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TdK WILMINGTON JOURNAL. - COSFKDERATK STATES OF" AMERICA.; WILMINGTON, N. C, THUBSDAY, FJ3BRTJABY 19, 1863 Charleston. We may be mistaken, pos3ibly we are, but unless we are mistaken, we think Charleston will be attacked this week by a most formidable land and sea expedition. We hove no fears of any land attack on Charleston. We had no fears when Wilmington wag threatened by land. In fact, we felt confident that if Foster at tempted an advance from Newbern by land, he would be one of the worst whipped individuate of which bis 'tory affords us any example. Bat in regard to the iron-clads we confess that we are doubtful. They pre sent a new and untried force. They may be irreiistf ble qjthey may not. For our own part, we look upon physical obstructions in oar river as the only means by which we can hope to arrest their progress. A ten inch cast iron ball will not penetrate an armor of seven inebes of wrought iron; at least the chances are very much against its doing so. If we could throw a sixteen inch ball, weighing something like five hundred pounds, there would be little doubt but we could a usi any turret that Mr. Eaics30N could build. "We could crush it like an egg-Bhell. But without ordnance of that class we cannot calculate with any certainty, and the problem of our power of resisting iron-clads remains yet to be solved, and will probably be testtd this week or next at Charleston. It would appear to be perfectly evident that the enemy is concentrating a heavy force in the waters and upon the coast3 of South Carolina and Georgia, with the view of making an early attack upon the leading cities of both States. For reasons referred to in a former issue, we believe that the main designs of the Federals point to an at tack upon Charleston rather than Savannah, since Charleston is the main inlet through which supplies and munitions of war Sad their way into the Confederacy for the support of our armie3, and the prosecution of the-war. As previously remarked, Savannah has vir tually ceased to be a port, no vessel having gone in ' there for months. Bat although Savannah has ceased to be a port of en try, she still possesses a large measure of importance by means of her road connections, especially the Savannah, Albany and Guif railroad, extending some 180 miles into Southern Georgia, which .section, formerly de voted to cotton, turned out in'l862 a nlost magnifi cent corn, wheat and hog crop, being in fact, our main dependence for the bread and meat necessary for feeding our forces on the Southern Atlantic coast. This Sav annah, Albany and Gulf railroad, crosses the Ogeechee River a few miles above Genesis Point, and it i3 more than probable that the object of the attack on Fort Mc Allister was in fact to burn the bridge and destroy the connection of Savannah and Charleston with Southern Georgia. The attack failed, but there is no assurance that it will net be renewed, nor can we disguise the fact, that we feel somewhat anxious in reference to the result, for although one irOn-clad was driven eff, we cannot say whether the event might not have been different had there been five or six of them. That the enemy would like to get possession of the Ogeechee River is perfectly natural since such possession would bo apt to give them control of the most important public works in the State of Georgia, to say nothing of the Nashville, now known as the C. S. Steamer Rattlesnake, which the Federals are blockading in the Ogeechee. Of course we give the enemy no information by statiDg this fact, since they have been watching the Nashville for months, and know where she is better than we do. The reports of sympathy for our cause in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois keep coming, but we confess that if the people of the States in question have any such sympathy, they have a queer way of showing it. The Northwest has turned cut more men to fi-ght against the Confederacy, in proportion to population, than any other section of the North, and, as a rule, they have fought harder than any others. Tbe people of the upper valley of the Mississippi and its tributaries have certainly more interests in common with the people of the South and Southwest than they have with the people of the New England States, Taut for all that we confess that we think the preponderance of their sympathies and prejudices is opposed to aa. The native inhabitants of most of the States referred to ure of New England descent, while the last twelve or fifteen years havo brought in a large accession of population from Europe.imbued with the Red Republican notions of men like Carl Schubz, Hecer, SiGELand others who contribute largely to swell the ranks of the abolition ar mies in the North West, especially in Missouri, and the other trans-Mississippi States. That mysterious lady that ha3 been coming on as an embassadress tbat portentous meeting of the Conven tions or Legislatures of Ohio, Kentucky, ImiLana and Illinois, all look very encouraging on paper, bat that is evidently all the place they do exist. Until the people of the Northwest make up their muids to abandon the idea of reconstruction, we need look for no assistance nor sympathy from them, but on the contrary, the very re verse. We might as well mke up onr minds to tbat first as last. ..Charleston and Savannah. The prcclamation of General Beacregare issued to day, shews that in the opinion of that able t ommander, the hour of supreme trial for tbe citie3 of Charleston and Savannah is at hand. Which will be attacked first, or whether both will be attacked simultaneously, remains to be Been. We think that the position of things would indicate that, for the present, at least, the main attack will be made upon Charleston, while a demonstration will be made upon Savannah from the South, by way of Fort McAlister and tbe railroads, with the three fold object of diverting the attention of our military authorities, cutting off an important source of supply to both Charleston and Savannah, and finally captur ing the Nashville or Rattlesnake, which they know to be in Ossabaw Sound, or up the Ogeechee River. In all human probability the channel of the Savan nah river for seme miles below the city, is so effectually obstrtfeted that it would take weeks if not months of hard work, free from all interruptions, to render the passage of any vessel up to the city possible. That the defenders ol the city wculd remain idle ia hardly to be expected. Tbeir efforts would not be apt to render the forward progress of tbe enemy more easy or pleasant. It is true there is a good road up from Fort Mc Alister to the city of Savannah, but it is not generally believed to be practicable for iron-clads ; and, although the enemy may attempt an advance on that line, it ia ot believed that he will. For, after all, the iron-clads are the iLstrumentalities upon which he mainly depends for success in the reduction of properly defended sea ports. That the citizens of Wilmington should feel a deep interest in the fate of their beleagured sister towns, would be only natural under any circumstances. Un der existing circumstances, this interest ia intensified by a belief that the result at Charleston and Savannah may deeply effect ourselves, or even foreshadow our Own i fate, not that we would advocate the abandonment of Wilmington, even should all other points fall. New Orleans fell, but Vicksburg stood. Memphis was aban doned, but the little town of Port Hudson, with only a peace population of three hundred, ia rapidly becoming a second Vicksbnrg. Charleston and Savannah will be gallantly defended and we believe successfully ; but etta should they fall, vtbo ibftll say, without trial that there may not be reasons connected with our position and the intricacies of our navigation, why Wiloftrgton should not fall ? We do trust and believe ' that our sis ter cities will stand, but at tbe same time, it is wise to make trp oar minds, not despondingly to look for or at -ticipate the worst but nevertheless, to be prepared for it if it does come. We know not what a dy or aa hour may bring forth. Daily Journal, 1 8 . Keeping Ltciit. A friend has just informed ns that this is Aib Wed nesdaythe first day of Lent. Upon the whole we think a good many people lfill Keep the fast of Lent this year. We rather expect to take a chance in that way ourselves. But for keeping lent pertinaciously and all the ytar round, commend us to our last umbrella! It has kept lent for the last two years, and has fasted so long that we would like to meet meat it at any point. We would not like to be personal, but somebody has got that umbrella. Would it e opposed to the con scientious convictions of the duty which somebody owes o himself and family to request him to return it to this office. If it would, of course we would not ask it for the world. -We wculd rather give him another. But i tbe conscientious individual cannot prevail upon him self to return our umbrella, would it be presumed tco far, to request him to enclose us a lock of his hair, so that we might know him again and hide our umbrella, if we should ever be fortunate enough to get another umbrella and unfortunate enough to meet up with him. Daily Journal, lSlh. Who Struck Billy Patkbson ? is no longer the question of tbe day, but Who Sunk the IJatteras ? The last question has been decided. The Alabama did it. But the identity of the person whe committed t 'ae assault and battery on the respected Patterson never has been established. There are reports brought by parties who came to Savanrah by flag of truce boat, that they overheard the Yankee officers conversing with each other, and it appeared from tbeir remarks, that Sunday next, being the anniversary of the inauguration of President Davis, is the day set apart for the attack on Charleston. The Yankee lorces at Hilton Head and the neighboring i slands number over fifty thousand. The fleet in Port Royal Harbor is very large, and forty more vessels are expected. Foster and Hcnter had an altercation about rank. Foster refused to land his troops from the transports and has gone to Washington. All this news must be taken with many grains of al owance. For tha Journal. HSAEQtfARTKRS, 3D N. C. TbOQPS. Messrs. JUditors : Again I have a little leisure time which I will devote to giving j on the news in camp, though news here ia like " hen teeth." On the second of February the Major se eotecnl place for building winter-quarters. Accordingly iva Pama tviT anil nnvampnnA) Vnildifiir W . am aitnat.A in an old field where the wind has fair play at ns from all quarters. North, East, South and West. 1 don't think the Major displayed much cf his good taste in selecting the old field for his camp; I mean fer comfort ; but it is a splendid place for drilling, and I expect, but the thought never struck me before noV, that he had a view to that very thicg while selecting it, for these military men have some strange ideas as regards comfort compared with the mono tonous duties of camp life. To return to our quarters, they are built 1 ke log-huts, teven or eight feet high, then they are logged up like unto a bird trap ; the roof consists of brush and dirt, some though have beeome so aristocratic as not to be satisfied with the potatoe cellar style and have covered their houses with boards, bat I will assure you they are like angel's visits, "few and far between," nothing but dirt floors, no nails used in building tbem, not even those who have gone to the trouble to cover with boards ; so you see we are cheap architects. If ladies after this war want men that can get along well and cheap, let them ap ply to the Third Regiment, tut they must come with good recommendation, or they will not be noticed by the Third. In my last letter I informed you of cur being traDsferied to Taliafeiro'a Brigade, and of the several Gecerala we had been under. Will you believe, sirs, when I tell you that we are again without a Brigadier General ? It is so ! Gen. Taliafeiro has been ordered to Drary's Blufl." I wo ider who next ! Cel. Williams li now in command ot the Bri gade, but temporarily I suppose. We have had the assis tance ot so many Generals, that I think now we are able to go it alone, except they will give us a good North Caroli nian, such as mentioned in my last, and if ever a set of men were entitled to their choice, I think it is the Third North Carolina Regiment. We are now drilling twice a day, Company drill in the morning and Battalion in tbe evening. This Reg't boasts cf beiBg well drilled, therefore, I think so much drilling now could be dispensed with. While I am writing thw soeimunication Lieut. Col. Thrus ton cciues up from home, (WilmiDgton.) He ha entirely recovered from his disease, and looks now to he in fine health ; I think he can stem the storm now for a while. He arrived at the right tim, as Major Parsley left to-day on account of sickness ; I trust though he will soon be able to rejoin his Regiment. Col. Thruston brirgs us news of the Yankees leaving our coast entirely, going further South. That is refreshing to those of us liviBg on the coast, as we have been daily expecting to bear of the enemy landing at different points. He tells us also that our gallant Col. De Rosset is improving. We are ever anxious to hear good tidings from one so brave as Col. DeRoeset, and we hpe that ere long his health will be restored, and he again be permittrd to pursue the blue jackets, as he has heretofore done, time and again. Our absentees are coining in daily ; Governor Vance's proclamation seems to be working wonders; it has brought the dead to life, the blind to their sight ; and they are now coming in on sticks and crutches, but taking ail things in to consideration, I think kis proclamation is the very thing. If the Governor continues as be has heretofore, he will merit the confidence of the entire State. 1 never voted lor Vance mjeelf, but I can appreciate him as well as those' that did. He is the man for the times.g I would like to call your attention to a resolution, or bill, oSered ia Congress, to the effect that no fu-lougha begrant ed to the sold ers until the first of July next, except on Sur geon's certificate ; I hope some soldiers' friend that can wield th pen better than mjself. will give the honorable gentleman his just deserts, as I tbiok it is almost inconsis tent with humanity. I will quit the subject, hoping at the same time that he may be conscripted in less than two weeks, after which he might appreciate a farlough. There being no news in camp of importance, I will close. Pesnectfnllv. ,. A Urowl from lh "World." - The New York "World" has a long editorial on the manner in which the war has been conducted, which concludes as follows : To attempt to carry on war in the way we are now doing, is as if a manufacturer who had eight factories in operation was to fill two of the eight with raw banda, and raw overseers, clerka and foreman. Clearly tbe best method would be for him not to employ raw hands ai au.jusi as id moaern European armies, tne raw re cruit is never sent into the field. But any sensible man ufacturer, it he was oMiged to employ raw hands, would prefer d;stributing tbem evenk among his skillful work man in bis different lactones, retaining in all of tba xa ex perienced men as overseers and foremen. And tbis is just what the South has done, since the conscription laws came into force they have drafed their raw re cruits into their old regiments. The result is, that instead of Fort Henry, Fort Don elson, and Roanoke Island, tbey have Fredericksburg and Vicksbnrg to boast of. Instead of following their example, which would be a good thing, or adopting the modern European sjstem, which woukl be a better, we persist in rushing whole regiments of raw recruits, com manded by raw officers fresh from the bar and the counting house, into the field : and then wonier tbat we meet with sad reverses ! Two hundred years ago, there was in England much such a Civil War as there is now in America a'war of the Middle Classes against the King and the Aris tocracy combined. For the first three years the army of the Parliament was almost everywhere unsuccessful, for the same reason that ours is bo, viz : it was consti tuted upon erroneous military principles. Then, under the guidirg hand of stern old Oliver Cromwell, what is known in history as the Self-denying Ordinance, was passed, and the army was entirely remodeled upon more correct principles. The almost immediate result was victory, final and conclusive. Have We not had ex perience enough to teach us the necessity of reorganiz ing our military system in accordance with the dictates of common sense and the lights of modern science ? Memphis Iktxlligexc. Our latest newsDarjer date from Memphis is to the evening of the 4th instant, the unneun oi mat date having been received, telegraph ic communication with the North has been re-estab lished via Cairo and dispatches to midnight of the 3d are given. Commercial and private matters are for warded every morning until 10 o'clock, when the line is used for military purposes. Cotton had risen most astonishingly, ninety-five cents having been refused. The Bulletin says : " The Cotton market was not very wl'dly excited. The report from New York in our morning edition did not sustain the heavy rise of the day before, and Indeed the operators seemed rather surprised at their own previous acta. At all events, bnt little Cotton changed bauds, and ninety five cents was tbe highest price we heard being ofiered. We briers there vere no sale oade at that figure. i : the London Times, S7th. i Sp4TtoHf,UN North and Sen tit. ' It 'a matter of notoriif that, while the Unionists ; can find no partisans In the South, the Dis unionists count :heir active adherents irrevery town in tne North. The u. per classes of American society are said to be secedes everywhere ; the women are found so wherever a test is applied. The very Cabinet of the President is said to hi divided in op nio on this point, and we well know that the venerated founders of American indepen dence did, in forecasting such a schism as this, record tbeir convictions that separation was tetter than civil war. We ask, therefore, whether we can be reasonably blamui for participating in sentiments which nearly one ha.f ot tbe American people have in some way ex pressed. The Federals are indignant at our views of their im pending destiny, but tbey should recollect that precisely the sa.ne destiny has awaited all other communities The s'ate of tbiuga which tbe Unionists desire to perpet uate is a state ot things that never yet existed. An enormous aggregate of States covering an entire conti nent, exempt from the ineonveuiencies of political divis ion, ai.d released from the obligations of international society, baa never been seen vet. Wben Mr. Lincoln deserib.s and explains the impossibility of admitting more than one State on the American Continent, he shuts b a eyes to what has actually happened in all other territories of tbe world. His arguments, if acceuted, wou'd prove that there could oe only oae nation on tbe Continent of Europe. If eveiy community bas a ratural-right to the whole course of every river, and to afree run Irom every point iu the interior of the oountry to any point on any sea board, it is dear that Kurope must be wroDgly consti tuted. We do not say but that, if such uniens cculd exist, it might be beneficial to mankind. We only say that their txistenca has never yet been found passible, and tfat the Americans, when tbey separate, will be but illustrating tbe universal tendency ot such things, lireat federations have often been imagined by politicians, as well as poets, but they have never been established. We have had to get on without them, and to mould our polities and our proceedings in accor dance with those passions of human nature wbiob bave fcrbidden any better system. The Americans will have to do more. ' It will be a descent as well as a dis appointment for tbem, and on this point tbe Northen ers are correct in tbeir views ; but we can barely be ex posed t censure for regarding as tolerable what is sim ply the common lot of mankind. Alleged Cure for Small-Pox. A correspondent in Covington sends the following " alleged cure for small-pox." He says he cut it from a paper some years since. The remedy may be a good one, and if so, its publication at this time may be at tended with benefit to those who are so unfortunate as to contract tbat loathsome disease, now becoming so prevalent in different portions of oar Confederacy : The United States Consul at the Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil, has transmitted to the department of State a very interesting communication lrom Dr. R. Landell, of Post Alegre, claiming the discovery of a cure tor the small-pox. Dr. Landeil states tbat the idea of using the remedy to be mentioned first occurred to him during a terrible epidemic of the disease in 1887 ; but that he first administered it in 1842, since which time his suc cess, and tbat of bis son, Dr. John Landt-11, and other colleagues iu the treatment of small-pox, has been most j flattering. Aa tbe Secretarv of State has comrauoica- ted Dr. LandeH's paper entire to the leading joaroal ot the medical profession in tbe Uaiied States, (says the Washington Union, from which we copy,) it is only ne cessary for our purpose to extract that portion of the paper wh?cb discloses tbe remedy and its proper exhi bition : Dissolve tbe vaccine that is contained in a scab on a pair of. plates or a capillary tube, which is about four or six ounces of ccld water, asd give to the patient a tablespoonful every two or three hours. The fivorable result of this exhibition is, that it mit igates the symptoms, modifies the specie?, and cures the small-pc x. r 1 reogtjize tbat as vaccine applied externally pre vents the smtdl pox, so, also, being taken inwardly, in the maunei above indicated, it cures quickly and effi caciously the email pox in all its stages. Under its use, tbe fever, tbe delirium, tbe hoarseness, diarrlfpa, pneumonia, cerebral congestion, and, finally, tbe secondary fever, disappear. Beginning the trtatmeat on the second or third day of the erup'.ion, the small pox becomes as varicella or varioloid ; although tbe epiderm is thickened and in a state of congestion, and in five days becomes dry with out Ejppuraiion. Apply the same treatment on tbe fuunh or fifth day of the eruption, the small pox become as if they were the true vaccine j fill and dry in tbe space of ten days, with suppuration. . Considering then thatf?the vesicles and pustules ought to be yrpt'uoAJtCir Ifto or three tunes, always tbat tbey contain aoylJqafclTaad'iieginnin. the' third day to prevent the" secondary feveftV navbad, since 1842, more than tbirtj- te'axiiaZfo'teefTpaid particular atten tiou ; there'wer tf seva-a -' confident oases, eleven km 8everrfthqij& d satinets ' ' v iuce I had reeiwfse-rltor iU :-tJeament I bave not lost a single patient by thesniall pnxr , At my request, some of my eolleagnesa'reucg this-system, and they, as well as I. have reaped 'theiaosl fiJtttering reuults. These effects art suprie,tel-ny expectation, and even to my com prehension $ :1nVfecl the vaccine .neu tralizes the variolic virus, or-one fhorbid action destroys tbe effects of another.. By thittreatment I ave" eeen disappear tthe fever, delirium,: hoarseness, diarrfciea, pneumonia, cerebeal congestion, and the secondary fever. It may be mentioned here that the use of emollient clysters, or castor oil internally, to keep the bowels loose, and in children calomel, is-very necessary, as also gargles of nitrate of s Iver and chloruret of lime After the fifth day give baths of warm water, with a little cblorimte of iima, or chloruret of soda, or sponge the body. Also have given vaccine inwardly as a therupautic remedy in whooping cougkfacd with benefit; in some eases tbe whoop or convulsion coagh disappeared in ten nours, remaining only a simple cougn, wfcich ex tinguishes in four or twelve days. Movements of the Ekkmy. During yesterday the greatest anxiety prevailed among oar citiaens, with re ference tu a probable attack on the city. It waa the general subject of talk and preparation, and the dis- patca from Charleston anaouncm ' the presence of an immense fleet at Tort Koyal, added sail more to the general interest. The enemy have announced their in tention to attack Savaunab first, and the military au thorities are of tbe opinion that the threat will be exe cuted. Everything is astir, as it should be, and come when they may, even with tbeir mighty hosts and ter rible iron-clad r-ms, we shall give them a reception that the world will writedown as glorious, be the result vic tory or defeat. There is no alarm felt, or at least apparent, among our people, w e are not sure that it would not be bet ter were the fact otherwise. We lack prattical energy outsiae oi tne amy, auu the emergency necessary to call it forth seems not to have happened, We may or may not De attacked before Charleston, but in any event we shall be wise to be fully prepared. We can not comprehend the motive ot a first assault on Savan nah, for even if victorious tbe enemy is sure to be weakened for what be considers his greatest undertak ing. The Yankees discard all rule, and we should be prepared for them at every point. In this alone is there safety. Savannah Republican, IQth inst. Foreign Travel Great Advance of Passage Rates. When gold first took an upward tendency the rates of passage on the principal Atlantic Hnes of steamers were raised fifteen per cent , which it was then thought would amply cover any future rise. These rates were retained long after gold bad passed that point, but new arrangements bave now been made. The Cunard, the Liverpool, New York and Philadel phia, the Hamburg Packet Company, and the Bremen lines have returned to their old prices, but make the passage meney payable in gold, or its equivalent in currency.- JYeu; York Fo$t. The great chain of the Pyrenees has at laat been crossed by a railroad. The entire distance is sixty-eight miles. South of Bilboa the mountains rise very abupt ly, and there occurred all the engineering difficulty in crossing. The summit is a: an elevation of 2,163 feet above the tide level, and this bas been obtained by a maximum grade of 76 feet to a mile. On the Bay of iiiscay, at its termination, a pier one mile long is being constructed, giving that pla?e the best harbor on the south-western coast of Spain. Mr. John A. Hamilton, of New Orleans, states that a regiment from New Orleans has just started for Ba ton Koage, with a uniform made expressly for them, (to be worn a a decoy) in exact imitation of that worn by Louisiana Confederate troops. Oar soldiers should keep an especial eye out for these hired miscreants and cut-throats, ana treat im ai they j?rv, SHAKsriAKE's Shtlocx. We find in the Jevrish Record, a journal devoted to the Interest of American Israelites, and published in New York, a new version of Shaksperre's " Merchant of Venice." The writer, who is himself a Jew, says : Tbe play i founded co fact, with this important dif ference, that it was the Jew who waa to forfeit the pound of fi sh if he loit the wager. Tbe circumstance took plaee not at Venice, but in Borne, during the pon tificate of Sixtas the Fifth. Tbe Jew lost ; tbe noble demanded 'he pcund of flesh ; the Jsw demurred and ofiered money, which was refused. Sixtua decided in fnvnr of the noble, with the provision tbat be should have but exactly ona pound of flesh not one grain more or less, on pain of bjiDg banged. The noble natu rally declined tbe risk the pope fined both parties in heavy sums for making snch a wager. The old Shy lock's memory ia vindicated at last. We fear, however, notwithstanding " the truth of history," that Shaks peare's will continue to be tbe popular version of the story. Part Hudson. Port HacUou has been pat on a war footing, on a grand go ale, and tr troops at that point, from all we can bear, iattndto place aide by side in hUtory. the came of Port Hodaon with that of the heroio 4 Hill City." Major Uea. Frank Gard&er ia in command there, and the army bave the at in Mt confidence in him. He is an effioient and energetic officer, and a in the saddle daily examining the works, and visiting the different Brigad -s. General Gardner ha seen considerable service in our' war for independence, having commanded an Alabama brigade ia Kirby Hmith's advauce Into Kea'uoky, and subsequently in the army of General Brag? in Tennessee, he haviag ben promoted and seat to Port Hudson jnst before the bl odj battle of Murfreesboro. He 1s an old aimy officer, aad served in the Utah expedition aoder th lamented hero of Shiloh, Albert Hdaey Johnson, as a Lieutenant. TO PRKVKNT PlTlINO BT THE SMALL POX Mr. Solon Robinsok, in a communication in tbe Plough, Loom nd Anvil, r. comments the following to prevent pitting by the small pox : Get from tbe apothecary a little vial of stuff called liquid cuticle, and as soon aa the pustules are fully formed, apply a little oi the liquid with a little brush or feather to ea: h oce. As fast as tbey get ripe, remove the scab and wipe away the matter cl- an, and apply the liquid again. If any one of them AH a second time, you must remove the covering and repeat the process. It will smart like fun for a moment, but, my word for it, when vou recover you shall not find a mark upon that pretty face of jours to prove you ever had the disease. I am to.'d tbe article ia made of gun-cotton, dissolved in" chloroform. It forms an artificial skin over a wound just as good as the real one. Tub Battlk of Gknxsis Point. Gen. Beauregard has issued the following order, conveying a well-merited tribute to the f kill and gallantry of the garrison at Fort McAllister : Hkadqcaktbrs Dsp't So. Ca., and Fla., ) Chabikstos, S. C, Feb. 6th, 1S63. f GeK&RAL 0DR3 I No. 23. f The Commanding General annonncea to the iorces, with satisfaction and pride, tbe results of the recent encounter ot onr battery at Genesis Point, Georgia, with an iron-clad cf the Monitor class, results only alloyed by the life-blood of the gallant commander, the late Major John B. Gallic. For hours the most formidable vessel of her class hurled miBsiles of the heaviest calibre ever csed in modern war fare, at the weak parapet of the Battery, which was al most demolished, bnt standing at their gnus as became men fighting for homes, for honor, and for independence, the garrison replied with such effect as to cripple and beat back thir adversary, clad though in impenetrable armor, and armed with 13 and ll-inch guns, supported by mortar b jats, whose practice was of uncommon precision. The thanks of the country are due to this intrepid garri son, who have thus Bhowa what brave men may withstand and accomplish, despite apparent odds. Fort McAllister " will be inscribed on the fligs of all the troops engaged in the defence of the Battery. By command of General Beauregard. (Signed) Thomas Jodan. Chief of Staff. From Our Itlnaton Correspondent. KlNSTOJj, x cu. jo. Editors Stats Joiknal : A courier has just ar rived at Gen. Daniels' Headquarters, from the picket lines below this place, on tbe Dorer road. He brings important intelligeoce. He reports that two companies of Major Nethercutt's Battalion, commanded by Cap tains Itobinson and Davis, were surprised by the enemy at two o'clock this morniog, and the entire command is supposed to be captared, not more than eight or ten of our men making their escape. The courier says, .when he left the encapment the enemy had opened'fire upon our forces from two differ ent directions, and our men were gallantly returning the fire, but he saw no chance for their escape, as the en my was in rur rear, flanking us by the way of Biddle's road, leading from Neuse to Dover. Oar m?n were encamped on tbe Dover road, at the Sand Ridge, between Gore creek and Eiddle's opeaing, wben surprised by the enemy. -i";. 4 Capt. VVLitford engaged the enemy's, picket -at Big Swift oreek. Heavy skirmishing wa: going, on the most of the day. Result not knownT-- " . , .fff'Wg Watch lor 5's on " The PbcenixBankT' Richmond, Ta. no such bank in the Confederacy. A soldier cbap has scattered tbem around town exteosivelypS tbe last day or two. The plate and paper are jtolb eood acd both Yaukeeish in appearance. Tbe circatt-" tor of tins counterfeit, it nighty Daily Progress. is thought, left the city last Van Dorn at HolltP SraiNos. The Tuscumbia North Alabamian, of the 30lh ultimor fumishca the following particulars of a recent raid of Van Dorn. at Holly Springs : A reliable gentleman who arrived in town yesterday from below, reports that Gen. Tan Dorn made another attack on Holly Springs a few days ago, capturing 700 prisoners, and cutting the 3d Michigan Caval y up very badlv, only a Jew escaping;. Tbe infamous scoun drel Capt. Latimer, who made himself infamoaa by hisTfrenzied impatience. But it'v-will re quire six weeks ol depredations in this county, and who had been burning housea and cutting up extensively about Holly Springs, was bung by order ol Van Dorn, only tea m nutes being allowed him to make bis arrangements for his '.ong journey. We have just learned of a daring exploit which took place in Eastern North Carolina, a few days Bince. .A ressel laden with supplies for tbe Buffaioe eamp at Dr. Dillard's place, on tbe Chowan River, was becalmed in the mouth of ths river. Mr. M. D. nathaway, who has been an especial victim of Yankee hatred, and re turns the feeling most cordially, collected a few troops who were in the neighborhood, and successfully boarded the vessel, capturing the whole crew and cargo. The cargo waB saved and the vessel burred. Our informant ays that the Buffaloes were so incensed at tbe Iofc of their supplies, tbat they threatened to burn Mr. Ilath-v away's premises in tbe town of Hertford, and he fears they will execute their threats. We wish Mr. Hathaway had a force of hii own stamp under him. He would soon make beyond tbe Chowan River too hot for Yankees cr Buffaloes. State Journal, 13th inst. Thb Habriet Lane not ot. For some days back the rebels have been giving currency to a report, to the effect that the Harriet Lane had got out of Galveston, and that she was now cruising in the gulf. We learn from Mr. Paymaster B. F. D. Fitch, of the steamer Tennessee, just from Galveston, that the Harriet Lane has not got out of tbat port. The rebels have taken her masts out and towed her ronnd to the bend, behind the town, to place her out of the range of the Brook lyn's guns. We are gratified to be able, in this au thentic way, to contradict the note shaver's news. New Orleans Delta, 30th ult. A wretched editor, who hasn't any wife to take care of him, went the other night to a ladies' fair. He says he saw there " an article " which ha " fain would call his own, but it was not for sale." He declares that since that night he has been " wrapturonsly wretched." As the article was bound in hoops, the rea!er is left to infer that it was either a girl or a keg of whiskey. Rmtore. We see it stated that Col. Martin J. Crawford, who, it will be recollected, was suspended from service for ninety days by Court Martial for al lowing himself to be surprised by the enemy in Ken tucky , has been restored to his command by the Presi dent. Plentt of Clothing foe the Troop?. It will be seen from the report of the Quartermaster-General, sent to the Confederate Senate by the President in reply to certain resolutions recently adopted by that body, that officers of the army are allewed to purchase fabrics from the Government clothing bureaus, when the steck on hand is in excess of the wants of the private soldiers in the field. We take it that the stock of clothing mate rial new on hand is snper-abundant,s officers of the army may be daily seen at tbe merchant tailor estab liahmen s on Main street, selling at an advance of from one to two hundred per cent, the eloth obtained by them frem the clothing bureau. Atihmonti Eaminrfth inn. From the Richmond Examiner. Ttoe Negro ffoldler'a Bill. Christendom ii about to be regaled with a most sav age, ridiculoos, -ineffectual and odoriferoua noveity. Despatches of Friday last announced that the negro soldier's bill had passed the Yankee House of Repre sentatives by a vote of 88 to 54. " The slaves ot loyal persons," says the despatch, " are not to be received, and no recruiting officers are to be sent into the Border Statea without the permission of their Governors. Mr Stevens said tmee hundred thousand men would leave the army in May. We could not raise fifty thousand white men. Conscription was impossible." Thus the unfeeling tvpes announce to mankind the most awful intelligence that ever met the mortal eye cr shocked the humau heart. The representative men of a nation claiming to be more enlightened than any other on earth, have deliberately resolved to iucite African slaves to insurrection, to place arms in their bands, to organize, d ill and effictr them, to lead them against their masters and mistresses, and to re-enact in tbe nine teenth century, and in America, the last child acd per fection t f modern civilization, horrors uneeiuailed in the darkest ages and under the worst despotism that ever cursed the most benighted lands. Compared with the stupendous crime thus authorized in cold blood by tbe Natiocal Legislature of the United States, the massa cre of St. Bartholrmvw, the sanguinary org'e3 of St. Domingo, and the bloody bacchanaiia of Dahomey are but the pastimes of innocent in'anc-y or the gambols of lambs upon tbe grassy uplacds. In the light of tie widespread and appalling tragedy, so dispassionately incited, civilization Eeems but the .mockery of some dreamer's ficcy, humanity a delusion, and religion a non-existence and an impossibility. Staggered by the very enormity of this meditated outrage, we who read the news borne to us from tbe North and against whom these armed hordes of African miscreants aie to be huiled, find tbe faculties ol the understanding at fault and ths sense of comprehension unable to credit intelli gence so unnatural and astounding. We seem to be reading the annals oi a forgotten age, or the tragic im aginations of some master of historic fiction. Yet, never in human history was there a fact more positive than this seeming fiction. The skies above us, the earth btneath our feet, the beating of oar hearts, are truths, not more certain than the gigantic wicked ness which Yankee malice is about to perpetrate. So far as iu tbem lies, they will fully, faithfully, vigorously, meicilessly do this deed of hellish darkness, as were it in tbeir power tbey would summon from tbe Bottom less Pit the unnumbered hosts of fiend3 to accomplish the insatiate cravings of their avarice and their hatred. If they fail to muster in tfceir myriads of armed blacks, or having tbem enlisted, they fall short of their expec tations of carnage and destruction, it will be for want not of will or of endeavor, but for want of ability alone and because of obstacles which Yankee ingenuity.Jex cited to its utmost by fanatical hatred and commercial spite, cannot evade or overcome. Their demoniacal purpose will bave been loiled by forces superior to any tbey can wield ; but that purpose will be registered where thoughts are sccounted as deeds, and, to tbe lull, its dreadful penalty will there be paid. What a confession is here ! More than twenty mil lions of white people, educated highly in common schools, accustomed from cbi'dno d to tnose practical exercises by which the wits are supposed to be sharpen ed and the body invigorated, and priding themselves upon their endowments, make war upon less than one third their number of semi-barbarian Southerners, slothful, ignorant, enervated, depraved; and after two years of war such as no people ever waged and none ever endured, (so vast in its magnitude and so vehement and malignant its energy,) the stronger power is forced, by the stern teoessity of constant defeat and the in herent wickedness of the cause, to appeal from its own race to African slaves for help. How thameful the admission of weakness how ridiculous the appeal lor aid ! 1 hree hundred thousand white men, trained in all the arts of modera warfare, throw down their arms in disgust in May, aud their places are to be filled will ne groes, who scarcely know tbe muzzle from the butt of a musket, and who, there is every reason to believe, can never ba taught the simplest evolutions of the line. Could the absurd folloy of tbe Abolition crusade be more glaringly manifest than in this preposterous sub stitution of mascle for miGd, ignorance for edacation, inexperience for training, clusiness for skill, childish ness for manhood, cowardice for courage, blind brate force for patriotism and reason, Africans for Anglo Saxons ? It is the insanity of fanaticism whipped, beaten, drjven to desperation. It is the last frantic, furious, useless struggle of bad men bewildered by the breaking down of au unrighteous cause ; in a word, it is the arrant idiocy ot hopelessly defeated sinfulness. ! Enlightened Lurope may turn from ths sickenirg horrors of a servile insurrection invoked by the madman at Washington, to a phass of this war, as it will be waged next summer, which, when depicted with histor ical accuracy and physiological fidelity, can scarcely fail to re ieve its fears as to the future of the white race at the Southland cocduce, in no small degiee, to the alleviationRinyjigastric uneasiness tbat Exeter Hall mayrEprf I'n If egafd to the corporeal welfare of tbe colored brethren. To he ?Qre, some Southern families may be macsaered, and some thousands of tbe dusky fraternity may be extinguished by way of mild admonition to the remainder ; but to suppese that the masters of Cuflee will be generally abated at the point of the John Brown pike, orthat Cufite himself will be slaughtered by wholesale," aa "twine are at Cincinnati, is to indulge a nightmare, which only weak tea aamixed with unadulterated f.inaticism can engender. Tbe fate of the negro, of tbe white population at the South rnd of the Northern army respectively, will be decided in a brief contest, which will occur about the middle of next Jane, and which we will describe as gravely and succinctly as po3iible. Oa tbe first of April fifty thonsaad negroes, who have been previoas'y drilled in various camps of instruction, will be debark ed at.; Acquia-Creek. Pugnaciou Joseph Hooker, foaming at ths mouth from long delay, will orgdniise them into brigades and divisions with the velocity of incessant toil to perform this simple feat. It is at last accomplished. Tbe pontoons are laid safely and crossed without opposition. To preveat accident, the Grand Colored DivlsionVia put in the van. Greeley, its com mander, remains atAcquia Creek " witb a-powerful glas3," after the manner of Burnside. The skirmishers of the Grand Colored Division are thrown out. They deploy The voice of an overseer calling hogs ia heard in a distant field. They rally on the reserve. No rebels being visible, they are again thrown forward. They feel for the enemy, but he is not to be felt. They fire at nothing, fifty feet in the air, aid hit it every time. The rebels being thus driven to their earthworks, the. Grand Colored Division advances at the pas de charge, singing a Methodist refrain, to storm the enemy's posi tion, and to " carry the crest" at all hazards. Of a sudden, the artillery of A. P. Hill's command belches forth a hurricane of shell and shrapnel. There is a rising of wool, as of quills upon the fretful porcupine, under the caps of dusky Brigadiers and sooty Major Generals ; there is a simultaneous effusion of melliflu ous perspiration frm fifty thousand tarry hides ; there is a display of ivory like fifty thousand flashes of light ning ; fifty thousand pairs of charcoal knees are knock ing together, and one hundred thousand Ethiopian eye balls are rolling medly in their sockets, like so many drunken and distracted moons dancing in an ebon sky ; the Grand Colored Division trembles like a mighty pointer dog on an icy pavement there is an universal squall, as if all Aftica had been kicked upon its shins, at the self same moment a scattering, as if all the black birds, crows and buzzards in creation had taken wings at once. To a man, the Northern army lies prostrate in the field, asphyxiated by tbe insufferable odour be queathed to the atmosphere by the dark departed host. For a like cause, the refcel army is in full retreat to Richmond. Solitary and alone, with his nose in his hand, A. P. Hill surveys the silent scene. Nakrow escape of President Davis. The follow ing from tbe New York World of the 6th instant, i3 the first we have heard of the "narrow escape" of Pres ident Davis recently at Mobile : A correspondent states that Jeff. Davis had a re markable adventure and a wonda'-ful escape the other day at Mobile. It appears that tbe Confederate chief, accompanied by his staff and several others, had started on a tour of inspection to Fort Morgan, when some por- A? A 1? !!- . . uon oi tne maenmery oi nis steam tug gave way, and they found themselves drifting out to sea. An extraor dinary expedient was euggested and adopted witb suc cess. They went in a small boat, as they pretended, for the English consul, who was at tbe time in one of the steamers of the Federal blockading fl?et. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to add, that the notorious rebel and his friends succeeded in regaining the "sacred soil of the Confederacy." Thb Florida Th 3 Yankee rep3rt of the wreck of thi vessel off Cardenas ia hardly worthy of credit. They.no doubt, wish it were so ; but tha Northern n- ws bv wav of iCicnmona is prooaoiy later man any received via Memphis, and the former makes bo men- tion of tbe disaster, maiai is iaminar witn every square foot of water in the Gulf, and we bave no fears ol bis running ashore, except in a gale which no 8?a macibip could wrether. Conrtdl The Chattanooga Rebel ipeaks thus rebellioualy ( f a man named Conrad, from Louisiana, who has recent ly been exposing himself in connection with tl e pre? and tl e exemption bill. The uWdiscourscth tha3 lu- a recent discussion of the Exemption Bill in Coq. gres, it appears that the Hon. Mr. Conrad, of Loiiu ana, indulged in a wholesale and venomous onslaught upon tbe Press of tbe South. Alluding to the j0 r nals of the Confederacy, be boldly pronounced it as his opinion, that they had done more harm than good to the common c&use of oar independence, and he there, fore insisted that all editors should be harnessed by the Conscript officers and placed in positions whe-e they could be of some uae to the country. Ia the fear that some one Would doubt the sincerity of his atteraneep he said this would bs the opinion he would give, e?u if he were pot npoo bis oath. Personally we have no objection to offer to Mr. Conrad's proposition. And wr ile be is for a general 41 harnessiDg " Tip 0f th( august brethren of- the quill, we would lowest the present, as the fittest opportunity, while the'represeu. tatives of the Press are in Convention at Auga9ta The harnessing " officer will be able to catch theui ' nil iii a hriflrllo" Vnn arm rkerfof lo fiU - v..v... njui, nuQoratio Mr Conrad. It is full time the editors were " harness ed " and the press of the free South was nuzzled, ani the busy quill of the Southern journalist should cease to puff into celebrity the buuconlbe nonsense of sue'i blatant humbugs as yourself. Tbe educators of tho people should be kppt from tbem they are Wcomiu too intelligent already. Why, we will venture to assert that even now, there are & row of your fellow-countrymen, the newspaper readers, cute enough to see clear tbrongh your "robe of seeming truth and trust," at this smart effort to curt tbe fa or of " tbe dea people." It is nothing to you that the journalistic profession bas had more distinguish ed representation in the " tented field," than almost any other ; it is nothing to you that more than three-lourtlu of the editors of th- South have served through one or more campaigns ia this revolution with a ihouldae J musket, while you weie coasting your Congressional sides before a comfortable grate in Richmond, aud reading your harangue, frcm the printed column? of one of these same unharnessed editors; it is nothing to you Honorable Mr. Conrad, tbat " the press" is "the sift-guard of the people's liberty; it is nothing to you that the surpre&sion of the public journals of a tmtijn is tbe fitBt step to its downfall, and the first inclma'.iou of the neck to the yoke of despotism ; it is nothing to you tbat the peeple should be kept informtd of the pro ceed.cgs of Buch pablic servants as yourself, aud should desire to know in what manner is conducted the govern ment they are daily shedding their best blood to estuh lish. Ail this, of course, is nothing U you. JJut it is something to the people whom you would cut c tl from all sources of intelligence. If your object i3 to court lavor with jour fellow-countrymen, the advocacy of such a measure is the last one in the world to fac.liiutc thoe ue signs. Congress may hold secret sessions in numerable, and may adopt any other means of koepiuj information from the people ut it would hardly go h far :a to abolish newspapers and thus shut np tne couu try in a state of profound ignorance, as seems to ba t re design of Mr. Conrad. We have not quite coma h, that, yet. There is no telling what we might come to ia thtnj revolutionary times, with such indiscreet rulers ai thy member from Louisiana but Heavca be pruned, wo have still left us the freedom of speech. Why, nuch a proceeding, even in the despotic North, has just pluog ed the inhabitants of that already distracted country iu a ierment oi excuemeai ana alarm, it is not our pro pose to screen the editorial brethren. Many of them deserve to be eternally conscripted for creating j ist such public characters as Mr. Conrad. The Press hm made him what he is, and the Press deserves to be pun ished for it. We have only this amendmendment to ofier, bowerer, to the Honorable member's proposition and thut is, that the conscript officer go to harnessing up Consul men at Ri.hmond, forthwith. If they havn't "done more harm than good to thi common cause of our inde pendence," it bjsu't been their fault. Many of the n, (and Mr. Conrad among the number,) could rewl.-r lar greater service to the country in the field at thirtwu dollars a month, than they will by advocating openly the suppression of the public press, at a cost to the gov ernment of four dollars per diem. In the discussion, Mr. Conrad said, furthermore, tU; the country bad no need of preachsrs at home, and tha' they should be compelled to shoulder the muiktt an t fall into ranks, "tbe tallest on the right." So far as tie preachers ai e concerned wc have nothing to say. We will venture this prediction, however, that the one who preaches the Honorable member's funeral, will not bave to say that he was hurt to any alarming extent upon the battle fiekls of bis beloved country. Scathing Satire. Ths ibllowiug mild (?) and philosophic view3 of Yan kee nature, as exhibited in their recent adulations i f the Beasf, is from tbe columns of the Richmond Exm iner : To the well regulated mind the beastly practice t beasts excite no disagreeable emotion; and it is said that the,scicntific intellect finds a world of enjoyment in tbe contemplation of the disgusting utility of ihe lowest ordt r of creatures. Surely, the feast of the vulture upou car rion is not reprehensible, and occasions in the beholder no special wonder, and never any animosity against the bird tor gratifying his peculiar tastes. So the'tigtr that laps blood, and tbe beetle tbat gorges excrement, are hut Yankees of the animal kingdom, accommodating the wants of nature ; and it werefolly to impute to them improper motives in partaking of their ghastly and eii-k eoing repasts. It follows that our feelings towards the people ol the North, the scarbuu and vipers of humanity, should be characterized neither by rage nor by nau-a, but by a fixed cheerful christian determination to inter pose sufficient obstacles between them and ourselves ; to curb tbeir inordinate and bloody lusts by each adcqun'e means aa natural wit suggests ; and, as a general thhig. to kill them wherever we find them, without idle qes tiens as to whether they are reptiles or vermin. A certain calmness of mind is requisite to their succeta f'ui slaughter. The ooavuleionz of passion ara ont of place when one ia merely scalding chinches to death. The foregoing reflections are suggested naturally enough by the aecount in Yankee newspapers of But ler's triumphant progression from New York to Wash ington and back again to Boston. A great hue acd cry has been raised at the South because the spawn of Northern cities saw fit to prostrate themselves before this new Haynau, this modern Verres, returned lrom his conquests this Beast emerging frcm his cave filled with dead men's bones. Why this outcry? Where fore assail the Brute clotted with gore, or the chimpan zees that danced and chatted at his coming, and be slobbered him with praise ? What bad this ho. -hyena done contrary to his instincts, tbat we should so berate him and bis worshipper ? He had hangid Mumford -That was true Yankee courage. He bad issued a hell ish order agaisst the ladies of New Orleans. Tbat wos unafffcted Yankee gallantry. He had put the Mayor and hundreds of others into dungeons. That was tbe Yankee conception of the proper method ot administer ing the laws of " tbe best Government the world ever saw." He had banished from the city more than twen ty thousand people who refused to perjure themselves by taking the oath of allegiance to tbe United States. That was the Yankee idea of justice. He drove these people offwithout a change of clothing and with only fi.ty dollars in money. This waa wathe Yankee idea of humanity. He confiscated property by mil lions. This was Yankee honesty. He supplied the rebel in Texas with munitions of war and pocketed the proceeds of tha cotton received in exchange. This was a smart Yankee trick. His troops were whipwd at Biton Rouge while he was in New Orleans. lie was never under fire and never smelt guopowJer except at Hatteras, when the long range guns of his fleet opentd upon a mud fort which had no ordnance that could reach him two miles off, and on the strength of this he issued an address ai pompons as Satan's speech to his legions in the bottomless pit. This was making ma terial for Yankee history. After inflicting innumerable tortures upon an innocent and unarmed people, after outraging the sensibilities of civilized humanity by bin brutal treatment of women and children, after placing bayonets in the hands of slaves, after peculations the most prodigious and lies the most infamous, he returns, reeking with crime, to his own people, and they receive him with acclamations of joy, in a manner that befits him and becomes themselves. Nothing is out of keep ing ; hia whole career and its rewards are strictly artis tic in conception and in execution. He was a thief. A sword- that he had stolen from a woman the neice of the brave Twiggs was presented to him as a reward of valor. He had violated tbe laws of God and manl The law-makers of the United 'StatM voted him thanks, and the preachers of the Yankee 0- pel of blood came to him and worshipped him. He hau broken intothe safes and strong boxe3 of merchants The New York Chamber of Commerce gave him a dia ler. He had insulted women. Things in femal at tire lavished harlot smiles upon him. He waa a njor dtrer. And Btioa of ftwawini hv dtifitd hia.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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