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THE WILMINGTON JUUAii.,
CO FE D BXLA.TK STATES OP AMERICA.
WILMINGTON, N. O., SATPBDAY, FEBBUABY 11,' M
' H.e-vacctn.tlm.
"Jl good deal of small pox baa become spread abroad
throughout the Southern States, supposed to. have been
brought from the North by exchanged or paroled pris
oners, since it would be difficult, if not impossible, to
account for its very general diffusion, in so short a time,
upon any other hypothesis.
There are few diseases of which our people have a
greater dread than they have of small pox, and not with
out reason ; for, prior to the use of Innoculation, and
till more recently of vaccination, it carried off more
members of the human" family than any ojher known
plague or epidemic. Its ravages in Hindostan, where
it carried off over twenty millions of people, are matters
of history, and it maybe well questioned whether the
Introduction of small pox among the native tribes of
both North and South America, 'has not contributed
more to their rapid disappearance from the face of-the
earth than either fire-water " or the sword, cr than
both combined. "
Even now, that this dangerous disease, following the
law which seems to govern all such affections, is less
virulent and fatal than whenit first made its appear
ance, acd the advance of medical knowledge has enabled
the medical faculty to more fully understand its nature
and the modes of controlling its attacks or modifying
their virulence, it still remains one of the most danger
ous, as it certainly is one of the most loathsome of dis
eases. Vaccination is tbe great preventive, but even vacci
nation is not infallible, although nearly so ; and we con
. fess that we have seen so much suffering recently among
grown people who have been vaccinated, or re-vaccinated,
that it seems to cs we would prefer to run some
slight danger of taking the disease in the very modified
form in which it ia almost certain to present itself where
the patients have been vaccinated in infancy, to being
re-vaccinated and running the not slight risk of getting
impure virus, and the almost certainty of some suffering
and danger necessarily attachingjn mature life to mat
ters which are perfectly ianoceat in childhood. With
a child properly taken care of, the measles amount to a
mere trifle. Oar soldiers can bear witness to the fact
that in the case of grown men, they are anything else
than a trifle. So with vaccination. In soun cases we
have heard of erysipelas, and even death resulting.
Of course we do cot wish to dissuade persons who
have not been vaccinated, from having it done. Bat even
then it wonld be well to be careful. We hardly think it
prudent or advisable for persons who have been, to keep
tampering with re-vaccination under the present not fa
vorable circumstances.
From the Daily Journal, 19th icst.
Tlie News.
The news from all part3 of the Northwest seems to
point to some great movement in that section favour
able to joint acticn with the South in opposition to
Lincolnism.
Where there ia "so much smoke, one must think that
there is some fire. We do think eo. But how much ?
What is its character !
It wou!d eeem as though the only good chance for an
early fight in the West was in Middle Tennessee, be
tween our troops ucder Brago and Johnston, and the
enemy's troops under Rosecbasz. Grant and Mc
Cleknand will hard'y do much against Vicksburg.
In the Eastern States tbe first serious collision of
arms may be expected on the coast of South Carolina
or Georgia, or perhaps both. The known fact of a
portion of tbe enemy's force haviDg left Acquia Creek
may indicate aa intention to hurl a large part of the
whole Federal army East of the mountains against
Charleston atd the other seaboard towns of the
South, especially during a eea?oa.when tho weather and
the roads render active operations in Northern Virgin
ia wholly impracticable.
The Charleston 3lci car y of yesterday, (Wednesday,)
thus refers to the proclamation from Gen. Beaukegard
published in yesterday's Journal: We glory in the
calm, firm to?ie of our Charleston cotemporaries :
The Expected Attack.
Another rat.e, fall of interest, and of glory too, we trust.
is soon to be aided to the history of the war. The enemy
la gathering vast nects ana armies upon oar coat-t, and all
the indication?! warrant the belief tbaj . ere many days, the;
it ill be hurled against our city. Vfe print to -day the Pro
clamation of cur General, warciDg the con-combatants that
it ia time 'or them to retire, and calling npon our fighting
men, from the mountains to the Eeaboard, to rally to the
defence of Charleston.
We have serous work before ua. The enemy's aseault,
so Ion? deferred, wi!l, for that reason, be the more formid
able. Every agency that human power and ingenuity, urged
on by devilish hate, can command, will Le used to capture
or destroy the ' hot-bed of Uie rebellion." lhe blow that
is about to fall may be the latt we shall receive in the strug
gle for our independence , but it will be dca't with all the
strength of despair. The foe comes with the avowed pur
pose to sack our homes and - plough our streets with his
round shot ; and, should his power prove equal tj his mal
ice, that will be no empty threat.
We are ready for the ordeal. The brave soldiers who
man the fortification which belt the old city on every side,
are eager to meet their expected assailants, and ttst the
valne of the "dele nee a which have cost so many months of
patient toil. Our matchless little naval squadron will have
tbe long-desired opportunity to encounter the Tankee
iron-c-'ads. And, c:me what may, we bave the cheeriDg
assurance from tr General that the city shall b9 held
Let each man do his duty, ia the approaching hour of our
trial, and Charleston, which opened this bloody struggle,
will finish it in a secoad triumph.
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that now all eyes
are turned to Charleston, again3t which a blow is aim
ed by an army acd navy compared to which the boast
ed armada, called the " invincible," which Spain sent
forth against England, was but a petty privateering ex
pedition. Atl that lavish means could procure all that me
chanical ingenuity could devise or construct, all that
the workshops of the world coald turn out, have been
employed to make complete this eipedition. It has
men, if not in nations, at least of several nations and
colors. It . wants no element of success but a good
cause and good leaders.
The defences of CharlSlon and Savannah have at
different times been constructed under the immediate
supervision cf different commanders, but as a whole
they bear the impress of two of the greatest military
engineers on the American continent, or perhaps in the
world, since the death ni Todlebsx, the great defender
of Sevastopol.
The troops that are or wiil be present to defend these
towns, or either of them, we know to be brave, trained
and devoted. TLeir mo:to is " No Surrender !" and
their chief is "the Peerless Beau.egard," with whom
every Georgian or Carolinian 13 ready to conquer or to
die. We use the word Carolinian in its broadest sense,
for we know that there will be North Carolinians ai
well as South Ceroliniac3 under the banner of Beaure
gard. -We know that they will take their plaees wil
lingly and do their duty bravely on any foughten field
upon the soil of Georgia or South Caiolina. .
The issues of the conflict are great. To ns they are
of vast importance. To the enemy they are more,
They are vital. We need not point out to our readers
the tfiect the capture of Charleston would have upon
onr cause. It yrould be a heavy blow. Bet a failure
would be absolutely ruinous to the Lincolnites. They
know thi3as well as we do.'and will spare no effort
that malignity can prompt c.r desperation stimulate
them to. -
We can but abide the issues, trusting that God, in
whose hands they are, will give a glorious triumph to
u vuoc vi om ug8uus ireenren, ana proiect the livet of
onr noble mea who will there stand between their loved
homes and lhe war's desolation.
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Twovessel3 a steamer and a schooner, racseeded
this morning aoi yesterday in getting safely into a Con-
On Good 0u Town.-The f mvai ree nuy 01
i . , . . not raacJ afnl-
or even largely in our sectioo, yet contains among ius
mwM m mnv of our Draonal ' friends, and
friends of our friends, baa lei us to comparing notes over
the losses our community has. sustained during the last
eighteen months.- To them aad to us, Wilmington
hardly appeared to b3 tbe Wilmington of othtr days. -War,
pestilence, famine and refugeeisui have deprived
ns of the sight of old familiar faces, many, too many, of
which we can never see again. At least six handred
restiQ Oakdale. Cemetery, while twice as many, no
doubt, have gone to cffert and have offered their lives
rrmatlv vonnc. anl always brave unon the altar of
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their country.
And where is such-and-such anpne ? Died killed
at Kichmrjnd at Manassas-at Sharpsburg ! And
such-another ? Died at home of fever doing his best
for his suffering feUow-citizoos. And another siill died
painfully in hospital. And who occupies such a house?
Gone Jong gone fugitives from the homes they loved
so well. Why, to us wko have been here so few years
to look back upon, it se;ms strange to find ourselves
amercer the " oldest inhabitants !" Strange, new faces
meet ns at every turn the reckless but generous sol
d'er the eager, but, we fear, n ot generous spsculator
are mainlv those who throng our streets. In the one,
we recognise a friend, even though we never saw him
before. In the other wa cannot be brought to recog
nise any eucb thir.
Bat M There's life in the old town yet !" Our sur
viring "boys" who come home on their unfrequent'
fnrlonhs ' are aa fall of life and hoDe. and far fuller of
i
well-grounded confluence than they were when they firBt
started out. They are now bronzed soldiers. Would
that we could imtDortalizs all their names the living
and the dead ! Would that there were no dead to im
mortaliz3 !
And the letters we et from camp all breathe the same
generous, prouri, patriotic spirit. Defend the old town
to the laBt brick ! So bave they written at all times
when attack threatened us. AH their regret was that
possibly they might cot be able to be with us. And
from the quiet homes of refugees, in the interior, where
deliccte women and helpless children have sought, and
have properly sought, places of safety from the minions
of Lincolk the co-adjufors of Btttlkr, come3 the same
invocation. And the appeal on behalf of lhe soldier or
the sufferer has never reached the retreats of our refu
gees without eliciting the most prompt and liberal re
sponse.
There js life in the old town. Ita people, wherever
scattered, look to' it with pride and regard it with af
fection. There has been speculation in our midat, and
there is now, but cot as a characteristic of the plac.
Tije war and the pestilence, and tbe comparative famine
may have drawn forth sjme of the bad traits cf our
nature, but they have drawn out many more of the
noblest. The old town is not perfect, but she is one of
the most gallant in the Confederacy, and she hai given
her jewels not les3 freely than the freest, not lass un
grudgingly than "the most ungrudging. She has lost
hundreds of her sons. She has still her quota in the
service. Iler people are still undismayed.
We are not native Wilmingtonians and therefore
have the less necessity to offr any apology for this vol
untary tribute to " the good old town." We are so
long and intimately identified with Wilmington as to
feel a pride in all that reftects honor upon her.
After this war is over we think that fish, game and
oysters will be biir, fat and plenty, there are so few pco-;
pie now left to make them afraid, and so much fewer left
who can efi 3rd to eit them at existing prices. Even al
ready we think they (the oysters) show the effects of the
re3t they have hai in their fat, contented looks. We
don't often indulge in such luxuries, but yer terday we did
try "a few" at the Globe Saloon. They were so fat anc1
happy-looking, that it seemed to give tlcin pleasure t
contribute to our enjoyment.
Ilad we not supposed that the enjoyment v aa mu
tualthat it was as much pleasure to be eaten as to
eat, of course we would have made our best bow of
which we don't brag, acd left onr crustaccoas friend"
to their shellfish existence.
At any rate they made not the slightest opposition
never said a word, not one of them. The biggest o!
the party did try to choke us when ice tried to gobble
him whole.
We saw a vast number of tbe same sort left. For
ought we know there are still a few. The amateurs of
good oysters had better see.
SriccxATiNG. Day by day it becomes more at d mora
difficult for our citizans to get anything to eat at any
price, because, as we are informed, the food brought io
for sale h forestalled by speculative parties from other
placts, Petersburg and Richmond being named.
We do not know the parties, but from all t'.e infor
mation we tan get, tbe facts above stated are strictly
correct, and apply equally to fish as to meat, poultry, etc.
vV'e wish to call attention to this matter, because it
appears to us that some attention is required. Tbe
thing is wrong, acd a wrong that people cannot afford
to submit to long. People must eat, and will not allow
their own and their children's bellies to be empty, in
order that the pockets of others may be filled from spec
ulations in food. '
No Northern Mail. We are without "any mail
from the North this morning. Why we are so, we are
unable to say. We do know that it i3 extremely in
convenient and puts ns to our trumps.
Jcst now we aro in comparative clover, not clover
of the tallest kind, but still c!over ; for we have got a
mail and we have seen tbe sun. The sun is now shin
ing btigntly and pleasantly, lnis has been a. rare
state of things for some days past.
A friend has kindly handed us a copy of " Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper," of this date of the 7 th
instant. As might have been eipectai, most ot the
" illustrations " are devoted to matters connected with
the war. The first is " The N;?ht Burial at Sea,"
putting overboard a poor fellow who had died on board
a transport. The next is the Grand Requiem Mass in
8 1. Patrick's Cathedral, for the repose of the souls of
the cfScers acd men of the Irish Brigade killed in the
war. They seem to have done the thing- up pretty fine.
Then thera is a full page cut devoted to the capture of
Galveston, and the blowing up the (J. S. Gunboat
Westfie'd. Next there ia an army sketch of shooting
and cutting up cattle. But npon the whole the most
interesting pictures are those illustrating the defences eff
Charleston. WThetber they are correct or not we can
not say. They purport to be from sketches by A. P.
Palmes, formerly of Co. E, 21st regiment Stmth Caro
lina Volunteers. Tbe strangest thing about this traitor
is the statement made by Leslie, that Palmer is a na
tive South Carolinian. l"he better press is really so
treshy-trashy so wholly subordinate to tbe pictures,
that it is hardly worth referring to.
We neglected to state yesterday, that the alarm cf
fire at 3 o'clock on Friday morning last, was occasionei
by the burning of the Sword Factory in the Southern
part of town. We do not know the extent of the dam
age sustained by Mr. Frqelich. the proprietor.
Gek. Sam. Hod-ston. The Houston Telegraph of
the 16th of January, acknowledges the receipt of one
hundred dollars from Gen. Houston and bis lady, for
the benefit of the wounded of tho Galveston Jght. The
General's health is stated to be improving.
- Port Hudson has been put on a war footing, on a
grand toale, and tbe troops at that point, from- all we
can hear, intend to plaoa sidy bj aide in history, the
name of Port Hudson, with that of the heroic " Hill
City." Major General Frank Gardner is m command 1
thjre, th MDJ ban tbe utrflprtFjcoafidw ia bio. I
, For th Journal.
Ob I may the God that rules above, J .
rJtTtogthen the powers of faith and love,
Ai d guide our footsteps where we go, - " --
Until we conquer all the foe. - '
W y frntb andridcnt guide oar way,
AdA we b strengthened everyday,
- A r,d led by those who only fight,
Fvr liberty and sacred right. "
Fir.lhy own powsr can rule the heart,
And vanish tears m every part,
At d isnke onr foes to quail and quake,
And from the line of battle break.
Aad brinr os o-a to victor's call, '
A nd make our foes before us 'all.
nd give ns strength to conquering go,
Until we lay the last one low.
For thou, O, Lord ! dost surely know,
For jastice, to the field we go,
AEd take our arms our foe to fight,
For freelom, liberty and right.
Wilmiagtn, Feb. 23tb, GS.
For the Daily Journal.
Gambling til Iht Army.
There is no vice eo easily fallen mto as that of rambling,
and none more degrading and pernicious in its effects. Is
is like the Upa tree, it ppringi a twig and ere it i dis
covered, it poisons th wh .de air around. In a company or
regiment, the men having nothing o do, time lung heavi
ly on their hands, and wearied with thoughts of home and
no hopes of -oon seeing those they hold dear, and driven to
desperation and fly to anything to pass away tfme, that af
fords C e least amocement. Just at this moment there are
always friends in human shape, men lost to virtue and to pa
rity, w:th no shame and no honor, ever ready to toll off the
lUDOcent and unsuspecting. It has grown to a great extent
acd become a wide spread ev.l, though it may be
looked at lightly, when first viewed, ar.d some may
say it cannot grow to any great proportions, because their
wages aro so small, that thy can have no large amount to
lc89 or to win. Tbis my betrne. yet they often, on tbe
turn of a card, lose several months' wages, and sow seeds
that will spring up in the future and blast all that is noble
and pure in th?ir dispesitions.
It ia astonishing, that wh'le fr'ends of v humanity, having
noticed drunkenness and other vices, which can raver grow
to anything like enormity, on account of high piies, have
passed by this the moat dates able that any set of mea can
engage in. Cannot some one some friend cf the soldier
battling for bi 1'berty and his country's honor do some
thing to stay thin evil ? WY4 not some one able to write
reach forth hi3 ban! to save bis lellow roan from de
struction? Miht not a hociety be formed in which
they e ight engage, that woaid take np their atten
tion and a inu e their winds? Miht not libraries begot
ten up in our cit es. forts and Lirga pos, where troops are
coa8tantlyJie&t, when they are off duty, thatthsy might g
to improve and ergage hir minds. Hoping some one
will give thiJ hi ait-nton and start the good work, and
tbatthn may arrest tho ai 'cut-on of some uomrade, who is
about to throw himaif away, I leave the subject from in
ability to sav j;ore. BEKIAN.
C:.mp Marr, rear Kiopton, Feb. 18th, 1S63.
W.ittcn for the Illustrated News.
;t lclniii?nr n II ant Ioail to Travtl ;
Or the New Jordan, as rung with enthusiastic ajiplausa in
' all Uie Northern. Theatres.
BKSrE'JTIVKLY DEDICATED TO CKN'SRIL AMBROSE K. BLBN-
H ti
Would you like to hear the mods, I'm afraid it's rather
long,
Of the famous " On to Eiehmord " double trouble
Of the half a-dozn slips on a half-a dozen trips,
And 1h very latesj bursting of th babble '(
Then list while I relate this most unhappy fate,
'Tis a dreedtul knotty puzzle to unrav d.
Though alt the papers swore, when we touched Virginia's
shore,
That Richmond was an easy road to travel.
Then pull ctl yur coal and roll up your sleeve,
Vox Richmond's a hard road to travel ;
Tkpn pu'l i ff your coat &Dd roll up your sleeve,
For Richmond's a hard road to travel, I believe.
v
First McDowell, bord and gay, eet forth the shortest way,
By &acafsaa in the pleasant summer weatber.
Bat "he quickly went and ran on a Stonewall, foolijh man,
And had a " rocky " journey altogether ;
For Le found it rather hard to ride over Beaur gard,
And Johnston proved a deuce of a bother,
And 'twas clear bf rjnd a doubt that he didn't like the
roet
ntl a second time would have to try another,
'i i:?n pall oil your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Kichm nd's a hard red to travel ;
Manassas j;ave us fits, acd Bull t.xin it made us grieve
Oh ' Richmond's a htird road to travel, I balieve.
Next cami t' e Wool'y Horse, w'th an overwhelming force,
To march down to tifchrannd by th Valley,
Bat he couldn't fiad 'ba r md, and his "oswud movement"
showed
HU campaigning was a mere shilly-shal'y.
And Commissary Banks, with bis motely fore:gn rai.ki,
1 he Dutchman and tho Celt, not the Saxon,
Lost the whole ot hi3 supplies, and. with tears in his ejes,
Kan awcy trom that dander-headed Jackson.
Then pull off yonr coat and roll up jour sleeve,
For Kiel raond's a hard road to travel ;
Th Valley wouldn't do, as ever body knews,
And Kfcbmond's a bard road to trauei, I sujjpoee.
Then the great Galena came, with her port-holes all a
fUme, Ai;d the Monitor that iamons naval wonder,
Bat the guns a Dr ry's Blufl'gave them speedily enough
Of the loudest sort of real rebel thunder :
The (laleni was astonished, and the Monitor admonished.
And their efl;:ts bo ascend the stream were mocked at,
While the dreadful Nausratuck, by "the hardest kind of luck,
Was very nearly knocked into a cocked hat.
Then pull off ycur coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Kichmoa.i's a hard road to travel ;
The gun boats eave it up in a stupefied despar,
And Richmond is a hid road to travel, ) declare.
Then McCleUa f ; s io-i, with rpade and with billoon,
To try lhe lcn i;Mi ar yp: reaches, ,
But one and a l sgi-td 'h it Lis bstrte-of speed
V7asn't faster ttau the slowest of ' hlow coaches : '
Instead of cat-y f n.uud, at WiU amaturg In found
A 1.GXG stkset indeed, and nothi ng shorter,
And it put hini in the dumps that spades wasn't trnn pi,
And the Hills he couldn't level, as he " oner."
Then 1 ull off yoir e at and roll up y ;ur sleeve,
For Richmond'.-! a hard road to travel ; .
Lay down the shovel atd flint; away !he epade,
For Eichaaono'a a bird road to travel, 1'inatraid.
He tried the r.bel i- es od the field of -even Pipes,
Wher' lis tro."t.s did tueh awiui heavy chargin'
But he flout,dn d in the niud. and he aw a stream of blood
Ovei 'he Chu kahminy'a sweet margin ;
Though the.t.-t hceu:s ra.her strange, when hercit his gunboat-!
raujj",
On 'and he united overmuch to LEK-ward,
So he quickly " changed Lis base," ia a sort of e eeple
chaao, And hirTied tack to Stsntor, Ab pnd Peward.
Then j.uli off your coart and roll up yoru t'a ve,
t or liichincnd's a had road to ' ravel ;
We should be surprised that McClcllau tc vk to drink
ing. For liichmond'a a hard toad to travel, I'm a thinkiug.
Then said Liis coin unto Pope, You cn make the trip f9
nope.
Qjotb the bragging Mtj jr-tieneral, '"Yea, that! can,"
Ana began to issue order. to h's terrible marauders.
Just like another Leo cf tt'e Vatican ;
But that same dtmented Jacl&on th e fellow laid bis whacks
on, .
And made him by compulsion a Seceder,
And Pope took a rapid flight from Manassas recond fight
'Twas his very last, appearance as a leader.
Then pu 1 off your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Richmond's a hard road to travel ;
Pope tried hia very best, and was evidantly sold.
And Richmond's a hard road 10 travel, I am told.
Last of ail the brave Burnsk'e, with hia pontoon bridges tried
A road no one had thought cf before him,
With two hundred thousand mea for the rebel "f laughter
pen,"
And the blessed Union flig a fling o'er him ;
But he met a "fire of hell" of caimter and she 1,
Enough to make the kneea of any mm knock ;
'Twaz a shocking sight to view, that second Waterloo,
On the banks of the pleasant Rappahannock.
Then pull oft your coat and roll up-your sleeve,
For Richmond's a hard road to travel ;
'Twas a shocking Bictt to view, that second Waterloo,
And Richmond's a bloody roal to travei, it is true.
We are very much perplexed to know who will try it next,
And to guess by what new high-road be may go,
But the Capital must blaz and that in nine'y days,
For 'tis written, Dclenda est Carthago
We'll take the cursed town, and then we'll burn it dawn,
And plunder ana hanif up every rebel
Tet the contraband was right, when he told ua they would
fight,
"O ji, ma-Ka, they'll fight like the debble."
Then pull on" jour coat and roll np your sleeve,
For Richmond's a hard road to travel ;
We're played our strongest card, and 'tis plain that we
are slammed,
And if Richmond ain't a h ud road to travel, I'll be
blamsd !
See Cedar (Bun )
Conversion of Mrs. Lincoln. We have almost
the highest official authority under the Government for
stating that Mrs. Lincoln Las at last become thoroughly
anti-slavery is hearty in her approval of the emanci
pation proclamation, and urges immediate and compre
hensive arming of slaves . who have been made free
y J . . . . . , .
The foregoing important announcement is maae oy
the New York Tribune with as much gravity as if we
were about to be invaded by an army in petti
coats. Eleven Thotjsakd Men Hobs d Combat. A
Nashville correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, of
the 22d ult., writes :
There are now io the nineteen hospitals in this city
8,000 patients, besides 1,200 to 1,500 that have been
8?nt 10 umo mer C06Pltalfl and as many more in
th eereraj hospitals at aad near Murfrwiboro'.
BY TELEGRAPII.
90K TtiH
CONF2DKRATB fOXGHES5.
- RiCflXOBD, Feb. 20th, 18G3.
The Senate was occupied to day in the fartbwr consider
ation of the exemption bill. " An amandmsnf was adopted
exempting one person on any farm, 00 which resides a fam
ily of women and children not less than ten In number, de
pendent on tbe Ubor and presence of a white man. for eup
port and protection : with various cond tions to prevent
Jhe abuie of the exemption act. The Senate then adjourn
ed until Monday.
The Hons9 basineti wis unimportant, being in secret
session on the currency.
NEWS FROH EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.
Richmond, Feb. 20, 18P3
The emancipation demonstration at Exeter Hall was one
of the most en'hosiastio scenes witnessed ia London for a
long time. The resola'ions reiterite the sentiments of the
Emancipation Society, and ex pi ess great sympathy for
the North. The London Tinws was denounced by the speak
ers amidst grvans and hUses similar to those given at the
meeting held at Brad Trrd and other towns.
It ia generally believed th it the proposals of mediation by
Emperor Napoleon were mi rely preliminary to mora im
portant steps ; If reacted, France will recognize the South.
The World 6aya that rr cent towielertioes in Ne r Yoik,
show immense conservative fjains over the vote of last fall.
CaptairfSeromes had a rcep .ion at th Commercial Ex
change, Kingston, given him by tbe merchants of that city.
He was lustily cheered.
General Hchenck having caused the Tankee -flig to be dis
played in the Hall at tbe new Assembly room, Baltimore,
the congregation bave di 'continued their religious services
at that place. .
Lincoln has s"nt to ths Senate his nomination of General
Phelps as Major-General, dated December 4th, 1SGI, thns
outranking all other volunteer Major Generals, including
Burnside and Eooker.
The World of the 13th, containi a comaennication from
D. A. Mahout y, declaring that-Joha VanBuren, in his la'e
speech, does not reflect the sentiments of the democracy of
the North West, who now favor a vigorous p?o ecution for
peace.
THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE REPORTED DISA
GREEMENT BiT WEEN POSTER, AND HUNTER AT
POET ROYAL.
Richmond, Feb. 20th, 1863.
Aresolution was recently introd iced in the Illinois Legis
lature for a recess until June, the objects being to give the
Peace Convention time to take action and report to the
Legislature. After tbe resolution passed tha Senate, the
Republicans held a caucus and agreed that there shoved be
no more legislation unless the Democrats withdraw the
resolution ca'lipg a Convention at Louisville, and pledge
themselves not again to present them. The Republican
Senators have left Spriagfield, and will not return until the
pledge is given, ' so that the Leg'slature ia virtually dis
solved. The Port Royal correspondent of the World, under dae
of the 9th inst.. says that Foster's expedition Is worse than
at a stand still, for the troops are embarking from the
transports and taking quar'ers on St. Helena Island. Many
days muBt elappe before anyth'ng can be achieved by i'.
Reports are rife as to disagreements between Generals
Hunter and Foster. The latter has gone to Washington for
additional instructions, and nothing can be heard from the
expedition for three weeks to come.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Mobile, Feb. 20th, 1863.
UTho Adverser A. Register has a dispatch, dated Jackson,
Fob. 20th, which sajs that as the out freight train from Mere
dian came to Chuncky Bridge last night, it gave way, pre
cipitatitg the ecgine and four cars into the river. A large
number of passenger were on tlie triiu, an 1 from fifty to
one hundred are reported as drowned The bridge cannot
be repaired until the water falls.
FROM TH E SOUTBWESTEUSOPEAN NEWS, Ao.
Chattanooa, Feb. 20, 163
TLe trains from Tullahonia make a connection at Lock
Creek. Pontoon bridges have bee constructed for paeren
gera to cross.
An officer of lha 2d Arkansas regiment has been senten
odto be hot 01 tbe '27th iofU for cowardice at Mur
freesboro'. The Lmisviila Journal, of the 16th inst., has been re
caived. Pi mice says that the Drmacratic Convention It
Frankfort is an artifice, oisbonorabie in fact as it is deadly
ia purpose ; it is the cat secession in the meai tub of Dej
mooracy. The Journal says that th8 .Rebel sympathizers in
LoniBvilie aro holding meetings preparatory to their State
Cjuventioa at Frankfort on the 18th Ids. Similiar meet
iogs have been held in ihe adjoining counties. ,
Immense preparations were being made ?.t h dianapolis
for a Republican meeting on the 2tth inst.
It is believed at New Orl am that Butler wou!d return,
if Bot made Secretary cf War.
Kiugsion (Jamaica) papers, by the steamer Scleremas,
announce the arrival of the Alabama on the 20th January
with oEucers and crew, one hundred and sixty five in num
ber, cf the Federal gunboat Halteras The Alab&raa was
severe rid .'led ia the encounter.
Two ledi?ral m?n of war are reported cfi Jamaica.
Capt. b'emmeshad a reception at the Commercial Ex
change, Kingston. Iho merchan s of that city loudly
cheered him.
a a vices irom tiitrope say mm tiaenan is mitcaed for a
prize fight with an nnknown party for ten thousand dol ars.
The steamer Asia from Liverpool on toe 31st nit , reached
Naw York on the 15th It is tssumad by several writers
that the French Emperor's proposal is preliminary to more
important acti n ; if refused, recognition of the Coded
erate States will follow, independent of England.
Rumors are rire of rew difficulties between the British
a d Washington pov rnments, cwirg to the seizure tfEn
glish vessels sp&t the Bahama coast.
The re?olaL;,Ui of the Emancipation Meeting at Fxster
Hall express great sympathy with the forth. The fonden
Times was denounced with groans aed hijses.
!Mr Robert Peel, in a speech, declared himself in favor of
separation batw ;en the North and South, and strongly cop
demned Lincoln's Emancipation.
Memphis papers say that four million dollars have been
sent down to Grant's army. The bjsalth of the troops wea
bid. Ore hundred balec of Cotton were brought np on tbe
steamer Ruth.
Prisoners say that the federals have been repulsed in
every demonstration against Port Hudson.
Casaius M. Clay has determined to abacdoa his commis
sion acd return to Russ'a
A letter irom " urirees-DSjro: to a rew iorx paper says
that the reason Roencranz'a army don't advance, is be
cause it is mud bound. The army ia in excellent ooaditlon,
but is diminished by desertion.
Bills have been reported in the Federal Congress, appro
priating ten million of dollars for the abolition of slavery
in Maryland, one million and a half in Western Virginia, and
four Lnndred and forty thousand ia Delaware. The Select
Committee as reed npon a bill to establish a board of emi
gration and colonization in connection wiihjthe war depart
ment.
5Sr. Vvvlliinritgftnm and the Ohio Government.
The telegraphic reports have stated that Mr. Vallan
digham had been nominated as the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Olio. This is not the case. The
State Convention has not yet assembled. Mr. Tallan
digbam, however, is generally spoken of in connection
with the nomination, and will, we presume, be placed
author! atively before the people. We find the follow
ing letter consenting to the use of his name, in'our late
Oaio exchanges :
Horsa OF BsriussEKTATivsa,
Washington City, D. C, Jan. 16. f,
David I. Cable, Esq , Btnbenviile, Ohio :
My Dear Mr: 1 have received your letter on behalf of
the eentral committee or Jen rson county, stating that "it
nas Deen extensively circulated mat 1 wnoiiy refuse to run
ior tr nomination" aa tne u em oc ratio candidate for Gov
erco. of Ohio, next fall, and inquirlne as to mv Dosition in
regard to it. In answer, I would say that the desire has
been ireeiy ana coraiaiiy expressed to me from all parts
of the State that my name may be used in Convention lor
that purpose, and I have yielded to the wishes of my frienas.
My name, therefore, will be presented to the Democratic
State Convention in connection with that office ; and if it
be the belief of the Democracy of the State, aa expressed
inmbat Convention, that I may be able, in ,he position, to
aid and hasten the re-union of these States, And, therefore,
the return of the prosperity and blessings of other and bet
ter times, and their deir, also, that I shall re their candi
date, no honorable exertion; however irreat. shall be omit
ted by me in the canvass to have the aomination ratified
through the bi!lot-box, by a triumphant election. Having
claBg to the oil ship when the storm rsged fiercest, and
e'oods were blackest, and friends fewest, I wilt not desert
her now, when npon a. smother sea, and with gentler aad
more prosperous winds around her.
Satisfied, however, that the Convention In will, any event
act wisely and sonnaly, I shall yield a cordial aad active
support to the choice of that Convention, whoever he may
be.
Thaahlnz my friends in Jefferson for their kindrv feeMnes.
as expressed ia your letter, I aa, very truly,
v. L, YAXiLAJWIQEAIIt
S-'" i-!L;:7.;'ItxVwia the North. : r.
We have received the New York rni and Wajh
ington Chronicle, of the 12t5"inst. - The following, is
from the Kefatd'i u Situation" article 1
- Col. Perey Wyndham'a rec'snnoitering party started
from Stafford Court-House on tbe 9tb, and cut the tel
egraph wires at Warrenton Junction, captured two
ptokets at Eik Rao, and found no rebels that sick of
tbe Rappahannock, and all the streams and roads in
each a condition that tbe enemy cancot move no more
than ourselves.
The reported destruction of the Brooklyn is an "ab
surd story, manifestly untrut." The bark Springbok
was captured by tbe U. ti. steamer Sooama on tbe Ia
h'amaB, on tbe 3d, and arrived in New York on tbe
H.2th. The Sonoma cbased tbe Florida 36 hours. Tbe
ram Qieen of tbt Wst, which passed tbe Vicksburg
batteries, was set on fire by turpentine balls thrown
from tbe rebel gunboat City of Vicksburg. Out of 120
shots 12 only strack the Qieen.
The French Yellow Book shows that during the pe
riod of Butler's rtign in New Orleans the relations of
the Unittd States with France and other countries
were at times in danger xf a seriou3 rupture. I he
French Minister at Washington, it suys," protested
against bis ondoct," and denounced to Mr. Seward tbe
acts ol General Butler, aa ealculattd to compromise, in
tbe gravest nieni er, international relations, and per
haps to p-ovjke e:iojs co fltcts. After the issue of the
General's proclamation of September 24tb, Admiral
Reynaud, of the imperial iiavy, was .ordered from the
North tar New Orleans, to act " with the authority of
his rank acd tbefirmnets and tact habitual to h'wn."
The Aladrid Epoca and other Spanish newspapera ap
prove of the purport and spirit of Napoleon's k4ttr to
Gen. Foray' respecting hia plans for- Mexico. Toe
Epoca says it confirms all its editor has said " touching
the propriety of a-c mruon action " between Spain and
France in the Republic.
The following tilegraujs in the He-aid are i.'ated
Washington, Feb. 4th :
Since tbe Yellow Book revelations the Republican
Senators, led by Grimes, swear tbey will push Seward
from his stool. Tburiow Weed is trying to save him,
but euc.-ess is doubtful. The Republican Senators are
caueajfeiog and will present thtir artagonism to Sew
ard formally to tbe President. Several are very intem
perate in their threats in case ol fiilure. Seward will
present a state paper on intervention that will be a
bombshell to his persecut rs. The French Minister is
preparing a psper for the U. S. Government embody
ing tbe views of Napoleon III.
It is probab'c the Senate will adopt Ctase's bar king
measure. Coilamer ddtnd.d the local banks.
A leading Republican said lately, they must keep up
the war until tie Democrats omft in o power, whin
they must settle it.
A higher tax ia proposed ou tobaccy, playing cards,
whiskey and luxuries generally. The Housa is occu
pied in debating a reduction or fare npon tbe Washing
toivbcTt,e railway from 5 to 3 Ci-nis. Seger, cf Vir
gini 1 favored 5 cent3
Gen. Butler is cii'ed with the 1 'resident. Banks's
late order agaiust encouraging Blaves to dtsert tbeir
masters woiks in favor of Butlewas tbe man' for the
Southwest.
Stonewall Jackson's chaplain h to be released from
the old Capitol prison.
Mr. Seward fcas sent to tbe Herald a short, sharp,
and decisive note denying ttat the French Minister
visked Richmond at bis suggestion in April last, or at
any other time. " He was not then nor has he or any
person ever been authorized by this Government, or by
the Secretary of State, to make any representations of
anyjiind or on any subject, to the insurrectionary
agents or eo called autorities at Richmond, or to hold
any communication with them on behalf of this Gov
ernment. From the beginning of tne present distur
bances till tl e spring of 18C2 this Department was
charged with authority to grant passes through the
lines of the Government forces, and Merci-r applied for
a pass, and got it ; bore no communication to any of
the insurgents. Since Vie &th of March, 1862, no com
munieation, direct or indirect, fo mil or informal, has
been held with the insurgents, their aiders or abettors.
These statements are to be qualified a3 to c'rcumstantJfes
concerning exchange of prisoners and other military
matters."
The Herald republishes Mtrcier's letter to Thouveoel,
of April 13, 18G2, in which he says Seward told bim
he could very easily go to Richmond, and eff ired him a
pass ; that, not having foreseen such a thing, he
promised to.rtttVct ou it a d undertake the trip "when
it seemed in compliance with the d sire of Seward."
Lie also says : " It was understood besides, that -I
should report to Mr. Seward only what I w a author
ic?d to repeat to him. Mr. S. said to me that I might
add if I found an opportune occasion That, in his opin
ion, the North was animated by no sentiment of ven
geance, and that for Liaiself be should with pleasure
meet Southern Senators in the Senate again, fcc."
JIhe Herald has two and a half columns on tbe
" splendid success of the dash " of the Uninn ram Queen
of the West, which ran the blockade of Yicksburg by
daylight, smashed tbe rebel guaboat Vicksburg, de
stroyed three provision steamers, drew fire from Fort
Hudson, and returned.
Commodore Bell, on board tbe Brooklyn, off Galves
ton, January 26tb, sajs the Harriet Line is within
i Galveston waters. Rear Admiral Farragut is " rear
ing and charging " and " frettiog his guts " generally
about the capture of the Harriet Lane. In his official
lepott he says : " It is difficult to conceive a more pu
silanimoas surrender of a vessel to an enemy a1ready
in our power than occurred in the case of the Harriet
Lane."
The Herald publisl.ea Air, Memminger's report in
full, and says editorially, tbat the " money affjirs of tbe
Confederacy have pased through nearly the same pro
cess as the financed of the Federal Government. But
our able resources bear no comparison with the means
at their disposal, and it asserts that " the sD.ution of
the great question involved in the ar mainly depends
upon tbe relative financial endurance of tbe two belli
gerents." We have paid off our deficit and about for
ty-two million floating debt, and after defraying current
expenses, had a turplus of about fifteen millions, of
which two and a half millions were in gold. Our ex
penses have been eight and one-third millions per week,
while the Federals was twenty-one millions per week.
It says our public debt, December 31st, was idur hun
dred and forty-three e,d a ball millions and on 1st
July would be eight hundred millions one-third less
than the Federal war debt.
Our currency must be reduced by two thirds to save
the Confederacy from fioancial ruin. The Herald pre
diets tbat d priciation will increase until Confederate
money is as worthless as the old.Contineutal notes and
the French assignets. A golf dollar North is worth
$1,50 paper ; with us it is worth $2,25 paper. It sajs
bans and Treasury notes will not raise bait enough for
such a gigantic war as tbe present. The Herald prophe
cies that Mr. Merrminger will have a different tJfbry to
tell from this when be anticipates tbat tbe United States
has California gold and superabundant breadstufis.'
Cotton is a king dethroned. Corn is king regnant, and
tbat monarch is here. Our resources are vastly supe
rior in men and means to those of the rebels. They are
unexhausted and inexhaustible. All that is needed is
intellect and intrepidity to develop and orgaoiza them
and give the rebellion its quietus before the falling leaf,
certainly before the first week in December. But judg
ing from tbe past, w. mu3t confess our expectations are
not very sanguine as to the future, while the present
administration continues in power, and we fear, there
fore, we must look to a more distant period for the final
triumph of the Union over its malignant enemies, North
and South."
The Herald, thinks operations will begin against
Charleston and Savannah simultaneously.
John Van Baren says "the South is determined not
to return ; and until tbeir armies have powar to resist
and put m down this war must go 03, and those who
would attempt to stop it will be carried away by tbe
torrent." Therefore, he thinks the Convention Dronos-
ed by Indiana will be barren. He pronounces the eman
cipation proclamation a dead letter, a humbucr, and a
stumbling block. The Herald says it is only a tub
thrown out lo amuse the Abolition whale.
1 he Herald has the following rumor :
e are warned, from the rebel sources that it is pos
sible on some fine morning, in one of the foca of the
Rappahannock, the whole army of Gen. Hooker may
be attacked and demolished by the imDatienkand hun
gry army of Gen. Le. But we apprehend that no
such geed luck can "fce expected, as the voluntary ap
pearance of his cautious veterans outside of their en
trenchments. We susneet thev will stick fast behind
their works uatil smoked out, shelled out or poked out ;
and we know that Gen. Tinnker is ready, acd that his
soldiers are ready, to seize the opportunity of even a
partial hardening of the mud in which they are now em
bargoed to open their road to ivcuihuu.
Codl The New South, th Yankee paper publiibed at
nntnn T7nt. oontains. amour other viTalaief . an adver-
ti ement of six colomna of land sales "for usaaid direct
taxea in insurrectionary districts," which states that the
landa there offered hare been forfeited to the United States.
Several hundred tracts of land on St. Helena IiUad, Lady's
Island, and Port Royal Island, are enumerated. The no
tice is sned A. D. Smith, W. I. Wording, and Wa, Hen
ry Bris fcaae, Pirtct Tax Ccmafriiootn.
w WAiHraoTOW, Feb. 8. General Barciide wag hrf!
4-h? Commlttea on the Oouducfc'of the War, to testify l
rca w.ne to tbe resolution of the Senate inquiring of h
bavin? bin interfered with in bis plans for laki
of Richmond. His testimony revealed some siaril
facts ; none of the Committee doubted his word
yet they were slow to believe tbat more than one'n
over the haJs ol several officers" which, if ima D
. ' -,lJVri'h
CI J UUlUlifc lUOU vuj vnu ii;uiu Ui Uf T lilt JTI In
milit' ry execution forthwith. His testimony w-
all be reporttd to the Sena'e at present. Pertapa it w'M
nnt ha rtnhlufwi tn tha world until nffpr tt,a ... . : '''
The difficulties that General Barnside ha3had thro
in bis way since his taking command, from the day jk"
pontot ns were not forthcoming, as per sgreemotit v i h
Generals Halleck and Meig?, to tbe djy he resiir'nH
were of ah kinds. Imbecility, cowardic. apathy aJ
treason met him at every turn. His oidirs were co
always obeyed just when, they should be; jfficere r0n
whom more should bave been expected, ebirkel thii
duty ; treieoo in our own can-ps exposed his f,ifg
tbe enemy as rapidly .as 'bey were forrnvd, and pnkn
officers succeeded more than once preventing a torward
movement at the opportune moment. J '
It is believed thU the court martial of General Frv
lin will bring many facts to light, and show to
country why we have apain failed to take Uic'itany
and destroy the rebel, army of the Potcmac.
Iwprcwinenii.
ri-i n p t 1
ilc uoute ui Ahepresen'.auves nas passed a b II
regulate tbe impressment of private property fJr r,aj
use. The bill received a general support io tbo llnUff
acd wa preaume is such as the interests of !lu Gov, rr,.
ment and peopls demand. Bat it hanijs fire in tho S,.
ate. At least, we hear of no acticn bcirg taken li.h'p
it in tbat body. 1 c
If Honorabla Ser atora were aware of the cnivrrs,!
and extreme dissatisfaction wh:chthe present atbiirury
system excites throughout tbe country, they would lis
ten to act. Tbe present pyjtem is the essence of mn.
ny. An officer in the Commissary or Quirtcrm istir'g
Department took it upon bitns If, without any antiior
ty of law, to assess tbe value of every man' property
and be took care to fix the apstssment at about hak
the market price. With this asses ment in pocket, the
Government agents have ben scouring the coun'rt'aal
seizing the property ot individuals at this arbu-a-y
valuation. We learn from a cart epistle ef Previ e t
Davis to tbe House of Representative?, that lo seizure
and confiscation of the property of citizvns l aO e 1;
made by his order. We might infer tr at, hs tL ,r .
utcuiui; nus uo'i nimum uia uiuer, it was aiSO
l: '. 1 . : 11 j:j . 1
'It
n;s appruuaiiou 11 wc uiu uui anow ire prcue l :;,
was every day taking place by persons claiming tj b
agents ot the Government.
Bat the whole proceedings is illetral, iniquitous an
oppressive. 11 asimiiaiesour uovernn? ".I to the In-i
1.1.. l J : : . 1. 1 . .
u;c a HUB.cc ui-cpuuaiij Maiusi iiicn we are W3"i"fT War
me pysiera is as nine justmea Dy nectssi y. b? !,a
and justice. It is a slander on tbe people ot tt is lu-.
and we believe of every other, to sy that forci; U u '.
cessary to make them furnish supplies to the a-rn?
I'hey are willing to sell at a fair price, in euch ui u y
the Government has, all tbeyjCan spare, or th- s p' r;
of our armies. -What theyVamplaiu of what ihty
have a right to complain of anlto re sip t, by fo re. n
they choose, is, that a clerk in lCwimond hou'd u (In
take to assess their property at bait its worth, a '1 au
thorize its seizure and confiscation at tbatne Wc
have never heard of any of tbes3 assessors fixir? the
price of any of their own products at these dtprecia J
values
We beg the Senate to take early action on thn 1 ill
More may be lost to tbe common cause by a sys i m i t
illegality acd injustice, than can be (ruined by eav n,r u
few dollars in Confederate notes. Hick. IVUiy.
British Opinion.
The following is an extract from a late letter writ '.id
by J. D. Dougall :
I am erlad of an ODDOrtUDttv to send von a lettfr
however short, to aure you how deeply iatercstc 1 my
self and family ult are for your welfare, at this cr:s ?
and f.rall your Southern friends.
-This Proclamation of Abe Lincoln's 13 a great blun
der, politically. I hope tbe heroic efforts of tlie So,:h
erners will be soon crowned by a glorious ami lusm
independenc?.
1 wish you would take every opportunity to dl.i-n:
nate, in piint or otherwise, ibe truth of my a.-srt; n
tbat the sympathies of the B'itish people are with tN
South. I press this udou yout attention, becuue th r
eerms arising in the Soutn a ftreling of bittrrr -against
Britain. Now it is hard tbat a ,
per se should suffer for a Government ptr m. v '
the British people ot all ranks, and ninety-nine ( u
one hundred would vote lor the SoiKh. Why !
Governmentis so supine, it is difficult to fay. Tiu. 1 li
rules which governed international arrangements n n
to be becoming obsolete, one by one widely er u ,
wisely, remains to be seen. Time wa when t!. M.
curing a strong and serviceable ally was consider 1
some importance, and it ia strange if the lawa
governed eo lonar should at once hav losf their i fiV ;:
cy (ioramon 6ense would dictate the neccss tv a nrj;
of having the South for a firm alty upon tb-j Am" ; i
Continent with our Canadian Possessions exp s
continual danger. Possibly the great age ot our Km !
ing statesmen hai divested them of some of the em ry
of manhood, and it is to be.hoped ha brought wis ti
ic its place. But supinenesa is not always wi-d m, :i il
action carries both moral and physical weiitLt with it.
Vou Confederates will probably gain oue cr. a' n i
vantage by this state of matters tbe unassisted uchievu
ment of your independence. Still it mu-)t bn s.ifne era
ification for you to be assured tbat every f rc.-sh vie t. r
is reported here to the delight of every one you m .
Enter any coffee house, restaurant, conveyance or whv.
ou may, tbe sympathies are all with yen. Dun- ;,i;.
and thst in an obscure village in Scotland, iLave 1 L.j ;i
contrary opinions prominently afserted.
Tbe London Globe notices, as them)?t intorc-'i:-'
points in the American-news by tbe AsiaJ th? ro.r;
feelinar in Richmond, New York and Washinon t.i
vorable to some sort of direct negotiation for a it '.la
ment of the dispute between North and South.
l he London Shipping Gazette rem ark3 tbat fiu! i
the Knrperor's proposal be rejected he bis left him--apparently,
but an alternative to recogniza the Son
and raise tbe Southern blockade. It may be taki n f r
granted that the offered negotiation wilt be relet t d
f Washington ; and tbe Gazette asks : " What f I
lows the compulsory cessation of toitilitics, or a ru r;
time war with the North ? Can the country aff rt r j
let the French Kmperor proceed alone in his Am- ri-n
policy? or is he acting upon aq understardir' wit
her Majesty's Government? These are qavstious 0!
great importance, and we hope their, solution is cot for
oS." .
Tlie N. Y World on ScWMtfl's Letter.
The Wcrld is regarded as a s-irt of friend by tr
half-Southerners. Read the following parcgraph Irtiii
the World of the 16tb inst : .
Mr. Seward has undoubtedly made a great m's'ni.'.
in repelling the friendly suggestion of the French i;r.
peror. He is not likely to induce that monarch to imi
tate his own habit of looking at the'rebellion tLro!.
tbe wrong end of a telescope, snd the rejection of h i
proposal teuds to hasten that recognition of the ,S or.h
which, nnless we conquer tbem, must sooccr or U' '
come. Its acceptance would bave given us f'v:
months of assured freedom from foreign interdn i.c
and" if, meanwhile, our arms should ba attended bv s .
nal successes, tbe rebels would have a ready ana 5
learning what terms in submission woulJ be 'urn'J
them. They will certainly never submit, they w u :
be great fools to submit, with tbe laws and produc
tion still in force by which all their property of evr
kind is forfeited, and every man exposed to the penu.t;
of death whom the government chooses to .indict 1 r
treason. Tne proclamation and laws have left them u'
locus panitentia : they cannot possibly be worse ( C bv
lurther fesistance. Everv additional month tlut t ;
hold out is so much lonirer possession of their proje.'T
of which they will be wholly stripped the moment v.;
submit
-The Four uonelsos affair. Tbe UBatra
Rebel, ot tbe 13th inst., sajs : " Our los3 at Dx t
has been greatly magnified. We learn that we let ;t
ninety-eight m. n killed, wounded and missicc ':-
enemy confess to a lots of fourteen killed aril tb:r
seven wounded. We captured one cannon, el s r y
one transport and paroled eighty prisoners. Oar
consisted of Gens. Forrest's 8Dd Wharton's biu'
the loss being confined almost exclusively to For ret t
command."
MABR1ED.
At Asbwood. Bladen
County, on the eveuinir rf 5.; '.'
il McDonald, Mr. H M'LT0N
md ( onnty, to L'ZZIW O, W--
inst., bv the Bev. Neil
of Joha A. Kobeson, Eq., of Bladen County, Norm v
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