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- - 1" -r - j Ml v; ; CQ1FED1EBATB STATES Of AHCI"CAT. - '.yiiaToar, . c batobpa; fjsbbpaby 38,1863. A friend was kind enough to show S3 yesterday af- Vtcmoon, ater dated Faris, Dec 26th, 18C2t which arrived here via Nassau. : v The writer is evidently an iatelligent gentleman, and occupies a position calculated to give more than usual 'weight to his opinions. The drift of his remarks is that if the Confederacy avoids defeat daring the months of the present Siirimj, nc new victories will be required to evoke, from. the; Cabinets of Paris, London and St. Pe tersburg, a recognition of its independence, with each action as will permit free intercourse between the citi zens of the newly recognized nation and the eobjecta of the recognizing powers. In plain terms, we presume, a forcible breaking of the blockade and military interven tion, if necessary, ia indicated. , . We give this opinion for what it may be worth. We confess that, although unwilling to attach much laipo tance to minora of recognition or intervention, we do attach some importance to this, inasmuch as it comes direct and not through Northern channels, and as the miter is in a positicn to knew something of the matter cf which he epeaks. He ia a military man, aLd proba bly, or at least in part, with the pardonable national Tanity cf Frenchman, epeaks rather disparagingly of the conduct of military operations cn tkis side of the water regarding the vast bodies of men brought into the field, by either party, but etpecially by the North, rather as immense masses of organizsd militia, thaa as regular armies. In this he mav beic some extent right. The armies on this Continent are extemporized, and we sap- pose must lack much of the traiaing and organization which ages have given to the military establishment of a great military power like Fran 23. Dailg Journal, 20lh insl. We never were fend of looking at personal rencon tres, dog fights, knockings-down or dragginga cut, and the like ; bat if it be- trne, as the telegraph reports, that Foster and IIcxtek, the two Federal commanders ia the CarolIna3 did have a trial of muscle, we confess that we would have given considerable in currency to have seen the set-to ; nor does it seem at all likely that we would have done anything to have restrained the pugnacious instincts of the valiant Abolitionists. We would have cheered enthusiastically the man who first drew" the claret" we would have aided -and abetted him who first bunged his antagonist's " peeper ;" we would have sympathized with the pereon.who gave the other the biggest sockdolager on the " breadbasket ;" and, if the party of the other part had returned the com pliment by the demolition of the " potatoe trap " of him of the first part, then indeed would we have felt re joiced even to the very penetralia of our abdominal viscera. With all our dislike cf rough-and-tumble fight3, we would have like! see that fight, and if Fosteh and IIcxtes want to c the thing fairly and have a good time, the only thing they will have to do will be to get a pass from General Beaukegard. per mitting them to come over to Wilmington, where we will give them the use of a big garret to fight r.s long as there is a hair on their heads a tooth in their jaws, or a nail on their big toes ; and we will warrant them not to be interrupted. We wish the Federal commanders " many returns of the same." We have by steamship, apparently in the crigica wrapper from the effice of publication, the London la, dex,ioT Jan. 8th, 18C3. It3 new3 has been antiefpated by telegraph and cl though we!l got up, ablj edited and neatly printed, it possesses no unusual interest, at least not the interest which would attach to an English paper, the crgau and representative of English opinion. The Index ia simply a Southern crgan published at 13 Bouverie Street Lon don. It is doing good service ia placing the position o' j things ia A merica fcir'y before the people of England, and on this account deserves all the support that cur people can giro i. It is sold at Cd 12 cents for the single copy. Zdi. per annum, pest paid. It is weekly. The pplcnd d pspcr, beautiful type and glossy black :nk in which it rejoices, contrast strongly with the other ex changes upon cur tal-Ie. It locks like a picture i tvoik of art. Tef. Lincolkite Congress h passed a hw declar- ing every man in the Northern States between eighteen and forty-five to b2 s.ib)3ct to military duty at the call of the President, to bo drafted into any corps or em ployed on any service that tho A Var Department may designate. The enrolment, drafting, etc., is to be done exclusively by Federal Officers. Yankecdocdledom i3 stirred to its lowest Ccpths; yet Lincox has now got the army and navy. The sword ia wholly in his hands, and he has been vested with authority to make it as long a3 Le pleases. The pnrse is also in his hands, or at least the power of turning out green backs. These thing3 being eo, it strikes us as being very doubtful whether there will be sufficient spirit left at the North to strike a blow cgainst the despotism that is gradually absorbing all the powers and abolishing all the liberties of the States and of the pe ople. If there be anything in the talk coming from the Northwest, now ia the time to show their grit. Now must they indeed, "Awake, arise, or be forever fallen," bound hand and foot ia the grasp of Sewaed and Liscclx. It is true that although armies may be called out, these armies may refuse to fight, or cease to be efficient. Such ia, in a great measure, the present position of the Army of the Potcmac. But we must not calculate too largely upon that. We must be prepared to bring to bear every energy and every resource to meet the new hordes which this wholesale conscription gives Liscoln the authority to call out and hurl against us. A Former CUIzm Turned Traitor. A few months since the privateer Retribution sailed frcia a Southern port, havirg a9 Captain, Vernon Locke, a well known English shipmaster, and as first and second ofScers Captain Tarker, fcrrr erly of the privateer Dixie, and Chaa. Carroll Hicks, formerly of the General Winder's police It was the declared intention of Cart. Locke to run ah his prizes into Wilmington, N. C , if possible. After being out a week he captured the brig T. ETlicott, of Boston, cn board of whfch wa3 placed a prize crew in caaree of Hicks, with orders to make bis way to Wilmington. The Yankee papers, in giving aa account of ths retaking of the prize, says 6he was delivered up by her crew. It appears that alter Hicks get possession of the vessel he cruised arouud for a thort tirie, and finally bore away to Saint Thomas, where the vessel was given up to Commodore Wiikes equadron. "We cut the above from the Richmond Dispatch fcr the purpose of E3ying that we are authorized by Mr. Powek, the owner of the Retribution, as well as by known and trusted cf5xr3 of that vess;l, to say that, it does Mr. Uicks great injustice. These gentlemen all acquit Mr. IIices of any traitorous action in connec tion with the Retribution, and believe him to be true and loyal to the South. Mr. IIick3 was net in chtrge of the T. Ellicott he had, in fact, ceased to be connect ed with the Retribution before the Ellicott was captur ed. The prizs was placed in charge of the first officer of the Retribution, named Hay we forget the first name whom we should be slow to believe guilty cf treason. M.r. Hat had before done yeoman's service had seen ths inside of Yankee prisons and had baen with us as a nurse a volunteer and a good one dur ing thi yellow fever. Where Mr. Hick3 is . now, or what ts may hereafter do, or may have done after his connection with .the Retribution ceased, e do not Know, vv e ao Know that tha paragraph above quoted from the Dispatch does him injustice, and is wholly in-con-set, so far a3 his connection with that Tessel is con cerned. , K As theepring open'thc question o the ciarcujf the crops to be plant d; is begioiiog to' a" tract auc tion, and this very -properly, lor the -very H e " of the country may depend upon how it s iesp de J to io practice. -. : . . . Seeing the situation of the country, a id ihe nJtftaify for supplying the army in the .field and the peop'e at home, one wou'd think that onlyfcod would b? r;s'd, and yet from the exhortations at;d cxpo&tuiatie n whch we find in the columns of very many of our cotcrapora ries, especially those of the mure Southern Stats, e must conclude that there is a disposition to r..'tu-n again to cotton, to the comparative neglect of to xi crops. We do trust that ihi3 course wiJ not be puteud lo any extent. There is not sufficient Itb r in the coun try to raise any large amount of cotton, and at the sume time make a supply of food. The same reasoning ot coarse will apply to tobaec"1, the raising o' which can not supply any real want or contribute ia tiny way to the sustaining of our troops. If it wa3 proper last Spring to urge this matter strongly if not veLemently upon the attention of the people of Ncrtb Carolina, ii is dcub'y so ut this time, since so many plantations in the Eistern part of Ue State will be wholly or in part uncultivated, owing' to the removal" of the D(groe.s to points of greater securi--ty. Thus removed, their labor cannot be expected lo be as productive as in their former locations, with more permanent moans and appliances. And it must be further recollected that the white labor of the State for agricultural arid indeed all other purposes ii great'y re duced by the operation and enforcementof iheconsciption act. If then any of the remaining labor of the State be devoted to the cultivation cf cotton or tobacco it s en s evident that scarcity and suffering must be the result. We may have peace thi3 year or we may not. That i3 a matter involved in dcubt, but there can be n0 doubt of the fact that peace or no peace people must eat, and they cannot eat cotton, and although some masticate tobacco, we have EOt met any pctson able to subsist apon it as a regular diet. The CusKExcr is the topic now most earnestly dis cussed by public wri'ers, financiers and legislators The two thirg3 most to be desired are the reduction of its volume mid the establishment of perfect confidence in its ultimate redemption, llow are thtse things to be done ? If the currency could be funded it would of Cuuise answer the first end proposed. It would r:duc3 ths vol ume of circulation. But to give fall confidence to eith er Confederate bills or bonds, adequate provision mast be made for tU-ir ultimate redemption. They must have a basis, and that basis must be taxation. We think it comes down to that at last. The Confederacy has no privy purse, vv nat u gets ii must get irorn ilc peo. pie, and it must get it by means of taxation. The mere voluntary sy3tem will carry, no government .through such a struggle as is now going on in this country. Several causes combine to predece the present ex travagant prices of nearly all ccmmcditica, among which the blockade, the redundant circulation, and per haps some want of confidence in its redemption, are not among the least. The supply of course is reduced while the demml is increased. These things enable the speculator to extort, but speculation alone is one of the least causes of the present state of things. Even the redundancy of the currency has probably been exagge rated, so far cs its effects are concerned, for more cur rency is reeded now than formerly l ef ore the total rc licguiahmen; cf tie credit system. We suppose that the Confederacy cculd have ued without serious loss or depreciation, a currency twice as large ks that -which existed uj-dcr the credit syatem. This limit, however, has no doubt been passed, and this fast has combined, with other?, to bring about the present extravagant price?. For the Jcum-.l. Wilvixgton, N. C, February 2Stb, IC3, Messrs. Fullon t- Frio? : Dkab Sifs : An anonjmos com raon'ca'fn appeared in yenr paper of yesterday, which, it it be cc rrectly stated, reflects the utmost disci edit on some member or members cf the medicaf profession in Wilming ton. The wri er alleges that certain physicians who came to render aid faring the Epidemic were te soercd pay for their eervicts bet declined accepting compensation ; and then without making a epecilic allegation, (but what ii tan tamount to it.) asks, "what richt have certain resident pliyg iciar.s to char;fl for the services of those very Doctors who refused pay themselves?" Asa general ru!e. aa anony mous commusication should he silently passed by ; such an one ts this I refer to, cnght never io havn been anonymous. Assailing & s it cees by its general nature, the whole medi cal profession cf this town, it is an act of the grossest injus tice to all except those to whom the writer immediately 're fers, ; and uader such a view of the case the whole trufh with names on both sides 6hould have been given, or the iet ter suppren?ed. I shall not pay my colleague, who fought the good fight during that terrible season the poor compli ment ot dd'endmsr thera. Kuch men are too woll in -wn to need my tervices as their apologist, but I cannot permit a mischievif us communication to go forth to thnse cities w: o sentus aid, without an enquiry, which it answered honestly and in a straight lorwarti manner, will set all right. The public has been icvoked, let the par-lie know the whole matter without ast reservation and then act aa jude. The other phj siciars cf tonn can make their own de mand, for me, I insist on s. full statement, or a full retrac tion. Yours respectiuily, ALEX. ft. MEDWAY. We giva the above letter from Dr. Mkdway S3 vn act of justice to that gentleman. We agree in opinion that letters of the kind referred to ought not to be anonymous, but in fact it received less attention from nu than we usually devote to the supervision of comm'anications. However, since it has appeared, we do not know that its appearance is to bo regretted, 8irce it afiords the physicians an opportu-. nity to place fairly before the public a matter which certainly has leen talked about, probably without a full understanding; cf the facts of the case. It appears that the invocation to " Caroline, Caro line, Chiid of the Sun !" which Mr. Cox, of Ohio, recently spoattd in the Federal HouEe of Representa tives, was composed by Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Boston, andprobabiy published in the Atlantic Month ly, to which Dr. Holmes is a regular contributor. " Goon Eg;." The Lynchburg Virginiaii says that aa egg has ba unsold in the market, in that town, hav ing engraved on its shell " Peace in thirty days from Easter Snnaay 1" A grent hen it was that laid that egg. Long ma y she flourish. From the PichmoDd (Va.) Eaqnirer. Col. liofoert M3Illlan. Eessrs Editors : I have just read in ths Enquirer yoar well timed article on the Irish Brigade. Allow a pardcipaat in the battle of Fredericksburg to call attention to two sentences in the above, for two purposes oca to correct an error, and the other to give encouragement to soldiers frcm the country of "Meagh-" er," who af e now fighting in the Confederate army, and those who mav yet enter it. You say, "But on the mor row down went standard and standard bearers, harps, runbursts fcu;l nil, before the deadly storm cf Lee's artil lery," and "th re are more Irishin the army of the Con federate "States (in proportion to population) than m Lincoln's." In reference to the first, the standard and standard bearers went down, not by the "storm of artil lery," but of the "infantry," as their dead bodies show ed. They "went down", whether by the artillery or infantry is cot material. Ed Their line was under the foot of Marye's hill too close for the artillery to bear upon them, and the bodies of the dead showed that tbey fell by the balls of the rifle and the musket. Again, there is connected with this great battle something which seems to be more than accidental, and well deserving a place in history, as the guidance of Him who has bless ed oar arms with such signal success. At the first at tack on Saturday, the 13th, Gen. Gobb fell mortally s-cacded ; the command of the brigade devolved on Col. McMillan, of the :24th Georgia regiment, a son of the "Emerald Isle" and "the land of Emmett." The first column, of the enemy bad been repulsed ; annn a. lipftvr pfilnntn AdvftnrWi- And Tinder thn r-nmmaor J&4i:.XC- Will Jr rtn'irt:!? r.lteyli'remHtttan reinforced by Meagbers Irish tfrgivtne. ctrck. Brigade oi ire Doastea, oesi appoint ed i my the viorld ever saw." Up to this time CoL Mc Mlllaft bad been calmly andajlosely watching the move- men' ofthe-enemyv . 's the heavy column advanced, a large.drk gren fla$r wis seen floating over the heavy f iiDli cements, (tba flag alluded to in the above arti cle.) : Col. McMillan t-ried cut, -'That's Meagher's brig fde V and instantly drawing his sword, bis countenance libfd up, as hi friends have often seen him in the po litical arena, and dashing along the l"roe among his men, am d a hower of balls, and waiving bis sword around hi? bead, snouted "Give it to them now, hoys ! Now's the time ! Give it to them !" And never did men bet ter rjepond to a call. Tay did "give it to the m-" Thus "Greek met Greek," and the boasted Irish Brig adg shared the same fate that day of their Federal comfftdes. and their green flag, with" its laurels trailed in thj dust. Long may Col. Eobert McMillan live to lead a brigade to such glory. His mature judgment, high order of talents, and quick perception eminently fit h m for it. His own men would die by nim to a man. ' 'Observer. What was left of the Irish Brigade by Coloael Mc- MiUan and his brave Georgians, may ba seen from the foil, win? extract frm the Irish American : Sic trans it, Ifc. - THE IRISH BRIGADE. Oar correspondents give a sad picture of the condi tion to which this little band ot heroes, led by General Meagher ha3 been reduced by its losses in the late insane attack upon the rebel works at Fredericksburg. I ne brigade, in fact, no longer exists ; the remnant that re mains does not constitute even a skeleton of its former scif. Under these circumstances we are justified in call ing upon the Government to send the few remaining men home, and either have them mustered out of the service or placei in some position where there may be a chance to rehabilirate the shattered ranks, if men can yet be found to vo'unteer in a war, the conduct of which re flects anything but credit on those who have underta- i . . 4. . 'i'u t:,.u u: ,i , ,:.-. nnnDa. h.t'n lis luauugt-iucui.. l lie man unguuc auu iio vjicuci- al have deserved well of the Union : and we trust the Government will not be guilty of the injustice towards them of keeping th: m in the field when their numbers hive become too few to do.tbe duty of a battanou. it is q tally unfair to the nation to saddle it with tte ex- per sa of a brigade oran zuion for the mere prestige re taiuing the name when ihe substance, is no longer there. Ooca more, then, we eay, in the name of justice, and in the naruc of the families cf those who survive, send hom-j the brigade or send them into quarters where they my recruit their exbauste 1 energies. t We have no des;re to detract one iota from the credit doe to Col. McMillan, or the gallant troops whom he led, bat at the same time, we think it right to state that many of the bu'Iets before which the crack troops of the enemy "went down'' on the ocQajion referred to, came from th?. rifles of Cook's brigade, led on that occasion by the eenio: Colonel E. D. Hall, a Dative and citi sen cf Wilmington, the immsdiate commander of the gallant 46th North Carolioa Regiment. communicated. , A'essrs. Editors: 1 wish to make an enquiry through your columns, relative to what I tkink a delicate, yet im portant matter, ion snow, ana tne ccmmnmty Knows that a nmiber of Physicians were detailed by Gen. Beaure gard, b' consent of the (iover-sment at Richinop J, .to come io the aid of our euneriDg community during the Yellow Fever hero. The Physician rue. They did yeoman's Ferv:ce pay as l Know was in 'jian cases tendered them by those who were able to py, J. bey refaaed any com perflation. These are facts. Xot I wish to know what right have certain resident Physicians to chujge for the services of those very Doctors who hid refused pay them hp.lves ? Let us know how the y aDd resident Phvsi cics are to understand this matt r. For the Journal. TlEesr s. Editcfs: We have arrived at the stage in th! histojy of our strngle for independence that demands of us greater patricne effort and self-denial than we have heretofore been called upon to practice. I mean in econo mising in 'he article of food, and giving or Belling the sur plus ior the nso of the soldier, who are new subsisting on a q iarter of a pound of moat per day. Let eveiy farmer, and every family and every it-dividual restrict themselves to4he very least amount of meat they can live on ; let the f ikmers plant such crops as wi'l come earliest ; let them raie a d use early vegetables instead -ot bo much meat. There is no doubt thousands of pounds of meat used ar d fed away in the country without reflection, that if careful ly husbanded might save our poor soldiers from the gnaw iiij?s of hunger and strengthen their hands in the deadly cor 11 ct that is to decide the fate of our country. Bot let th? right letting be around, and we shall have food for all prd to spare ; let an appeal be made to the women of the r'outh, who hav-1 evtr shown themselves ready to make any sacrifice for our cause i let the mother remomber that her eon in th army is receiving but a quarter of a pound of meat per day, and she wU surely set such an example of economy as must exert an itflaence on all around her that w l' be prodnctive of the most happy results. Those who was;e provisions or withhold what they have to spare are grossly criminal and are do'ng our cause as much harm as the enemy. BOUTH. Sr.f ly af loamtr Alttbtma. -Htr Ksc.ips from Martinique. 'l td uf.- s'oaner AiaDama turns up again sate, one had tscuped the vessels that had attempted to hem ber up X I IV and olfCkade her in the haroor of Martinique, and bad anivtd safely at Kingston. Here Captain JSemmes had beer, well received, the Northern papers speaking of his reception as an " ovation." The Jamaica Watchman, a black man's paper, contains the following- very un enviable notice of his reception : On Saurday hist, bjteen 12 and 1 o'clock, the conunerci ilpt.it ot Kingst( n was vitriolated bv the pri s.-nca (.r trie 80ygy l airtu taptam bemraep, or the Coii federate hiatts stiamur Aiaburaa, who bad the eu- daeii v to invite the merchants cf this city ta trivet h;m at tiie Commercial Exchange, as he iotended to speechi fy on the causes which led io the disorganization of the Northern and Southern Sta'e-. I'hia lover ot slavery stood on a table surrounded by aiiUinberof so called merchants, who i other days would be le'iOgniz d as little Peddiingtons all with eaqer wrs to hear, if they could understand, tbe fright ful narrative ef this piratical commander.' In the course of his spt ech this man .-aid that, before the war broke out ia America, the slaves were a contented people throughout the Union ; they were well can d for, fed, tlotfed, and in every respect better provided for than any of their ciass on the face of the ertb. He. ex plained the causes which Jed to the present disturbance, and told hi3 hearers that they, the !Soutuiner3, were fighting for the protection cf their propvriy, and to es tablish frte trade in its integrity, and t invite .every nation of the earth to participate in the rich fi-lds which will be opened for the commerce of the world He thanked the community for the kind aess they had shown him since he landed on a portion of Britain's soil. During the delivery of this slave hunter's speech he was continually cheered by the Spanish Town-baboon, A. C. oincliir, and the Kingston lony Lumpkin, H F. Colthirst, both of whose ancestors were liberate! from slnvery by the British Government in 1838. The very curious and exciting incident of a cowhid ing between,two Kingstoa merchants ha.d grown out cf Captain Semmes visit. It appears that Capt. Semmes offered for sale here tbe United States. Treasury notes captured from the steamer Ariel, and two merchants of Kingston, in overbidding each other tor the booty, got info a quarrel, ressltmg in the cowhidmg of one of the ! nartino lit? thf ntr.fr ' From the Greensboro' Patriot William II. Cummlng, Esq. William H." Camming, died of paralysrs in Greens boro' on the Gth instant, in the Goth, year of bis age A good man has fallen, and the people mourn. For one half of bis life he was an Elder in the Pres byterian Church, and he proved himself a faithful stewsrd in the household of faith. Io hira all the christian graces did abound, and he adorned the doctrines he professed with holy living. When be was in health and at home, his place in the Sanctuary was seldom vacant. He was ardently devoted to his cnurch ; and ef him it may be truly said, that while he was kind and generous to all men, he Uvea the brethren. He was our oldest elder, and we all feel that a father ha3 gone ; but in his chris tian example he has left us a rich inheritance. Ia society he was affable and eocia', and his influence was always on the Bide of truth and virtue. His friend ship was warm, constant and unselfish ; and his enmity was but the passion of a moment. He was possessed of much general intelligeLce and he was prompt and ac tive in business. His means were limited, yet he was liberal in his donations to the church, aad he withheld not a timsly charity from the poor. He was a true patriot. He mourned for the errors, misfortunes, and sorrows of his country ; and rejoiced in her virtues and gloried in her triumphs. In the domestic circle he was gentle, affectionate and tender, and he was the constant jDy of the- loved ones there. His temperament was cheerful and full of hope, and his brave heart was never depressed by misfortunes. I have never knowD a family more united, and more de voted to eachtither. - In their borne there -was jonteat ment and peace ; . bat a dark shadow has passed over it now. ' ' : " ' " ' Davs of sorrow, like davs of iov will have an end. The light will come again with many sweet hopes and I this ctristiaa household, mtil one ky pne, all baveirone to meet each other.io the home bt perfect light, and joy, and-love.yl v Jfe'P- P. Fought 1 'W.' 6re oh 9nnmy( October 19tly . - ; 1869.' " T- y: Z -; iL&ing bya Louisiana Soldier) Cr'rn' boys, ad Hsten while Tsing v Toe trret est fight vet. font ht - That time the hated Yankee - . A. real Tartar caught. ' : 'Twnot the first Mariassac, . . - a, . . . Won by onr Beauregard, - Nor Perry vi'le, nor Bctmont,- . Though PoU then bit bim hard ; Nor was it famous Hhiloh, - - Where Sidney Johnston fell - No, these were mighfy hatJes, - , - But a greater I will tell. 'Twas fought en Snnda? morning, Within tte Chuch'a walis. And shall b kaown in h st'ry ' As the biUle of fct. Jaal'a. Tb YaDkee Strong commanded .- For ButTer the abbfcerr'd And the Keverend Mr. Goodrich Bore the banner of the l4ord. Tha bell had ceased its tolling, The service nearly done, Tbe Psalm aa-1 Lessons ( ver, The Lord's Prayer just begun ; When e the Priest and people Said "Fa-lowed be Thy name,"' A voice in tones of thunder His order did proclaim : 'As this house has bjen devoted To Great Jehovah's praise,. Ard no prayer for Abra'm Liucoln Wi'hia its wall you raise, Therefore of rank riecessiou It is an impious neat, And I stop all further service And tbe clergyman arrest ; Afd in the nme of General Butler, I order furthermore- That tMi arsembly r-catter. And the sexton close the door' Up rote the congregation .We men were al' away, And our wive and little children Alone remained to pray. . But when has Honthern woman Before a Yankee quailed ? And these with tongues undaunted That Lincolnite assailed. In vain he called his poldi3rs Their darts abound him flaw, And tho Wrong mn then disccvared . What a woman'B tongue can do. Some itied, "W know that Butbr On babes and wrmen warr'd, But we did not tbik to find him In the cemple of the Lord " Some pressed aroucd their pastor, Fome on tha viiliin gaz-d. Who against the Lord's anointed His dastard-arm had raiped. Some Raid, "B'en to a Yankee We would not do such wrong, As to mistake another For the gallant M,pr Strong ; So we'll lock upon tne hero, - Till his face we canne doubt." While a stout old lady shouted, li Do some one kick him out " "Don't touch him," cried another, "He is worthy of his Kuler, For he fights with woman braver - Than he fought at Ponchatoula." But when the storm raged fiarcest, And hearts were-alt afl ime, Like oil on troubled waters. The voice of blessing came For though with angry gestures The Yr.Dkee bid him cease, The Priest, with hands uplifted, Bid his people ro In peace ; And called down heavenly blessings Uron that tosing crowd, Whils the men their teeth were clenching, And the women sobbing Jpud. A nd then with mei .- undaunted He passed a'ong the a?s!e, The gallant Yankee hero Behind him all tho while. You'd better bring a gunboat. Format's your winning card," Said a haughty little beaaty, As the Strong man called a guard. "Tis only 'neath their shelter You Yatkees ever fight," Cried another spunky woman Who stood upon h;s right. But the Major thought a cannon (If his men could not succeed ' In clearing oil the Bide walk), Would be all that he should need Arid I gaesa his light arfi l'ry 'Gainst Christ Church he will range, "When his 4 base of operations" Next Sunday he shaU "change". 'T.vas thus the tyrant Butler, 'Mid women's soba and tears. Seized a Priest before the altar had served fir twenty years. V e know in darkest age A church was holy ground. Where from the hand of Justice A refuge might be found ; Ar-1 from the meanest soldier ' :'o the hi?"est in the land, . Nona dared to touch the fugitive Who shou'd within it stard. 'Twas left the beastly Butler To-violate its walls. " Acd to be known in fu'ure As the victor of bt Paul's. He has called bur wives ''She-adders," And he shall feel th9ir stitg, For the jfoice of outraged woman Through every land shall ring, lie sha'l stand wi-:h Au-train Hajnau Upon ths rolls of fame, And bear to latest ages A besa, dishonored name. The Houston (Texas) Telegraph ia " credibly, in lonmd that t wo of the Federal steamers engaged in the battle of Galveston, suck after they got out to sea. Oat of the seven steamers ergaged, one was captured and thr?e destroyed, leaving but three that got off. We are aiso informed that the flag of truce from the Rrook Ijb came to ask if it was true that the survivors on the Harriet Lane wre butchered after the battle I It is stated that in the coarse of General Magrudtr's com munication, he asked tbe enemy under what flag they proposed to hsht. 1 hey came into Ualveston under a white flag, aud left under the same fli? If they intend to continue under that flag, he would like to knew, etc. We (kn't vouch for the truth of this, but think it like ly, as it is a fact that Galveston was both taken and re leased under a flag of truce ! . Cabbages. Gardeners have heretofore been too ne,g ligetjt in ihe cultivation of this vegetable. Maay have passed it by bdfeving that they could grow nothing feat "blue stem coliard.V in this country. A more serious mistake never was made in any country. Large white head cabbage can be raised, here in Georgia and Ala bama, as well as on the sterile bills of New England. jSow for the plan, belect your acre, or half acre, and more still, if you have force enough, g,t a sufficient quantity ol well rotted stable manure and spread it nicely cvsr tbe plat of ground, and then spade it in neat ly and evenly, procure good seed lor your seSd-bed, and at proper tim -e set out your plaits. Keep them well hoed and when dry tirots comes along water with a ec lution of hendung. Pursue this course for two or thiee years and you will have a spot of ground of the best soil deep. Don't be afraid of getting the soil too deep tfce deeper the better and then the cabbage will come different from Icng collardsor blue stems. The Confederate army at Tullahoma is reported to be in the best condition stronger in numbers than be fore the battle of Murfreesboro', excellently provided in clothing, etc., in admirable discipline, and full of fight. General John 3ton left Tullahoma on the 13th inst., ex pressing himself highly gratified at tbecondtiion of the army. General Bragg has not been superceded in the command. A General who has the power to put an army in such a condition, six weeks after a battle tike that at Murfreesboro'i is considered worthy to com mand it. Baltimore is restless under the tyrant's yoke. A Yankee, writing from that city on February 12th, says : " Some Union people having placed the national flag on the Southern Methodist Church, in Biddle street, the minister, the Rsv. John LT. Dashrell, who is a eecesb, came to the church this morning and tore it down, fcr which he was arrested, and is now in custody. The secessionists worshipping at the New Assembly Rooms were unwilling to meet there to-day because General Schenck ordered a national flag to be displayed over the building." We learn that a seizure of brandy wan made in Char lotte, one day last week, tbe Government allowing $2 50 per gallon for it. The Boston Post says that a stick thrown at a dog in front of the Washington Hotel, hit five Brigadier Generals. A man has been arrested in Washington, charged with selling counterfeit Confederate money to W. T. Smithson. He has been recognized to appear, when tbe question will be determined whether the law in re gard to counterfeiting applies to those who counterfeit Confederate money. - V " ' Lincoln decides that the Charleston blockade was not disturbed juffisieatly ta render; notice do novo neces- BT TELEGRAPH. Fan rixsr Jovmt ai. ';;"'CONFEDATB CONGRESS:? .. H " Vt- v r, r:: ' ;Rxchmw,- Y;- Feb: 27, lf6H. 1 v The Fenato passed the bid to provide and organ'ze an engineer troops to fcerve. daring the war,, after vhfoh it went into secret session. ,, " , . ; -"The Houkfc parsed ihe fciil to aid the" Congressional ; Com mittees in investigation of matters referred to them, an to punish false swearing. Thea went into secret ses sion.? ' . . ; " . . , k" ' PFESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION OI Ft DEBATE - FAC-T. - v A Proclamation from the President wi'l b published to morrow, appelating the 27th of March as a day of fast, hu miU&tion aud praj er, and invitir g tne poeple of the Con federate States to repair on that day to their uiual places of public worship, and jio in prayer to Alnvghty God that he will continue his merciful protection over our cause scatter our enemir s and stt at naught their evil d?igns; and that he. will graciously restore to our beloved country blessings of peace and security. YORE CAPTURES NEAR FKEDE1UCKSBURO. . Richmond, Feb. 27th, 1863. -Passengers frcm Fredericksburg report that the cavalry under Fitz Hcg h Lee surprised and captnfed 160 Yarkees on Wednesday. FROM VICKSBUR. . Mobile, Feb. 27; h, 1SC3. ' The correspondent of tho "letnphia Appeal," dated Vicksburg, Feb. 23rd, says : An enormous fleet appeartd this mrinicg, larger than has been witEe&Eed yet from this point' Every thing looks' as if preparations were a'mut ready for the enemy to commsnce a forward movement. The morsr force be'ore the City cannot long remain in idfcnf a. Persons wed acquainted with the country border ing' on the Yaz io Pass and JCold Water, say if tha enemy succeed in getti- g th dr Gunb.oats in the Cold Water, they wi!l never get out. An army of oue thousand rr eu could hold at biy and destroy an invading force of 50,000 in that country. Juhn Van Buret. s Speicli. D. A. Mahoney, who succeeded Boileau by appoint ment of the Democratic Central Club, of Philadelphia, writes an article in the New York World of the 14th, oo John Van Bareo'3 speech, in which Le says : " If he (V. B.) represents the Democracy in New York, there is a vast chasm between them ard the Democracy of tbe Northwest, who 'are for a iiigoious prosecution of peace,' who believe the war ia prosecuted for the purp03e of perpetuating the rxis'enca of the Abolition Republican party, and as ens means for the subjugation of the Southern States aud t eople. Wc of the Northwest are not in favor of such purposes. We of the Northwest, e pecially those or Illinois, In diaca and Iowa, are oppjeed to further prosecution of the (xtstiDg war. Some of us never believed the ob ject of the war waa the restoration of tbe Union. Why should that party bscome tbe special guardian of that compact, which is denounced as a government with death aud a league with hell? Aly object is to produce harmony between the conservative element ot New York and the North west. Does not Mr. Yan Baren represent tbe conservative sentiment of New York in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war for the pur pose indicated by the emancipation proclamation, acts of confiscation, and concomitant acts of plunder, which have become characteristic of almost every Abolition and Republican office-holder and contractor ?" ' The World, commenting on this article or communi cation of Mahoney, says : Th? West la undergoing an entire revulsiou of feeling, abd it is ths most akrm ing Bign of the times." It thinks the West despairs of success of the Union arma, and has no heart for the in terminable war. Tbe pressure of pecuniary interests has caused thi3 powerful reaction. If Abolition policy is successful, the resulting prostration of Southern in dustry would dry up the main source of We tern pros perity. TLe West " went in " for a short, vigoroa3and successful war, which would permanently restore, Dot destroy, their best market. After sacrificing the value of.their crop for two years, and seeing less cnance than every of restoring the Union as it was, large masses cl her people tave become advocates cf peace. Feeling if vigorous and earnest and is rapidly spreading over all that portion on the great rivers. 1 he World leare, if the administration's policy is not speedily chartered, the calamities of tbe next six m.ontbs will be more serious and portentous than any the country has yet experi enced. The World has the following editorial remarks abDut Van Buren's speech : Let the emancipation, which is already a demonstated failure, be revoked ; let the door be kept open for a re turn of rebels by a standing offer "of amnesty whenever they will submit to the Constitution : let men of capa city be putln the War and Navy Departments, and the great body of tbe Democratic party will cheerfully sup port the. Anrninistcauon until it can be constitutional ly superceded by a new Presidential election ; if it will put Banks in the War Department ard rrstere Mc Clellan to bis position as General-in-Chief, discard the Abolition scheme, and place tbe direction of tbe war in the rncst capable hands. The doom of the Union ie sealed, unless tte above policy ia reuouaced j for, if there is anything absolutely certain, it is that tne Dem ocrats, who will cheerfully fight for the Union, will not support an Abolition war' . Tle Mt-grudsr Flrtrt. I be success of tbe Magruder flset has demonstrated its efficiency. To aid our friends at other points in pre paring to maet tbe enemy we give them some idea of Gen. Magrudcr's plan. If not original, it is better, it is successful. We 6elieve the credit of tbe invention is due to him. Whether this is or not, we trust our naval men in other quarters will not hesitate to adopt it be cause it was not got up by a sailor. Qaite a fleet of boats is now being got ready on this plan here, and they will teach the invaders what it is to attempt a breach of our defences. " The " wooden wlls " of England have long been famous. It is left for Texas to gain equal credit with the cotton walls now defend ing her. She has made a good beginning. Our rivers and harbors abound in high and low pres sure steamers, adapted to tbe river commerce. The hulh of these steataers are usually good, ud with the requisite strengthening, such as Capt. Lubbock has put into the State boat Bayou City, can fce made sufficient ly staunch for rams. Upon the boiler deck, cottcn bales, two or three deep, are piled up, and securely fastened to frames built up from the hold of the boat. These extend all around the boilers and machinery. A row of cotton bales i3 alto placed on the cabin, and another oa the hurricane Jeck, to-protect the sharpshooters. Sharpshooters and swivels from behind these upoer breastworks are enabhd, with perfect safety, to swetvp the decks of the enemy, and thai prepare the way for boarders. These boats are rrmed with rifled 32's or larger guns. Quite likely some of the guns from the Westfield, of which there are eight splendid Dalgiens, may be put on some of the boats. These large guns, are a single one m tbe bow oi each ojat, and there are email guns also iihe stern. The boats must ba fitted with wroaght irtMbow sprits, very sharp at the end, and furnished with barbs, to enable them to hook on to the enemy's vessel. A steel prow under water also, does its work in scattering tbe enemy. The wrought iron bjwsprit wiih barb3, are of more importance than the steel prows, inasmuch as they en able our boats to hang on the enemy's ehjps until the crews can board. The crews are generally 150 to 200 men, armed with double-barreled guns, pistok, cutlass es and bowie knives, and able to slaah their way thro' anything. Once on' the enemy's decks, nothing can prevent their taking the ship. The capture of the Harriet Lane was achieved with the loss ot but five men to the vessel boarding her, and so little injury was done to either vessel, that both are now ready tor service again. With such vessdi fitted up on all our bays and riv era, we could soon have a large portion of the enemy's fleet. And for the white flag ruse of the enemy, we should now have twelve instead of five cf the fleet at Galveston. - . - , ; - 1 he Magruder fUet has shown what can ba done with genius to plan tad pluck to carry out the enterprise. Let the commanders elsewhere take the fciat and act upon it, and we wilt soon be as formidable to the enemy on water as on land. -Houston Telegraph. , Vaccination Caution. Judsra Timothy Barham, ot Henry countj. Ga., has lately lost three of his most valuable negroes by vaccination. The vuus with which they were vaccinated was taken 'from the arm ola healthy, robust negro child, and within twenty-four hours after insertion into tbe arms of these negroes they were corpses. Thiff virus bad already passed tnrougn two human systems, causing them no more than the or dinary sickness usually attending thorough inocula tion. ' v I . : ; . - -Earthquake m Guatemala. A' letter from; -Gutemala gtvesan iuUre8tinff cription of an earthquake which occarrei there o y 19 ih of December last. The quaking and tremhr e W VU1KU a J- ' -sVaw - J 11 (IP If i . .. t.:i ( ti 1. a D tU uti-'iuiii. wui.t: Dear y nu LaJG Luuuiuiinn tn . str tr, tts, marching churchward, With music acdotl rc ndd'8play ; suddenly the musio ceased, and n rf . I -ww nvrt quet except tbe buzz of the prayiDj; populace i Lalt-audibie tone, calling upon Mary " ona all tL a BgitaUe saints for deliverance. Probably half upon their knees, many upon their facta, and the16 staggering like tipsy people towards tht-ir homes i?' eartn's crust was agitated like a ka-ketl; cover J tbe water has a superabundance of heat.. Th-. blir.g continued but two or three mitm!c3, butin" time the wall of every house waa cracking a&d ?l ing, aud k ib said that the clappers of some d l bails struck . merely from the undulating motion ofUtl earth, " Antigua," a lew leagues from Gua!emaa r ') which was twice before shaken to dust, is ogaiu ia confusion from 6imibr shakings ; anl ee with Sevr other edjaceot towns in the more immediate vicinity m one of the principal but inactive volcanoes. IQ n however, the aggregate of lives lofct will not reach Em and thy arc of the mcst pious, nuns and prieats w' occupy older arid more elevated walled bcildicg3. ' The Case of Col. Zarvoiia. A released prisoner gives an interesting account i te inside work cgs ot the Yankee bastile near N York city, known as Fort Lafayette, aud inciuVi. rcntions the esse of the gallant but unfortuna'p V voaa, who, at an early period of the war, rec;iveiu Colonel's commission from the State of Yirgininl p,J! the last six months he has been in tolitary confiicnvV The windows of his cell are nailed up, to that not a r tv of light en'ers to cheer his desolate soul. Thepris. era know very litie about hi.n, except what they ri up from thtir jailors ; but the frequent visit3 cf tr'e pbys cian to his cell naturally jcive rise to the suppn.-;. tion that he Uradually sinking under hh BcffirirVa. A report is now current in Richmond that theLm coin Government has at length consented to Z irvor'a'j release, and though yet unable to vouc'a for its truTh we earnestly hope that the retaliatory measures ad-ittj by Uovernor Letcher have had their effect. The a ro cities practised upon thi3 helpless prisoner aro without parallel in the history of ihe war. . . Richmond il'hi in a O The Biblk for our Soldiers. Frcm the mo.,' in?s of tbe Bahama Auxili-ry Bible Society, as ripen ed in tha Nassau (W P.) Guardian, of the 14th i:,t , we extract the following : Tbe Auxiliary Society has irsncd about 2,624 cori cf the Scripture during the year, 1,200 cf which wuo purchased by Messrs. II. Adderley & Co., W. I. Wutli &Son,J. S. George, R. W. II. Weech, b'awjtr A Miuendiz, and Saunders & Son, to be given forth use of the Confederate soldiers. n application (!. Bibles had been made by the Rev. Dr. lloge, cf Rii!.' mond, Ylrginia, for a similar purpose, but the comnjit :ee not having them on hand, have ordered an addition al supply from the Parent Society by the packet. The New Gu Metal In reply to inquiries we reprint the composition of the new pun metal, which has. been tested and approved in the Government foun dries of Austria : Copper, 60 parts ; Spelter, 34 puru ; Wrought, 4 parts ; Tin, 2 parts. The iron is first placed in the furnaca with the cop per on-it and exposed to a great heat, tLe tin ia tku added and then the spelter. The whole is thoroughly stirred after fusion, when it is allowed to stand for two miuutes, and then stirred again before pouring out lor casting. Charleston Courier. Cms ot Kejor General J. E. B. Siuirt's servants i'j in rcn tivity , glorifying in hid Southern proclivities and derh'r ing that he will ' die fuss 'fore ha'll take the oaf cf al.e giance." Th ssraa darkey, tho morning after the pns-iic of the negro regiment bill, told hia fellow prisoners that the white men of the tforth had found thcmvlvea unable to whip the r outhern Confederacy, aad had to call cn the " nhgera." A Weeding Out is the Armt. We have it EtaUd frcm Washington that the War Department is deter mined to weed out .of tbe array all the cfLc?rs who an not practical supporters of the Administration. If the Government docs its duty by tbe country all will sup port it. If not, the weeding out will have to be cn lh moet txtensive scale. New York Her all; " So you are going to teach a school," eaid a jou:i lady to her eld maid aunt. " Well, for my part.s'joupr than do that' I would marry a widower with i ii( children." ' " I should prefer that life myself," w. s the q'tkt re ply, " but where is tbe widower ?" General Sterling Price has reached Mobile on Lis wav froai Richmond back to his army. Ue is to have Ii "chance," and will be heard from soon. Gen. N. G. Evans. The Court of Inquiry recUb held in the case of this officer, has rendertd a vcrdi.t (if not guilty of the charges brought against him. Ilis char acter as an ( ffieer and a gentleman has been triumph antly vindicated. Tbe Qu:-bec Chronicle pricks up its ears at the threat of leaving Nev England out in the cold, ande-ijs: " Maine we want and must get and perhaps ull six ' the States may seek to be allies of a Cinaiiaa cou'eJ eratioh." The members of the GOth North Carolina Vplarjtccr.-: have paid $1000 towards the proposed line of .tf Icgr j h from Ashtviile, N. C, to Greenville, Tenn. The boy on foot cannot bear to see the boy who is ridirg. 'And eo it is with envy of larger growth. We are always crying out " Whip behiuiil" in the txi erablc hope of seeing eome hanger on more fortunate than our selves, knocked off his perch. The customs authorities of Canada have refused b receive Yankee money. The Federal gun beat Clyde wrs turned ot Cairo oc the 7th inst., loaded with stores. Loss $80,000. Sherman of Ohio, has marie a speech in the Ucitol States Senate, advocatiog a general draft in the North. As ha is Lincoln s mouth-piece, this creates great ex citement. An itinerant quack in Texas wa3 applied to by on: of Col. Hays', rangers to extract the iron point of Indian arrow from his headwhera.it had lodged for soma time. " I cannot 'stract this, s'anger,' said the wou'J -be-dector ; " btcause to do it would go nigh killin ye ; tat i can give je a oox ot pills that will melt it tn head r ijCT Affairs in Memphis Speculation rajres high in Memphis, in cotton buying, as it goes at 95 cents to Hi per pound, being mo:e thaa it ia worth in New York. Goli is 50 a 60 percent. -premium. Soathcrc bank notes are passed readily, some firms advertisics to take tbem at par for trade. " My batk is wrecked," as the dog remarked wben thrown overboard in tbe middle of the Atlantic Occua. MARRIED. Cn Goshen, Duplin cotinty. N. O., on Taedy, &ith by Eev. John N. biallings, DAVID M. McINTIKK, Adj t 38th N.C. Troops, to fciss ANiilE T., daughter of Jc;e fcwinson, Ee. DIED. In Wilmington, N. C, of Small Pox, eb. 17th, JAMES CAKBON, aged 23 yeara. Tribute of Jltapect. Whbuxas, Almighty Qod, in the dispensation of h:s providence, hath ien fit to take from ou midst onr much esteemed iiiend, Jaa. Canon, who being cf rather dehcite constitution, sought dotiei in General iJospital, Lui -too N O . where he served big country as a fakhful nJ reliable ofiicer ap tFeb. 5th, when he was attacfeedT Small Pox. nin illne was of short daratlosand ti e en ease o: a malignant nature did ita work quickly. Thcr- tQtMolced, That we lament the death of a faitbfu' effaf' and firm friend, Btill w bow with humble Buboi'Siion jo the dereelof Clod. ' Death, it is trne, lovea a shinirpr icar Besolved, That we deeply and cordially Bymj.ath to ' the bereaved relatives, and it will be a consolation for M to know that although far away from his home aad M" of the tender attentions of father and mother, still hta Illneas he reeeived every attention. , Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be foj" to the family of the deceased, and that publication be td ded in ths Wilmington journal ana jcaierga pap. J.J. PALM K 11,1 W. M. DODD, ) Committee. R. C.-DnDLET, J. J. OWEtf, J NeW Suddenly, at his re&idence near Borgaw Depot, p Hanover ennntv. X. C. on the 23d last., E. L. Er., aged 64 years, li montha and 6 days. At tte residence of Us brother, in wiinamsnnrg S.C.,on the 19th February, Capt. 8. J. CHADVlvi tjj9 3$tf. year of Wage. - 0
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