbe Garonne. A town has been discovered, buried in the sand, and a church has already been extracted from the sand. Its original plan shows it to have been built towards the close cf the Roman Empire, but charges made in it had given it the appearance of an edifice of mixed style, in wbicu the Gothic architecture has usurped the place of the Roman. Its original paint ings, its admirable sculptured choir, and Roman capitals, are adorned with profuse ornaments, which are attracting numbers of visitors. This temple is all that remains of those .cities described by Fliny and Strabo. Ihe Gulf of Gascony abounds in ruins of these ancient cities. It has be.n 1500 years since Novigamus, the old capital of Medoc, which was a celestial city when the Romans were masters of Gaul, was buried under the ocean. Of all that tract of terri tory, the Roche da Cordonan alone is visible. The re mains of Roman roads, the site of J npiter'a temple, the vestiges of the Spanish Moor3, and the road Elenore de Guyernt have baen rescued from the sands in the neigh borhood of the long buried city of Soulas. Nowhere have the ravages of the ocean been greater than on the coast of Cascony. Burnt. The capitol 'building at Baton Rouge has been destroyed by fire, together with all the valuable books &U papers. The loss is estimated at 7Q;QQ0. Th Second Setgo of ;Ylcksbarn. v T K -v : . Tlw Indian ttcnawmU0-ry, ; Tue St. Paul Priss gives a km acconat Of the exo cntiorof thirty eight Icdiaus, cbLddnned to be hanged by tbe Lincoln Government, for their recent raid on the people ot Minnesota, - We annex a fewfxtracti from this terrible narrative ; . v - .s. IflDNIOHT SCSKB I!C THE CELL OF THI C05D1MKK). Late on Thursday nighr, in company with L;ent. Col. Maisball, we visited tie building occupied by the dooa ed Indians. They were quartered on the ground flo'T of the three stoiy stona building erected by the IveGtn. Leech. 'I hey were all fastened to the floor with chain?, two by two. Some wire sitting up, nnokirg and convert ing, while others were reclining, covered with blankets, and apparently asleep. T he three half-breeds and one or two others only were dressed in citizens' clothes. The rest wore the breech clout, leggings, blankets, and cot a few were adorned with paint The majority wire ouog men, though several are quite old and grey head ed, ranging, perhaps, towards seventy. One is quite c youth, not ovtr sixteen. They all appeared cheerful and contented, and ssemed scarcely to reflect on the certain doom which awaited them. As wc gaz:d on them, the recollection of how short a time since they had been engeged in the dia bolical work of murdering, indiscriminately, both old and young, sparing neither sex ner condition, tent a thrill jot horror through our veins. Now tbey are per fectly harmless, and look as innocent as children. They smile at yur entrance, and hold out tbeir haudt to be shaken, which yet appesr to b gory with the blood of babos. Father Ravoux spent the whole night among the doomed ones, talking with them concerning thir fate, aud endeavoring to impress upon them a serious view of the subject. . He met with some success, and daring the eight Eevera! were baptized and received the com munion of the church. RELIGIOUS EXERCISES LAST INTEBVIBW WITH THE raiS ONERS IHE DEATH SOSO At daylight we were again there. That good man, Father Ravoux, was still with them, also Rev. Dr. Wil 1 imson, aud whenever either of these worthy men ad dressed them, they were liatened to with marked atten tion. The dooaud ones wis ed it to be known among their friends, and particularly their wives and children, how cheerfull they ali died, exhibiting no fear of this dread event. To uj it apr eared not as an evidence of Christain"taitb, but a steadfast adherence to their heath en super -titiona. They shook hands wilh the officers who came in among them, bidding them good by, as if they were going on a lone end pleasant iourney. They added some fresh streaks of Vermillion acd ultra-marine to their counte nances, as their fancy suggested, evidently intending to fix themselves eff aa gay as possible for the coming ex hibition. Thry commenced singing their death song, Ta zoo .leading, and nearly all joining. We had never heard this song, and could not tell it from the war -song, but it w as wonderfully exciting. THE PROCESSION TO THE GALLOWS THE FFNAL SCENE THE LAST DEATH SONG. At precisely 10 o'clock, the condemned were marsh alled in a procession, and headed by Capt. Redfield, marched out into the street, and directly across through the file of soldiers to Ihe scafljld, which had been eiect d in front,"&nd were delivered to the officer of the day, Capt. Burt. They went eagerly and cheerfully, even crowding ani jostling each other to be ahead, just like a lot of hungry boarders to dinner in a hotel. The sol diers wiio were on guard iu their quarters, stacked arms aid followed them, and they in turn were followed by the ckrgy, reporters, etc. As they commenced the ascent of the scaffold, the death song was again started, and when they had all got up the noise they made was truly hideous. It seem ed as if pandemonium had broken I003C It bad a won derfal (fIVct in keeping up their courage. One young fellGW, who had been given g cigar by one of the repor ters, just befi re matching from their quarters, was smoking it on 1he stand, peffiog away very coolly dar ing the ioleivuls of the hideous " Hi-yi yi,"" Hi-yi-yi," and after the c?p wusthawn over hi3 face, he managed j to get it up over h a mouth and smoke. Another was smoking his pipe. 1 he nocsa having teen promptly ad justed over the neck of euch by Captain Libby, all was ready for the fatal signal. THE AWFUL f!mAL. The scene at this juncture was one cf awful interest. A painful and breathless suspense held the vast crowd which had aesembled from all quarters to witness tbe execution. I hrre s'ow, measured ar d distir ct beats on tbe drum by M ttjor Brown, who bad been announced as signal of ficer, and the rope was cut by Mr. Duly the scaflold foil, and thirty-seven lifeless bodies were left dangling between hraven and earth. One 'of the ropes was bro ken acd 11 c body of Rattlirg Runner fell to the ground. The d-jS had probably been broken, as but little s'gns of life were observed, but be was immediately hung up agsin. While the signal beat was being given, num Jpeis were seu to clasp the hands of their neighborr, which, in several instances, continued to be claspe f till the bodies were cut down. As tl e platform fell, there was one, rot loud, but prolonged cret'r fiom the soldiery and citizens who were spectators, acd then all were quiet acd earnest witness? of the scene. For so many, there was but little suffering ; the cocks of all, or neaily idl, were evi dently dislocated by the full, and the after-struggling was slight. 1 he scaffold fell at a quarter past ten o'clock, Red in twenty minutes the bodies had all befcu examined by Surgeons Lo Bouttlillier," Sbeardown, Finch, Clark, nd othtrs, and life pronounced extinct. The Very L.tet from tne Kortli. We leceivtd last night from our Special Reporter, a copy cf the Washington "Chronicle of Fridry, the 16th instant, from which we glean the following interesting items : In the United States Congress, on Thursday, the 15th, a n solution in regard to the exclusion of certain newspapers from the mails, was submitted, and laid on tbe table. The credentials ot Mr. Figgott, elected from North Carolina, and a protest from Charles Henry Fos ter against his taking a seat, were referred to the Com miiteeon E ections. Yallandigham, in a speech, io tbe House of Repre sentatives, on Wednesday last, said : "1 would not deny or disparage the austere virtues of the old Puritans of England or America. But I do believe that, in the very nature of things, bo com- Kn;inify could txi3t leng in peace, aod no government endure long alone, or become great, where the elemnt iu its earliest or its more rtoent form holds supreme control. And it ia my solemn conviction that there can be no possible or durable reunian of these States until it shall have been again subordinated to other and more liberal conservative elements, and, above all, until its worst and mD6t mischievcu? development, abolitionism, has been utterly extinguished. Sir, tbe peace of the Union and of this continent demand it. . "It wa3 abolition, the purpose to abolish or interfere with and hem in slavery, which has caused disunion and war. Slavery is only the subject, but abolition the cause, of this civil war." PEACE PROPOSITION. The Legislature of New Jersey metou the 13th inst. Resolutions similar to those proposed by Brookes, of New York, a short time since, and published in the " Enquirer," were introduced and made the order of the day for ths 22d of January. The resolutions propose ah armistice of six months, to begin at once. The se cond Monday cf the third month after the beginning of tbe armistice, the people of each Congressional district to elect one delegate at Lexington, Kentucky, on the second Monday of the ensuing month, to arrange terms for an amicable adjustment of the difficulties between the two sections. Oa the evening of the 13th both Hoosja of the Leg islature paid their respects to Gen. McClellan, who was in Trenton. Colonel James W. Wall, of Burlington, has been nominated by the Legislature of New J ersey for the United States Senate. General McClellan is at Trenton, N. J. The peace resolutions introduced in the Legislature, and published by us a few days ago, were submitted by a former member of his staff. The report of Secretary Stanton's probable resigna tion again obtains currency in Washington. Tha Washington " Chronicle " states that Lieut. Garnett, a relative of M. R- H. Garnett, formerly mem ber of the U. S. Congress from this State, and a Con federate prisoner of war, went to the U. S. House of Representatives a few days ago, and sent in his card to a ibmocratic member of Congress from the North west, signed " Lieut. Garnett, C. S. A." U. S. Medical Director Lstterman has selected a site for a tent hospital near Acuia Creek, Va to give ac commodation to four thousand sick and wounded. . Horace Greely and James Brooks, of New York, are in Washington city. A letter from Memphis, in the " Chronicle," says it is rumored that the 169th Illinois has been disbanded. It is said that the Lieutenant Colonel Of the Regiment went-overto the Confederate army. ''ir Col. Crabb telegraphed Cartis that the rebela, 4,000 to 5,000 strong witn three pieees of artillery attacked Springfield n tbe 8th. a .They Jought with, desperation till after dark, but were repulsed at every adraoce. They renewed the attack on the tb, bat finally retreat ed. They.' then divided their forces, one part moving to Sand Spring, he other off on tbe Rock JJiver road. The telegraph -is nearly destroyed for a distance of twenty-four miles east ot .Springfield. : Geo. Grant was constantly expected io Memphis witb his army. :v ,. -: .- It is reported that Van Dorn's cavalry was. at Jacin to, dreparing for another raid North. The steamer Mussulman, from White river, has been captured by guerrillas and burnt. Ilex officers acd c ew were paroled. Cumberland Gap, having been left uncovered by the rebels during the late raid into Tennessee, was taken possession of by the Fedeials. Resolutions were introduced in tbe Missouri Legisla ture on the 14th, su staining Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, aad caused anexciticg debate. Richmond Examiner. siEautiR of coviiaxoa vancb. 2b the Honorable, Ihe General Assembly of Aorih Carolina : With D fligfct of time great events have recurred and are now crowding upon us. Since jonr adjournment in December, the invaders ot our State hare concentrated a large force upon oar coast, and are again threatening our remaining seaports and lines of comniuisication. Eveiy pre paration possibla has been made to receive Them and it is hoped not with nt kucceaa. , Still much rmaii:9 to be done to strengihsn our army and to add to its efficiency. I b-g leave respectfully t of fer a few suggestions to yon on this subject. Tbe most se rious tvils with which our Generals have to contend are ths inefficient execution of the conecMpt law and tbe alarming increase of desertions ia the army. A long absence from hon e, amid the severe hardships of our rapid and wonder ful ampains, naturally tends to produce these eff .cts dur ing a protracted war. To arrest" these delinquents and re turn tbem to duty, the militia have heretefore been employ ed with some degree of feuccess, bat latterly they hr.ve been found inefficient, owing to the many obstacles icterpos d by the law. Should an officer start out to arrest a daser ter, the friend of the lattsr hae only to give the alarm and spirit him out of the way, or the officer is resisted with open Yiolence. As desertion j not a crime known to the laws cf this tftate, thtse persons who thus shield the deseiter from ar rest, are liable to no paniahment. The consequence is that numbers of deserters are concealed in many parts of the State, and baDding together for company and mutual pro tection, depredate upon the citizens nar ttein, thus form ing a Hnd of outlawed population is the midst of oar quiet and orderly people. This state cf things, rainoas alike to the discipline of our army and th m;rls of our people, ought Dot to be suffered to eonticne and ought to be prevented, in my opinion, r-y a little prudent legislatioa. With the consent of the highest military authorities from whose commands thev are absent, I propose to give absentees from the army without leave, by prcclaMatioa, thir-y rays in which they may return to duly free of punishment, and after thit time to make them liable, lor their delinquency, to the severst penalties of the law. To enable the authorities t eflect their arrest, I- recommend," (as I had the honor to io so in my regular message to you) that the militia laws be se amended as to subjeot both officers and privates ef any particular company or regiment of the militia to the arti cles of war when ordered to perform any da'y of this kind, at the discretion of the Executive, or giving tha Executive power summarily to drep the rolls, officeis guilty of gross or wilful neglect of duty, and that it be matfe a crime to shield o harbor deserters, or to assist them to avoid arrest. Should it be deemed best to continue to use the militia of the State for executing the cpnscript law, these amend ments will be indisper sible, as Congress ha failed in these rtspects, to provide for the enforcement of Its own act. J have beeu applied to in several instsnces, aa the ap pointing power of the regimental offioers of cur regiments raised originally for three ycarB or the war, to promote men for gallant and meritorious conduct, but on close examina tion cf the law. I fear I have no authority to deviate from the regular order of prcmot on by seniority in the appoint ment of company officers. This power ought to rtt-iie somewhere. The good of the service requires it." The humblest private in the works of the army ought to feel that there is the pewer ard the wnl to Hit him above bis humble O'ition, as reward of ga lantry and heroism. I therefore recommend that this authority be vested in the Executive, o be exercised upon proper recommendations of com manding officers in the field. The subj ct of arresting citizens apon chrgs of dis loyalty 1 beg 1 ave again to allude to, .Many have been recently taken up by Confederate officers, and with a spirit of courtesy and respect for State au thoii'y trtrned over to "me for investigatnn. I am at a loss how to dispose of them. I canrot examine them myself, and ot course I regard it inconsistent with my doty to set them at liberty without examination. I am yet more unwilling to see them plajfnthe Confede rate piijon at Salisbury, when the traolffiif the accused ail lead in one direction, and the light of oiVflfcjish liberty is never seen. I therefore recommend the establishing of a commission for the investigation of charges against aflsich persons, with the power to commit for trial before the pro per tribunals, if sufficient cause appears. In this connection I take great pleasure in transmitting a letter frm the Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, in relation of the case ot R. J. Graves, and ia response to the derraad for his delivery to tie authorities of this State, made in obedience of a joint resolution of your two Bouses. Admirable in spirit, praple in explanation cf the' circum stances under which the arrest was made, aad in express ions of regard for the rights and sovereignty of th State, I am sure that, accompanying as it did, the prompt surrender cf the accused, it cannot fail to give you tho satisfaction I experienced 00 is perusal. In view of the threatened invasion of the State, I have been advised by the War DepartmeEt. to call out the mili tia to afsist in repelling it. Having consulted tho General in oommand of this Department, 1 concluded to de so, but am at least doubtful of my authority to take the step, while yoar body is in session. i?ot wishing to exercise any d. ubt ful autherity, when your presence and approbation may ro easily make it certain, 1 most respectfully recommend that I be authorized immediately to call out such portion of the militia aa nay be deemed sefficient to meet tbe present emergency. I have the honor, herewith to transmit copies of resolu tions en various subjects, of the Legislatures of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabsma, forward ed to me by their respective Executives, with a request that they would be laid before you. The most importan of these te'.ates to the proposition cf guaranteeing, by eneh State, its proportion ot tha Confede rate War debt, end to these I invite your early and delibe rate attention. I am a'so pleased to be able to inform you, that tha cor respondence condncted by me, with the War Department, at your request, in relation to the burning cf cotton in Eastern North Carolina, was entirely satisfactory, though f er prudential reasons I thought it improper to ' make it public. Very respectively, Z. B. VANCE. Executive Department, Jan. 21, 1865. Bkutk Butler. Editor Sclma Reporter : I think the following incidents should not be permitted to pass into oblivion, a the future historian cf the present con test might fiad it useful in illustrating a character al ready infamous beyond precedent in modem times : Escaping from New Orleans, soma few months siice, I reached a plantation upon the Mississippi, in the vicinity of Baton Rouge. Whilst receiving the hoppi Ulitiea of my frjend, the planter, the parish priret of Baton Rouge came in, who informed na that he wag on nis way from New Orleans to bis home, and that be had v.sited the city for the purpose of procuring a per mit from Butler 'to bring out food for the suffering poor of Baton Rouge for the orphans under his charge, and for his own household. He stated that Butler tad per emptorily refused to permit any food to leave, the city tor the poor, saying that, " they are our enemias, and it is my purpose to exterminate them." Tee good priest then urged upon Butler the lact, that thtse poor people were necessarily, from their extremely destitnte condi tion, precluded from taking any active part in cur na tioual troubles, and, therefore, could not properly be considered tnemies. " Sir," said Butler in reply"those that are not for us are against us, and if they were our friend? they would be in the Union army." " But, General," continued tbe priest, u you should remember that a large portion of these poor people are women and poor innocent chifdren." The monster, to this appeal, hissed through his teeth : " Does he who kills the ser pent preserve the eggs ? 1 tell you, sir, my purpose is extermination." A REFUGEE FROM. NEW ORLEANS. Mnjor Gen. McCotth. The Chattanooga Ethel says of tbia gallant officer : ' No man is more highly esteemed and beloved here in East Tennessee, acd in the army than Gen. McCowan ; his numerous friends in this section of the State, and elsewhere, are at length gratified to kcow that their old friend, (who for some cause or other) hat been compelled to remain in the back ground of the army for too long a time, has at last had an opportunity to confront the enemy. He commanded the left wiag of the army before Murfreesboro, and while the enemy were stubborn, and hard to drive from their position on their left, Gen. McCown with his division, drove their ngnt wing to ngnt angei witn me center, berore he was or dered to fall back. We think the General is one of the men who will de, to carry a.ODg m front." General McCown will be recollected here as Major McCcwn of the old army j the commander of the last Federal garrison at SmilhvilJe. He made many friends and was regarded es a highly intelligent and compan ionable gentleman. " Thb Pbaok Stoxy Again. The following appears ia the New York Sun : During the last week Thnrlow Weed, who haa been deputed by President Lincoln to fully examine into the pei.ee prospects aod gather from a4i ources, hera and in Europe, the intent and dU position of the rabe.1 leaders, had an iaterview with Fernando Wood, In this city, and sub mitted to him informal suggestions on the part of the Gov ernment, la reply to th propositions alluded to by a cor respondent of the New York Tribune. - Should it be neces sary he am been authorized to visit Europe, and open &' tiding thsro. -Est, thus far, the rsbeli Thave not 1.- 9r" to accept direct negotiation between iMchmon 1 ..V10 city. The statement of Gov. Seymour. wu?ch , w! d tL s ir e time siac, to he effect thai in three montu ,5 J,,ad' Un. a might -be restored, was foundod opon tntlV e ub-iahed than the public at the iJm3 dreamed of 1 r 151 TELEGltArii . 1 FOIi THE JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS Bichuokd, Jan. 23d, if. In th Houae Mr. Foster off ired a resolution of thmv J Wheeler's Cavalry. Lies over. Ths H?ue cnanirooV ' paseed Hilton's bill repealing tho clauses l.i th exrnp" and one person as an additional police for every tw-c tin other. "' Mr. rockett cffirei j I jf resolutions, thit no vmo position be entertained except upon tha basis of the e t independence of tha Confederacy of the thirteen Stavp ','e the preservation of the territorial integ:ity of eacb. p i' iog this resolutioa the House took up the evm;t;oaY 'i rtpo.ted by the Military Committee, butnafhii aoii )Q ' had Mr. Perkins offered a resolution looking to tha Ii: ation of persons taken prisoner io civil lire. At'j tarccj to Monday. " FKGM GALVESTON CONFEDERATE TPO'Us Ui i -PY THE CITY THE DESTRUCTION CF TUE jj s STEAMER HATTE3AS, Ac. 1 Mobile, Jan. 23J, lt. Th evening papers contain the corrcRpon lerne ..( New Orleats Delta, dated Galveston, Texa, Jan. ':; which says that the lebels cccupy the city withafoii 0 5,000 to 7,00 men. The city is well fort fld, with b itU rit, all aronnd. The gunboat Hatteras went in chase of a strange sill o Sunday evening. Heavy Jrirg was soon after heard, " the sloop of war Brooklyn and guaboat Sciou tartcj : pursait, and picked up a boat -contafaiug the officers rj; ; men bel ;g'Bg to the Hatteras, who reported that tie l a teras ranged alongside the strange Steamer, wh"u tl e stranger opened a furiou fire on the Hatteras. In hi,,-, twenty minutes the Hatteras stopped, evidently cr-. ;;. The Brooklyn aad Sciota crnfs-d all night, and frund t wreck of the E&tteras in nine fathom water. Tbe ri, : ,r had disappeared. The Hatteras had rifkd kdds, four tLi; ; . two pounders. It is supposed that the rebel had a r eight poacdsr, by the seutid. Eome think she was from Mo bile and not the Alabama. The rams and fortifications at Galveston aro foru d.i ble. GRANT'S ARMY AT MEMPHIS MORGAN'S KKN y WORK KENTUCKY TROOPS SENT HOMU BY c.t WOCLFOBD. " (Special to the Mobile Advertiser and KeRiiter ) Grenada, Miss , Jan. 22ud, H: A gentleman from Memphis on the 19lh inst., tajs th ? G'an.'a army were then embarking for th) j urpode t : mcvirg down the river. The fleet below Helena was u, (:, half rations. yoMiNKBViLLH, Jan. 22.'--k dstaebment of 'i.m Iut, Ire! of Morgtn's men, under Col. Hutchinson, raada a dan!i into Murfreesboro' yesterday, in sight of tLe euernv'a cavhy camp, and captured two hundred prisoners and twr..:j wagons. Reliable information frcm Kentucky states that rn '.! 13th inst. Gen. Woolford made a speech to Lis mea, ia ii ,s presence of 3300 citizens at Lebanon, tclf ng them to home for twenty dajs, and that if within thit time Inc .:e did not modify his emancipation proclamation, he v not call them to fight against tho South, but would li:ni 1 take the field in behalf of the South against the Nctli. (Signed,) G. A. ELSWOKTH. Morgan's O.-erut-n. . . Kichmonp, iftn. 23d, lv;.:. In tha Senate, Mr. Hunter introduced a bill to roru';. the currency, the provisions of which correspond v, 1 t 1 1 1 : -recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury. iuvcTh'1 othr propositions aad bills of no special iropoiWr.e ( rj introduced. Adjourned until Monday. OFFICIAL FROM TULLAHOMA. TctLAHOMA,-Jia. 22J, h.'i. Lieut. CoVP.ntchhuon, with 1C0 men of Morgan's i mv 1: ry, made a dash yesterday upon the enemy's com; ; t Mr freesboro', captured and brought eff safely lJO jr.iEoini and Z0 wagons. Major Holman of Wheeler's cavahy, hire: last repoit, ceptured and destroyed another larg ) tr::i port on the Cumberland river, loaded with subsistence. II. enemy has made no ehow of an advaaco lroui Murine, toro'. gigned, ERAXTON DRAG'i, . To Gen. S. Coopxb. NORTH CAROLINA LEGISL ATURE. IIalkiou, J&n a.T, K,:. The Senate is still dis discussing the ton RegixneritK );; H o action. The Heuse gave the appointment of Adjutant Gesciu! 1 the Governor. THE ENEMY AT ACQUIA CI.EEK. FKKDBKiCKSBuao, Jan. '21, 103. The Yankees are building immense warehouses at Aofu Creek, repairing rail road and placing batteries in prMii u in front, and giving other evidences of their iuuntiou i' make this a permanent base of operations for the winter. A.lage dwelling formerly belonging to General Dirkleu! was burnt yesterday morning. Tie conflagration was cm ed by the explosion of a chell in the build 'ng awl j rod: 1 considerable excitement. Both armies were drn dv a line of battle. From tbe Kcoxville Register, Jan. 17th. Col. David CoWimui. rI his gentlemaa arrived in Knoxville from the bjtiit fila near Marfreesbcro', on Tuesday kst. 11c wes se verely wounded just below bia knee in the l iht l: while leading his rcgimerjt to a charge against tbo t-.b olitionists, his horee having been shot from u-i.l v !.'r-a few moments btfore, and he was ordered 'to tLi3 city tr. til his wound could heal Ool. David Coiemau is one among the most puhii officers in the Confederate StaUs Army, from 'o.-!i: Carolina. He was bcrn and raised in Ashcvil.'c, 15; combti county, and his intrepid and daring spirit i t : mon to many of our bravest soldiers whos-; nativity ;. homes ure in the Mountains of tbe "old Noitb ttnt For intelligence, bravery and genercbity, he has bat f- superiors ; and is as much at borne in the Lc;;i;! ';, halls of his State, as fee is in the tented fi-ld. Hh I riotisin has often been rewarded with tbe cotfifna : posed iu him by his fellow citizens, in giving hi" crable positions of trust, which he has never victim. Being now in the prime of life, thirty-five yc;ira 0! he ia looked npon by his friends as the "flower aci pectancy" ot bis State. Aa Col. C. has devoted bia life and fortune to i: country in this struggle for our independence, a3 a let ter of course his history belongs to its people. Early io life he entered the naval service, wbor. 1. remained fcr several years, and was sent to .Annp o: the Naval School, where he passed with dis'ioc'fjri one year, when he returned to active duty, and pi'1 ' pated in the war with Mexico. . , In December, 1850, he resigned hU poi-itioa m t Nav and returned to his home, where he comrade the practice of law, in which he was qiite success Alt$r servinar several terms in tha Leislatme, he' chosen District Attorney, which position he bt-U Vt- . Lincoln and hia horde of Northern vacdate comaf--tbeir innovations upon our constitutional right3. ' ' State of North Carolina tjen called upon uim tf cept a position in her navy, which he did with a.a tyf and remained there until the North Carolina V,r was transferred to the Confederate States Oovcn n -That State Legislature adopUd a resolution nnf.cini"--ly recommending bira to th3 genea! government u-t -Lieut? nancy m the Navy, or Captaincy of Art' t . one of which he would have accepted, bad he not 1 interested in and elected and appointed to cemmar J ' 39th regiment of North Carolina troops. Having assigned to t bis portion of the Confederate fc-''3.7' lead hia regiment through the Kentucky campa-- later we find him leading bis gallant 39;b ia a yi; ate charge cn the A bolitioniats on the battle fl Murfreesboro'here he received a severe woaa. ' say gallant, because other officers at the saoic ct a. called upon their men to bho!d the steady and u .j ring advance of the 39th 'North Carolina rf; while volley after volley of musketry and caccoa o.. -ed forth upon them and because none but galiufci can p rform Buch feats. That bloody day tl ;er were emulated by many a bravj Confederate rrg. and was doubtless thj cause of sending thonsarjdbu hated foe to th.ir last encampment. ,. rj Such ia the record of one who deserve we honor hia country may beatow upon him.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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