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TUB WILMINGTON-JOUKAL. COEDgRATSCTATESOP AJISRICA. WTT.MIKRTOri?7BW APRIL 11, 1863. v Tkk Tankce " Devil," secured by cur forces on Morris' Island, seems to have been the only one they f..? left. The machine, or "Devil." as it baa been tiMM - - termed, was intended to remove torpedoes, which the .Yankees supposed to have been placed in the channel for the purpose of destroying their vessel The thing ia thus described by the Philadelphia iV ess : Bat Captain Erlceaoa. of New Yoik, has dev;eed a plan by which this difficulty ia obviated, and has elreadv sent down four of these ranchice?, three cf which were lo6t in a ffi-le cf wind, while the re ma Ininjr or e si-h difficulty, the etcamer Fricsson has safely towed into Tort Itcjal harbor. It may be of interest to dt write the principle on which the-e are constructed. An iron frame, floated to the wa'er s edge by iron eponsens is pur hed ahead of the Monitor a the runs in. Its length, iron the bow of the Monitor, is frcm 20 to 30 feet. An apperfure in made next to the vessel ot the shape of her bowe, iotf ndd to receive it. The breadth of the " obstruction remover," as it is called, is 12 foet Prom each aide of the extremity a strong iron bar or thaft runs down a'eo 12 fet, fhe Homier drawing but frcm 8 to 10 feet water, thus rendering it impossible fcr any torpe does over which ttis "Obstruction liemovti " passe. to injure the vessel. A numucr enroa dsib are usee, not only to rorm a nei work so as to either pBBh forward or explode every tor pedo lesa than twelve feet under water, but a?o to s'rengthen and Bteady the masts At the bottom a heavy tie bar unites these two vertical rods, upon which rests ibe, percussion torpedo ContaiLirg seven hurdred pounds cf powder. Above thia ia a hammer which catches ia a pprinpr bo stiff as to require two mea to at it, but constructed po that the lever, which protrudes in front, forming the handle or end of tho.hammer, will cause the spring to give with little pressure. This is to remove "pi'es." The experi ments m3c?e upon this machine in the North have demon strated the . fact that it is a complete eucceta end an amount of powder greater than bat ever been proposed for any torpedo before caused no ixjury to the .vents', atid indeed d d cot disturb acy of the tits of the ohnrueticn jemover." It will be readily seen that undt r no o reura ttarces can any strain be piven to the Montr t; for, tvv posing the apparataa to be destroyed, as it floats icdep-i d ntlycf the Menitor, supporting it&elf, tte worst that can happen ia i's less. NoiHisa further has been received frcm Washicg ten. If the place Lad been taken poEECfeien cf by Gen. IIiix, 03 reported here Thursday, it is quit probable the news would have been confirmed by this time. We, therefore, have our doubts about the correctness cf the report. V"e, however, from all we can learn, are lead to believe that the capture cf the place i3 merely a mat ter of lis?. The Raleigh Progress cf the Sth isstcnt, taya : We have news from Wafahinfttrn ca late as Monday. jmu. nm cste iuo town completely invested and if not for rendered, It was thought it would be ppeedily attacked. ine enemy nreabsut 1,500 Btrorg and have two Mock houses and ere fort, but no l?rg rarge pets. Up to Mon day mornirg there had been no fiphtii g bejend cannonad ing, in which Col. Wharton J. Green was slightly wounded. Borne others were s'.ightly wounded, bat no one it was thought had sustained any serious injury. Tie negroes had attempted to escape frcm the town but were fired cn by ear troops and driven back. Wo havo possession of Hill's Point below the town, which onable3 Gen. Bill to com mand tho river with his guns. If the town is cot surren dered, we hare tot little doubt but it will he attacked and taken." TaERifis no news cf iapcrtanca from any quarter. Two more fetcem have rua the blockade at Charles ton. It ia somewhat remarkable that vessels can run the blockade while tho enemy's iron clad3 occupy the entrance to the harbcr. Bat etrange things take place these war times. There is a complete lail in military movements since the defeat ot tic Yankees at Charleston. The Yankees are probably waiting to receive another "dtvll" previ ous to making another attack on the city. Net a word of news from "Washington. Tlore Plobj. Wc learn frtm the Ea!e:gh Prcjrezs th-t a number of women, most of them very abandoned, collected atGreens baro' the early part cf thi3 week and intended to make a mob demonstration similar to that at Bichmond and other places, bat by the prom-tnesH of tha authorities, the con templated disgraceful pioccedi.s were frustrate J. We are ijformcd a!sj, (:aya tho Progress) that an at tempt was made by a nurvoer of " hard c 3cs " at Dur ham's Dpot, ou Wednesday. They threatened to break open the warehoisD at that plao and help tbetngelvoa to flour, and evea had ca.:t3 there to take cSf the fljur, hut they concluded, after demonstration, to put it eft cEtil Ea tarday. In both cases, W3 learn, the wj&ca represented Ihem selves ar, scl-.lia'a wires, hat ia fact most cf them wcm not, bat on thj cor.tr.iry tua rnor-t degraded and vrorthles? char acters fljatcon'd bo co-.rcgael ia tLe teigLhcrhoodfrcm whenee they caruo. Prcfi;s j-to, unprincipled men, tec, ;e are assured were hounding them cu ia each c;:s?. It is tiree sach procccdinga aicull be put a b1gt to, he fore they infect the whole lar.d. We eny with ths Progress that if th wves and children cf acldiars tre ia want they must bo provided for as Iod as lucre are provisions fcr auyuuuy, iut 111:11. tuiUiUiii-iiLj- ura tv 03 giyen- up to a few dissolute, ase characters .bacauso they are women, to rob and steal, end to crablo their " rals," who are Baulking from erLscriprion or th sheriff, to plunder honeit, rffpcctabiO cit.'zs33, 13 urrjnely ridi- coloua. It 13 th-j duy of every community to protect its poor, an.i if L; al5 tie duty of every consmuaity to protect its peacei-hle clt zcns frcm tie violence of moba and frcm teavgea cf thi2vc3 and asia&slna. Tue majesty of the civil law mn. t he maintained at all hazzarda, and the longer the levers of law and order give way to these disgraceful outbreaks, tha harie; will it te to arrest the evii. For the Journal. Y,ij,nrGTON, April ICth, 18G3. Messrs. Ldilors : It ia tirno to c ; cn t! e ncTcrrracnt'o ai d people's eyes, as everything is in til vice, r'cttlat 1 went to do ary thing more ihan acy ctLcr gc cd J cuthern man shcold dc, still I think it my dty to fliul fault, when there is a necessity to do bo, and thai icr the public goo J. The hue and cry is now the ecarcity of food of every k'nd, throughout the wide ppr?ad land, i when cur country s.-oTiiJs with it." And I cw a?k whj ? The ro 1 1 th-? c v t ruirent and all the mutlc: pal autaoriciesare ia fault. Ia the Grit place the government sent out her agents thrct'ghen'. t! e country to bay up every thing in ccrapetition to each ether tgest, end thereby raite tho prices one hundred k-IJ :i;:ro than necessary. They Live depreciated our cuncccy, by g'ving yeung and icex perietccd cfucevs ia chargo cf ropcnsible D3partmen'.s to buy up produce, rugar. n clccsife, cotton, and all other staple articles with.. ut limit to piicec r quality. Seize all transportation, sell Bit! tpeouUre with s..gar, cotton, &c, to private icdividaa'a and tl'i tl.ei,- j ockets under the government's name ; and villi i.;l t.f this the cry Ja Speculators and Extortioners. Who pro they ? Why the Government and her rgeata are tie Speculators. Qvm wise City Fathsrs of thij town proieuUate 1 kinds oi torn fool's orclcra 1 i;d laws ; they drive 1 the commerce out cf this 7 lace into Charleston, and get the Legislature to paa o noxious Iavs, and the Governor pro hibits the t xpcrt'V.i n of Hilt ; and in reta iiticn our si-ter states do the emo thic.t. and refuse to take N. C. monev, and we por devils sic cvu -peiled to suck curpa-ys, like the Polar bears, to get something to keep body and soul togeth er. All d:ne ty bid kjelav'on, bad cQcer3ndinfact bad everything. Another imporfpnt necessity i, t!;at th;re should be a guard cues a Cag to every tram, wagon cr dray icad f ammunition that passes thre&gh thia town ; and partic ularly when it is landed on the wr-arvc? ; fcuffcone such is ued hero ; and you find men with pipes and cigars abcut (sufficient ammunition to destroy a largft portion cf this town, if not all of it. Is iUt the duty cf ie Ord nance OEcera to lock to ttiM safety of thia danger cms public property. If cot, let our Town authorities attend to it. VFhra there is to be any such movirg of am munition made, let them place a guard over it. The recent loss of a vessel nearly full of fixed ammunition is caused by Bhe neglect ; leaving a vessel load ot ammunition laving at the wharf without a proper watch over her. Who ia re sponsible for this ? and who is responsible for tot haviag fish, flesh and foiiiia our market? & ; QTJECY. Fecit the Lau Six Monitors aud the Ironsides were still insida the bar up to Thursday evening ; no material change havicg been made in th. ir positions. Another Nondescript or "Yankee Derii" Xo. 2," havir g the eppcarauce of a large rait, about one huridred and fiity feet long, with masts and rigfir ea nn tne bar last eveniDg. Nothing positive could b? asiertaincd aa to its real character. Chas. Courier, 10th inst. The canal across the Isthmus of Suez, which has been so loDg talked of, is half finished. By rest year it will have progressed 0 far that all the coal destined for the steamship companies, which have now to be transport ed around the Cape cf Good Ilope, will be sent to the JSed. bea by canal. In three or four years the whole work will be completed, at a cost cf $40,000,000, and the ancient track of commerce be again resumed. Tie. Auditor of Aeconnis of the State of Mississippi has iven hia salary J2000, to be distributed among the desti- erven tuta families of soldiers. From Kupe. The New Totk Times has three dajs lakir advices from Europe; We subjoin its smwnary : . We have advice from urope three d m s la'er, by the arrival at Halifax of the steamship Canada, frhe left Liv erpool on the Slat and Qaeenstown on the Oj uit. - Intelligence ot still further deredatiunaby the Alabama reaches ua by this arrival. The ship Washington, from Callao for Antwerp, hadrrived at .Southampton, and re ported having been captured by the p'rate on the iOth of February, but released on giving bonda in $50,C0e. 8be had on board the dVewi of three vessels which had been captured aud burnt the Golden Eagle, the Olrve Jane and the Palmetto. The rebel cotton loan had canned considerable excite ment in the English and French money maike's. The bid ding was expected to cloe on the afternoon of the 21st, much more having been offered than needed, particularly in London and Pans. In Liverpool the ofl;rs we:e not veryhavy Th London T me says that very little poli tical teeiiig wai manftsed in the matter, it being regard ed simply as a co lon speculation. The 8tar and Daily News cetouroe the loan in most decided terms, as aid ire and abet tit g the Slave Power. Mr. Bey moor il zerald had given not-ce in the He use of Commcns of his imv. ntioa to ask whether the Pritish Gov ernment had accepted, er iatended to acoept, a pro position made by President Lincoln aa to meascres to in- cire iato any just complaitts rf the violation ot neutral r;ghts. . There wm cot much change in the f spect of Polish af fairs. The debate in the French Senate was concluded on the 19th. It wpg deoided to fend ad petitions to the Min ister of Foieign Aaim. leaving the whole matter virtual ly in the hands cf the Emporor. A pupulir demonstration in favor of Poiaud Lad takn place in Paris. The l&test news from Poland is regarded as showing tjiat the ievo'n tion is becoming general. With regard to the success of Laugoewicz dinpiitr hf a are contradictory. He ia said in r ue f have defeated the KHhnn, and in ano'her to have been himself defeated. There had been but a Bl'r';t d??nce durirgthe week in the Liverpool Cotton marke . UreadstuGs were declining, and Provisions dull. Consols were Rioted at 91 a Vl'f for money. The Eplrlt of ilie NorfolU L.dl(a. We Lave been permitted, eavs the Richmond Exam iner, to quote some passages of a private letter troai Norfolk. It wa3 written by one of her fairest and most beautiiul daughters, and addressed to ne of oar most high spirited and gallant" efficerg Wi at a Doble, de voted, gtlt-EacriGeinj people are th women ot the South : . Gordon IIali. March 25, 18S3. Captain Rebel Hall, Fort Norfolk. 1)sar Sir : I iu?e sent you three oovels, which I hope will interest you. I intend writing toyonr frieads to-day. I hava jast commenced a letter to General Dix. I cm goin to bring you a copy of i!; when i come down. I expect I shall be sent to Fort Norfolk for writing it, but X do not care. My motto ia inde pendence and freedom of epeccb, let the constquf-nces be what they may. I hope you will ail try to make my time pleasant daring my imp risonment. 1 feci to day as if I couM dery the d , and would be willing to be hung for the sake of seeiDg dear old Norfolk' Irt-e. I hope never to see another city given up. I would rather feeniy borne, laid in ash3 tlan lire as vc are now living. What ia wealth compurtd with freedom? I am witi to woik from sun tp sua for the sake of acting S3 I please. .exci se my seemingly nniadyiiKeexpresjiccs, dui my hand trcmbk.3 and my blood boila with rage when I thiak ol the scents I saw yesterday at headquarters. The giri3 all join me in lave to the rebels. I hope to be in a more amiable niocd when I come down egam. Tour3 truly, M. A. Y Atfaiks in Mexico. The .New York Tribune has a despatch from Washington which professes to give a correct version of the state of aflairs m Mexico, though doubtless much of it is a fabrication, designed for effect in'the North. It represents that the Mexi cans are in the best spirits, and have unabated confi dence cf success in the war against the French inva ders. It 13 further asserted that so far from having: taken the city of Mexico, or advanced within eleven leagues ot it, General h orey had ialien back twenty miles, still it" was anticipated that Pnebla would be attacked on the 15th March, the birth-day of the Im perial Prince cf France. Heavy reinforcements were coming into the City of Mexico from the several States. With the aid of the citizens already under arms, these troops were considered strong enough to defend the capital in any event. Patriotic Contribution A merchant of Char lotte, N. C, who has been in the army, and is now at Lome on furlough, has placed in the hands of the editor of the Bulletin, cf that lace, five LunCrcd dollars for the purchase ot ccrn and bacon fcr the destitute fami lies of Eoldiers in service. In a note addressed to the farmers, to v.hich he appends the signatare "X," h tajs : I havo had some little experience in the camps, and knew by observation what is the hardest part of a sol dier's lite. I have seen them open their letters from home, and hava witnessed the tears trickle down their cheeks as they read frcm home and hear of their sunVr iai? or destitute families. I tell you, if you wi 1 come forward and bring yemr liberal subscriptions for the support of their wives, jou will make them better men si!er ; our money better ; and, abova all, our censc.en ces easier. The Weather, Corx Planted, Lc For several djiys past we have had a great deal cf cold, wet end disagreeable weather. A large number of oar farmers have planted rno?t of their uplands ia corn but the beatirg rain3 and cold weather that have followed, will prevent a large amount of "it from coming up. Sr-me say their corn has rotted in the ground otbets that it is sprouting and bids fair to nrakt its way through the surface. Every farmer shou'd carefully exsrnine the corn he has planted, as there is bo time lost, yet, that he may replant as soon as the weather moderates, in case his seed is destroyed. . Since the fruit trees have bloomed, we have had two or three freezes one severe but so far, the fruit has sirred but little r no detriment. There is a very fair prospect for a wheat crop in our district ; the wet weather, however, has operated to some extent, against the low and epcuty land-? the red uplands are- considered very promising. From the prospects generally a heavy wheat crop is anticipated in ttis district. Abbeville Press. From Eiirnpr. TLe New York Herald ol the 5th in?L, contains tte following European news : The ship Washington, Jrom Callao for Antwerp, ar rived at Southampton oa the 20th of March, having been captured by the pirate Alabama, February 20, but released on a bond for $50,000. She brought the crews of the ships Golden Eagle, Olive, Jan? atd Palmetto, burned by the Alabama. TI13 Confederate loan would clese on the afternoon of the 21st of March, the bids having greatly exceeded the amount needed particularly in London. Report sys the applications in Liverpool were not very heavy, and there was considerable diversity of opinion there as to the merits cf the scheme. Paris telegrams say that the loan was qvte the rare there. rhe London " f imes" city article says : "Very little political feeling is manifested in the bus in es?, and it stuns evident, so far as Londan is' concern ed, that it is ia vie wing it as a cotton speculation that any attractions it possesses are to be found. In other respects, there can be no donbt the majority of mer chants axd capitalists would have wished it hao not been introduced. As the affair will not bs officially re- cogmzod cn Charge, the dealers agreed emocg them selves to fix the 24th e Aprd as the settling day. The London "Star" cannot believe bona f.Je iovest ers will be fomd to take the loans even at par, wilhent better security thau that offered by the hypothecation ot cottou. which it inay never be in the power ot Jef . Davis & Co., to deliver. The London "fews" editorially denoaaces the loan. It says "its flagrant indecency and immorality will strike and scandalize most Englishmen who care for the reputation of their country. Those who subscribe to the loan are aiding and abetting the slave power in a m os t direct and emphatic manner, and all who have an enlightened regard for the true reputation of Eng land will regard this open assistance to traffickers in human flesh as a desecration and pollution to Eng'.isa exchange." There was rather lesa excitement'in regard to the lean on Friday, the 20th of March, and after touching t five and a half, it closed that day at 4J a 4 pre mium. The bids reached 10,000,000 sterling, and were expected to be 15,000,0000 to 18,000,000 at the close. . ' Th Paper Supplyi The Augusta Constitutionalist fears it will be compelled to.Bospend, owing to the destruction of the Bath Paper Mill, from which its supply was drawn, and the refusal of other mills to take fresh orders. For the present, therefore, the proprietor declines to receive embscriptions to that pa per or the Field and Fireside until he can announce definite arrangements for the future. , A Good Uhakcb to Imtkst Profitably. The entire J nearly new, will be sold at a bargain. Muy tohile you can Apply to uuoen a UKxt ouoter,. u. From the Charleston Mercury, 9th inst. The Mcrremnt ntt the BarTbt Keofculc Eunk. - Partner Detail of ttae'Flgtot. Yesterday passed without any further demonstration on r At l ine o'clock the gloriou news reached the city that tne co ;D e-turretea monitor, ccokuk, ine last nunc ana Dy farth most formidable of the enemy's iron-c!ads, ha.d sunk jiet one hour before, ot Morris' Island, and about a thoaftend yards from the beach. It is eappoeed that ahe was step, afloat duifrg the night succeeding the engage ment by hersteam pumpn, but that the warter gained steadi ly upou the pumps, and soon after daylight all hepe of sav ing 1 er was Abandoned Jnf t previous to her einkirg a tug seutfrom the fleet rook eff her crew. The Keokuk now lies ;n he position where she sank, her emckes.ack and pi lot house b?irg still visible above the water. It was noticed on Wednesday mornirg that one Monitor, bes;deH The Keokuk, was missing from the fleet, leaving only s veu Monitors and the Ironsides remain'ne-. It is be lieved thJ.t the misfing Monitor wt s so badly injured in the action to rerder it neceaary to sendiier to Port Bojal for rejraira. Altogether, the vidence is complete and at isfac oy that the Yankee imn-clads, whatever other merits they muy tave, ae not invulnerable. Tae haste and confusion of the enemy in his retreat may be inferred from the fact that he did not take time to eecor the maehrn? which he had brought with him for the pur pose of feel'' g for oar torpedoes- This nondescript contii- vato, or "dfcvil, as the i ankees torn it, njated astore ot th Morris Island beach on Wednesday forenoon We 'earn hat it is simply a long and substantially bailt scow, having, a bow boun ifully tuppl'ed with hooks, etc.. and with a fotkedttern, o constrEcted as to fit the prow of one of the Monitor guoboats. Ia coming up the Main Srip Channel to theattack, the Monitors advanced in single file, the Pa saic slowly leading the way, and pushing tbia same "devil", whh the hope of c using a premaare exp'csion o' our U"marine det-. nces. Tne Menitors, in delivering tfceir tre, Btpgmed round in an 41iptic course in fron of the east f.;Cp of Sumter, the closest range into which they came, being eat'tr ate . atlix hundred yards. All the bhtteri s in the harbor were commanded bv Gen. Hipley, admitted to te probablj the bfst artillery ofQcerin the ! oafedorate service, whese approved arrangement of works and of gurjs for th de'ence of the water approach to Cr'a'leston have at length been put, on trial. Me expect ed t have made hi headquarters at Fort Sumter, and hur ried off from the oity, but the sud.enr as of the afternoon attack aud the storm cf concentrated fire ppon the fortress p evented all approach He therefore stationed h'mself at Bt ery r'ee, en t?ollivan's Island, during the action, buey 4Qt whh hope, Rsd sternly lit with the j y of battle, while sriving his directions atid watching ibe grand nc novel Struggle. Fort Muster was commanded by Col. Alfred Rhett, l3t S. C. Regulars ; Fort Moultrie by Col. Eutler, 2 J H. Regulars ; the powerful works of Battery Bee by Lieut. Col. bimkins, 2d S. C. Regulars ; Battery Wagner, on Morris Island, l j Msjor Cleland K. linger ; the Cum mings' Point Battery by L;cu. LeBesne, 1st H- C. Jregnla's. and the Beauregard Battery, Bulli van's Island, t-y Capt 8it&reaves, 1st a. C. Itegu'ars. Gsj.e.al Beauregard himself, accompaniei by General Jordan and taff Offijcrs, was a radiant and coEfiient spec t.At.r ot the fight from the East Bay battery promenade This nuccessfnl ipulse and first destruction of the dreaded iron moLsttr f the deep, must add new laurels to the fade less wreath he already wears, and again unites his own triuioph with t ie distinguished and far tuccrsful ser vices ot Gen. ltpley to ths peola of Scuth Carolina aud Churlesten At dark last ever ing the Monitors were still within the Kr. .Trie heavy reports however, heard about II o'oiock lat f'ig'it, Viire tot carsfd by any night etgagrmoiit Our rej trrts frcm Jsmes' LUnd and the fetooo reprceent the Btat cf i flairs in that quarter to be still unchanged. Fui.d tour Jiotvt. On the 22d inst., ail tie Confederate Treasury notes, dated prior to Dtc. 2d. 1H.2. will cease to be fuudab! in eight per cent. bord.i, tut will be fundable untii the 1st of August in seven percent bnda. To lacilitate the landing of these notes, the Secretary of the Treasu ry hs established depositaries- in the principa' cities and towns of each State in th' Confederacy. The in ducement to fund in eight per cent, bonds before the 22d cf this month, when the privilege ceases, is that the the holder if Confederate bonds will be exempt from taxation to the amount of the bonds so held. A bond which yields eight per cent, interest is, of course, better than one which yiek s only seven per cent., and thrv-e who now invest in eight per cents, will, doubtless, hae an opportanity, ere long, of selling their bonds at a prtmium. ight per cent, bonds of the hundred mil lion loan, long cwtes, are already selling at a premium of five per cent., and when this premium &dvances to eight or tea per cejnt., the bonds now issued, baring eight per cent., will also command a premium in the new currency. FrriDiodo Wood ami Henry Wilson Gmtutt be, iwun the Ptozart Hall Democrats and the Rndl rel AhoIIttoiilts. Henry Wilson bas written a letter to Fernando Wood, as "?fcs rPCOKmz3d brain, fapart, rooI, cu ce and philopo pher of the Mozart Hall faction" of New York, sv. s h? (vvoctl) shoH'd ba hld responsible for tbe acts and uter anccs ci hi-i liege clansmen who do his bidden. Wihion pays ihat Mzart Hall f gierts that the coLScripticn act "m'.k s in ir famous d stiaction between the rich and the poor." 'Hir,fthia accusation :'s false, wickedly, wantonly, infamously false a tool slander and damnable libel upon tne law and its framera. Wood has published a reply, in which he sayb : I refc-f et that you do not concur with Mozirt Hll in its est m tte of the conscription act. Ycu appea- to be eur priaed that we should have misunderstood, and c unsequent ly misrepresented a law, (if a law )intended for our special adventa.c.e. and lor the advantage of other potr m i! who have ' $30o to pay fcr exemption from ihe abolition cru sade dtwn Routn, as ycu nr.demand the obj-?c-s cf the war. It mav t-e that intellects of plain nen l.k ourselves are not m fiicently briil ant to comprehend th "justice and philantnrcphy" ot this "ln' t.De act," but, iiiasatuch s con in 'U 3eim- i the only jru:d we n?e in the con-truc'-iin ofhis .vo 11 should verloo" the error whio.1! jou so warm ly (leu- uoced. . royhi-.ni yon refer as "the red-handed traitors, whose souls tit stained with the blood of our murdered coun t yri;en," I cannot say. In New York, wher rrea are m the ha''i'- of t acinp effects to causes and cf thu placing ihe responsibility of puilt upon tno ran who perpotr vtes it, either directly .r indirectly, common public senti ment would poiut to Haory Wilson, of Massachusetts, a one of the primary leaders in this band of "r d handed tr t rs Ia rep;y to the aMegation that the Conrc-iptiou bil' makep t'istir.cioi between fhe rich and the poor, you say that it does not, becauce the Becretary of War may, ia h s d s c.eti n, regulate the ariF of jirice, for example, "oa the s idiiic s-ale" (truly a Yankee ,d? vice), avi, may conse qiemiy fix it at ten dollars or Ifss, as he miy p!ase. You sy f'.inher ia its defence that it, is more merciful than the State Mi.itia laws, which it is 11.ter.ded to ignore or over ride, iraimuch asit id more sweeping in its req"irement3, havirg fewer persons oa the "free list." And, in conclu sion, cu 'tate that the act is "evidence cf the patriotiam, justice, aud humanity cf the Thirty-neventh CongresH." These ae the only grounos of your defence of the apt frcm the charges ot our resolutions aside from the tlang I hov quoted. To which I say : First The fact that the Hecretary hs this power can not aitef the princi. le to which we object. The rich can pay, h ut not the poor, consequently ii does discriminate t favo- of the foiroer to the irrpry and oppression of the la'tef d iss. But the firt answer ia found in your own averment that one of the objects of the law was "to ligbeu the huidens of the Treasury." If thia bo so, of couree the maximum of three hundred dollar? will be re quired by the H-creUry of War, especially ia Democrat ic Hste. fecond Tbe declaration that the act was intended to override the ritte Mi'i iii laws is an admission which a better lawyer wou'd not hr.ve made, for such authority was never conferred upon Con.rees- Whilst you are right that it doeB thus extinguish State rights, you are wrong in the asninpti'n that c nstitutianally th Federal govern ment hai power to do so. Ihe ablest lawyer aud consM tutiona' expounder which Few Engltnd has produced (Ma son) said ihat such a 'aw was "notcnly inconsistent with th spirit and provisions of the corstitmion, bat also, with all the prinniplfts of civil liberty." Third That it is "evidence ol the patriot "nm, jasMce and humanity of the Thirty-seventh Corgiean," acto'dir.g to your ideas of those qualities. I acmit. Let it reia iL as a monument to tbe memory of tLc assembly of patriots But I fear it will not. The act itself, like the fell spiiit that conceived and moulded it into shape and being, will pass away amidst the execrations of the American peo ple. Fir, let me exprpes the hope that it may be submitted to judicial determination beiore the national exigency may require it9 enforcement. Notwithstanding it cdh us fea ties, if it shall be declared valid under theconsti ution we will respect and obey it. Indeed, as is cur duty, we shall support its authority until otherwise judicially eett'ed But we will not yield our rights to denounce it m an un warrantable interference with the reserved power of the States, and as urjast and oppressive to the pedp'e. We hope the administration my not fel bjuud to enforce it. An army of conscripts canno' be available agaimt the Booth uol. 89 the government repudiates the fanatical teachings of men like yourself. A meiicacs will fight and die for their country, ia unity snd ths preservation of its institutions, but not to gratify the partizan ambition of mistaken zeal ots who, whi'st bounding on other to a blocdygrav take care to Keep wen out 01 danger themselves . A Ticksbarg letter, dated tte 2lst ultimo, sajs : Poor Farragut, he is in a tight pl?ce between our batteries, cut of! from his squadron, and our garkoats afier him with a sharp stick. If be is not captured and his boat destroyed or added to tbe Confederate navy, then I am no prophet lie thought, doubtless, to cut us off from supplies by blockading above, but yesterday several large transports arrived from Bid river, loaded to the guards with provisions for the army of Port Hudson, and are now quietly discharginsr their cargoes. And, besides, more are on the way. Iu a word, the Yankees can't take Port Hudcon. With our gallant commander, Teteran troops and fortifications, we defy all the legions of Banks and Farragut, and even double their numbers in Yankees and negroes. Lkssoks or EcrrwtiNo The Baleisrh State Journal re marks that " many a boy, wbe now shivers from cold and whote cheeks are wet with the tears wrung from, him by the knawing of hunger, shall heareaf ter, from the discipline of the hour, thank God for the lesson of suffering, and con vince a 's countrymen that patriotism, endurance and brave ry, as they are the duties of life, so they are the means of lasting greatness and the only teachers of a noble race." The most sympathetic chord to touch in a poor man's heart these times, iaio give him a cord of wood. j BY TELEGRAPH. FOR TH1? JOTJBIf AI. ; -PBOSI CHAf.LESTON.- Chaeleston, A pril 8t h, 1 863 -g o'clock, P. M. All qu'et thus far to-day, our people and troops are to high spirits at the results of yesterday'a fight. The Keo kuk ia certainly Bunk, The fighting wan chiefly at a dis tance of 900 yards- The Monitors cannot pass Samter with out eomiDg within 6C0 yards. ' The impression is very -en eral that the enemy will renew the attack after repairing rV.raages. Seven Monitors and . the Ironsides ar a still off the harbor. 10 o'clock, P. M. The latest official intelligence from the bar states that only two iron clads have gone outh. leaving seven remaining, besides the Keokuk, which lies sunk about 1C03 yards from Mcrris' Island. The Yankee mach ne called Devil, designed for the Temcval of torpe does, has floated ahcre atd fallen into our hands. All quiet now. The enemy" are conftantlj- signalling, but no renewal of attack anticipated before to-morrow. Tbe Yan kees have been buy all day repairing damages. LATER PROM CHARLESTON. Chaelestov, April 9th. 1863. All quiet. The monitors were still-in sight yesterday eve.f ing. Many pieces of the Keokuk's furniture, with py glasses, etc., washed asbor on Morr's' Island Peach. Ma.y of these articles were covered with clotted blood The impression prevails at cur batteries that the slaughter aboard of the Keokuk was terrib'e. ' Charlestok, April 9th, 1883 P. M. Accounts frcm Fort umer reflect the highest credit on the grrriscn or coolness and bravery in the recent fight. When the Monitors were discoverd approaching, the mea were at dinner, t the sr und of the roll they sprang to their gurs. cheerii g. Te battle flag was inn up to the air of Dixie, played by tbe Land on the parapet, and a salute of thirteen guns was fired Col. Alfred Rhett was com manding officer of the Fort ; Lieut. Col. Joseph Yates cem marded the Barbette batteries and Msjor Ormsby Bland ing the Casemated batteries. The enemy fired eighty shots at the Fort, of which thiitj-four struck. The garrison are eager for the next chance at the Monitors. SECOKD T SPATCH. CniBLEBTOif , April 91h, 18?3. 8ix Mcniicrs and the Ironsides still lie within the bar, about two and a hall miles from Sumter, evidently waiting for a new machine to remove torpedoes. Everytbisg is in readiness for another attack. fc-enor Mrnida. Fpanish Consul, who recently left here in a Spanish War Fteamer, returned to-ifay, via Richmond, haviDg left Washington on Thuislay last, on' hearing of the a'tack here was imminent. Keitbcr the French nor En glish Oonsul are here. t TXIIBD CISrATCH j An ciScial dispatch fiom Hardeeville, announces that early thia morning, Oen. W. 8. Walker, with his light , ar tillery, destroyed one of tho enemy's gunboata in Coosa watchie river. FcraTn bispatch. All qii.it no prospect of a fight to-dJiy. A Confederate officer, from -Mori is Island, boarded the wreck of the Keo kuk last night, and found her turret had been pierced through by a ball, pieces of funiturerom the wreck are floating ashore. Gen. Wm. Walker ha sunk a Yaukee gun boat in the Cooaawatchie River. FROM FLORIDA. Favaknah, April 9 h, 1863. A letter to tho Morning News, from Palatka, Fla., says : On the 27th u't., the. Yankee gucboat Ben Deford was at tacked in S!-. Jchn's river, by Capt. Dichinson's Cavalry battalion, driven eff and many Yankees killed and wound ed ; among the killed is the famous Kaneas outlaw, Mont gomery. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. -Richmond, April 9th, 1863. Nothing important in open session te-day. The Senate, in secret session, parsed the substitute fer tax bill. FROM THE TJNITFD STATES-FEDEB A L LIES. Peter? echo, April 9th j 1863. New York datea of the 6!h have been received. The news ia unimportant. A despatch dated Washicgtpn, the 5th, eays: A report reached here via FredericktUarg, de rived frcm reliable fources, that Charleston was bombard ed by the i oderal fleet, and attacked by land forces, on Thursday last, and ia nowia prssession of the Federals un der Hunter end Dupoat. The report ia fully credited by officers of r a Government who were in pesseesien of facts ia reference to the contemplated a' tack upor. Charleston which it is noli yet proper to divu'ge. It is certain, how ever, that there wno pot seta this informatics are confident thit our sol ;e's ai d sailers will celebrate the anniversary of the fall ot Fort crater in the captured city. Restric t'ans upon tho pnrjl c .ticn in Hontheru j aperB of adverEe n ws, are ko s'lingeist that it is cot expected to find much in reference to the cap'ure of Charleston until disaster can b iio logger concealed ; but reports which hava arrived are definite and j c si'ive, ard are believed by those who have tie hest-iigLt to know, wl at foundation there is for them Mej. a. J. Sheph&rd, of Stuart's staff, captured a few diys since near Dumfries is to be tried as a spy. Passengers who reached Cairo on the 3d inst., state that the late movement on Haines' Bluff wai a failure. The fleet and iracHpo-ts returned to Toung'a Point. Geo. Grant had suc ceeded in p acing a battery of eight 4-pounder paTott guns reyond the ..evee, in pisition to eavily reach Vicksbnrg- The bombardment was to have commenced on the 27:h, hut a storm prevailed. The Yezoo Pas expedition has been abandoned. Three hundred boits were at Ycurg'a Point on the 4th instant. arraut hd ciptured th3 rebel gucboat Yicisburg, which floated from her moorings during the storm. I k Tl - - 1 J. T" I Ml - r. giam lysi m iy., b.uita, wounaea ana prisoners, 60O men; 0 con missi-ned cfBcers are now in Federal hands, a!so 4C0 cattle many hocaes end fire arms. Gold, on Saturday, was 153 ; Cotton 73. LITER FROM TH3 UNITED 8TATES. FBEDKRICHSBWfO, April I, 1SJ3. Northern dateB of the 7ih hive been rece'ved. fTt .fit j . r m- 1 . . - ine rumors 01 in? capture or nanebiori created great excitement in New York, on the 6th, and gold sudd.n'y fell. A Cairo dispatch of the 6th says : all is-quiet in Rose craFZ's department. The election in Connecticut 1 esulted in the success of the Republican ticket for State officers, and three out of four Congressmen. Tbe Legislature is etrogly Republican Buckingham's majority over Seymour is about 3-: CO, bciDg a Hepuolican loss of 3000 sicce last year. The steamship Ci.'y of C'ork hrings Liverpool dates cf the 21st. Fvutiirr mccesses of the Russians over the Polanders are rer-ort'vi. i h European fi!s give details ofthepro greira ot the Cou.tda.ate lv,an to its ciose ia Loud n, Paris, Liverpool, Frankfort and Amsterdam. Tie bids amounted to fifteen million sterling and the premium averaged fully four and a half per cent. Leading English papers comment favorably on the loan. uoid in aie orK tell to forty-mae ad a half en ti e re ception of the Charleston stories, but rallied, closiag at fifty two aci a half. Middling Cotton, 71 to 73. FROM THE WKfcT. Jaciscn, Kits., April 8th, 163. A special despatch to the Appeal, dated Memphis, April 8th, sajs that tbe HisBksippi river is rising. More empty boats frcm Memphis. Th Steamer Vicksburg is to be nottcn-clad to land troops at Vicksbnrg. Ihe boats have returned frcm Steele's Bayou, badly damaged. Humphrey Marshall" is et Winchester with a heavy in fantry force. Gen.Qnimby has igncmiiuously beat a retreat, robbing and burniug everything on his retreat. More families have been exiled from Memphis for raids cn the Railroad. The tav gation of Steele's Eayouia more difficult than the Yazoo Pass. FROM POET HUDSON. Post ECD30N, April 9, 1863. All quiet here. The enemy's fleet above and below have disappeared. The former is above bayou Sara. Forty exchanged and paroled prisoners from New Or leans arrived here yesterday. Our troopa are in excellent spirits, vigilantly watching the -Yankee vessels. The ex cite me nt here last night was caused by a Jog on fire floating down tbe river. We captured thia morning a skiff with ne groes attempting to pass ur batteries. T FBOM ST. JOSEPH'S, LA. BcDNXT.Jfrss., Iprfl Sth, 1863. Beliable information from St Joseph's, La. r says : Harri son's pickets are Bkirmishing with tbe enemy. Three flats loaded with Yankees came down Tensas yesterday. Hairi- aon'a picketa captured a negro bearing dispatcher from the Lewer to the JJpper fleet,; The nature of the communica tion has not been mads publlo. The negro was hong today,- The enemy baa been rclnlorced with three regt menta. - ' .-r:. : , - ' ; 1 ,' S--.-- - - THE ENEMY OCCUPY LEBAKON, 4c. - . , CHATTA OOOA, Xpril 9tb, 1863 the er emy occupy Lebanon with tbe diValria under Gen, Reynold. He is also In fort e at Cartbage. Tbe pewa from Kentucky in cbeetinr. The Louisville Democrat spurts the tyranny' of the Uaion Demoo-atic Conventjon at d its plat form. All quiet at Celumbia. Twenty more prisoners rewhed here yesterday.' The Yankee scouts hurnrd the Pailroad bridge north of MoHinmville PfeOM VICKSBURO. . VicrfBCTG. April 8'h; 1863. Fveryihing quiet here. Two more treiispert left this af ernoon bound un the River. A number of transports are still in sight. ' CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. ' Richwomd, April 10th, 1863. Sf nate The rrpo-t of tbe Committee of Conference re commending that the Senate agree to the amendment of the House bill exempting rail contractors from military ser vice . was conmirred in. The Houe bill amending the copv right act, and Senate billabcl'shing a'l ports of deliv. ery in Confedera e Mates, except such aa are also ports of entry wee pas-ed. Tbe Senate then went Into secret sea sio. The Eonse ros poned the Fui reme Court and Ccurt of clahrs bills till nftxt pession ; passed the bill to recog nize a Medical department, and concurred in the report of the Committee of Conference in relation, to ex mp'ionof mail cntrscto"s. PRESIDES T DAVIS'- FORTHCOMING PR0CLA.M7- - TION. Richmcxd, April 10th, 163. ' Frenidnt Dais will issue Lis Proclamation to-morrow morning, urging tl e'people to direct their egricultnra! labor mainly to the production of food crops. He takes an en couraging view of the present situation cf affairs, and uge the raising of food for man and beai as a meanB of avoid ing the only danger tbe Government regards with appre hension. He administers a j ;st rebuke t" speculators RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Lykchbctg, April 10th, If 63. The train which left here thia morning on the Virginia and Ternepsee Railroad, with 400 exchanged OEfederate priscneis. ran eff the track rear Lourj's Crcssirg, wound ing eleven soldiers, five seriously. ALL QQIET AT CHARLESTON. Charleston, April 10th. 18f3. There is no change in the position of the etemy since yesterday. All quiet. The Steamers Emma and Anna, formerly ef New Orlear s and Galveston, arrived "here this mornirg from Nafsau, with a cargo of merchandize, inclu ding a la'ge quantity of Havana Sugars. FROM CHATTANOOGA. 0 CHA1TAN006A, April I0tb, 1863. Nothirg additional from the front to-day. Eighteen prisocerc, captured near Franklin, by Van Dorn, reached here to-n'ght. Parties through the lines report Confederate prisoners havicg been liberated from their guards by citizens cf Mount Sterling, Indiana. . v Burnside is at Louisville, with twenty thousand men. FROM MOBILE. Mobile, April 10;h, 1863. An official despatch states that the enemy, four hundred in number, mottfy contraband troops, landed at Pasca goula on yesterday, and were attacked by our cavalry. The .enen y lost 15 killed. Our loss was one Lieut, and one private elightlj wounded. The Yankee Gunboat put back to Ship Island with their wounded. Reinforcements have been sent to the scend of actien. FBOM EODNEY. RonNBT, Misa., April 10th, 1863 Maj. Harrison moved up near the enemy, above Pt. Joseph's, La., end opened with 12 and 6 pound, -rB. The enemy replied with one piece, which was soon tilericed The enemy then withdrew. Beveral shells from our guns exploded in the midst of the enemy. No casualties on cur side. From the Charleston Wercnry. Our Fort and the Fleet. Since our last iisue the enemy has mado no move ment of importance in this vicinity. On the Stono his operations seem to progress very slowly, as if he were awaiting the issue of the final contest between the iron fleet and the batteries of our harbor. 'I he Modtorp, six in number, with the Ironsides, still lie at anchor within the "bar, and at a distance of about three miks southeast from Fort Sumter. Whatever the motives for their delay may be, there are good reaeons for be lieving that they will not depsrc until they have made oae more effort for the reduction of Charleston. During Wednesday afternoon many pieces of the Ke okuk's furniture, with the spy glasses and other effects of her officers, were washed ashore on the Morris Island beach. Moat of these articles, when found, were cov ered with c'otted blocd. That our readers may have correct information of the strength atd character rf tie iron vessel we have sunk, we append a minute descrip tion of the Kerkvk, taken Irom a New York paper cf December last. The Keokuk, f e invention of Mr. C. W. Whitney, an iron merchant of ;his city is of an entirely novl constructios. Her dimeLsiou ate as follows : Length over all, including the ram of five fet 169 4eet 6 inches ; breadth-of boam, 3o feet; depth of hold, l't feet 6 inches.; draft of water 9 feet. Her sides present a very peculiar appearance, being con structed at an angle cf 37 degress, so as to cause the Phot to roll off. wjih ;he exception cf a few inches of wood on deck, which ts loc ked t-o s to keep it tipht, "tome minor pieces betwf en d-e.k. ond the r.ee.essary joiner work, the vessel is exclusively baiJt of 'ron, with an armor extending sone four feet below the watr-r Hue, while her flash deck ia about five feet above the water line. The hull of the vessel, including fram and beams, are exclusively of iron. It is coi-btiucted of half-inch rrlled iron plates. Three ketlion run the whole length, wid e two bulwarks, fqre and aft, form an inner vessel, which enables the structure to fl at. should the outside be r;dd;ed with shot. T vo bulwarks one f-ie and tne aft can be filled witi water in fifte n minutes, and emptied in 'orty minutes, so as to settle or ntf-e the veeeel as wanted in action as much as one foot- Iheee compartments aloo sorve as a sc-cutitv ag.iiust a leak caused by the wrenching CM of the ram. The hud is covered with an armor ot bars of four one-iiich iron let edgeways, one inch apart, and be tween each a strp of yellow pine, over which ere three hve-eighth inch p ite8, tt whole riveted with 1J f ch bore, with eiai:t ciuutertui n heads of b..ai. oae fot apart. lne vessel n;;? two fixed turrets, each carrtinc or.e cnn. pierced with 'Lree port hides each, but the guo in on a re volving slide. ihy are built on a base of f inch ro-led plates, and twvertd in the same manner as the hull, thus obtairjirg for the turrets a thickness of 6i inches. The cort hoioM are Drovife d with heavv shutters, so ornfttrnrt ab to work in 10 halves. The slides for the trans, which will be ot 11 inch calibre, are placed 20 inches below the level of the deck, which secures a greater height for tbe turrets", which are of a conical form. 20 feet diameter at the bate and 14 feet at tbe top. Their length is 8 feet 8 inches. They are strongly braced bv five 1-inch iron bars set edgeways. The size of the ports allows tbe guns 10 degrees vertical and 8 degrees lateral range. The ventila tion of the turrets ia admirably provided lor by an arrange ment by which the lewer portion. ol the turrets can be opened, and as there is a communication between the two turrets a draft is produced, which removes the foul air generated inside. The vessel will be propelled by two propellers and two engines ot five hundred horse power. Both rudder and pro peller are guarded by an overhanging euard of wrought iron on the after part. Mr. Whitnoy, who had conceived the idea of bnildirirthia vessel about lour weeks after the outb-eak of the war. in quite sere of her success, both as legards easy navigation and proof against hot. fie reeuirea a crew ofinomftn. and can carry in her magazines 2t0 11-inch r hots, 150 11- iiiu-u alien, iiuu me ueceeifary powoer, ac. ine propellers ana engines of the Keokuk are sa arramrerl as to allow one to werk forward while the other can be re versed, so as to turn the vessel on her own Divot. Tho anna of the ship are worked on a pivot similar to the arrange ment of the pivot guns on a cunboat. The shin sita an th water with all tbe grace of a regularly built wooden vessel, thus putting at rest all the fears expressed by many nauti cal men that she could not float. Tbe New York Herald " of tie 3d, fays : Another large 44 Rebel " mail from Richmond. Va., for Europe, has iuet passed out of Texas by way. of Brownsville and Matamcros. Our readers will bear it in mind that wa bare heretofore shown that this is the only practicable route by whica the Rebels can get out a mail for foreign parts without tbe risk of its being overhauled. Mr. Stanton is very accommodating to leave them this route ooen. and that, too. without re quiring them to reciprocate by withdrawing their forces from some points so as to permit our (loverament to run a mail line into Secessia. By the very latest advices from Mexico it appears that iust now there are eighty vessels Jvme of the mouth of tbe Rio Grande, the greater part of which are engaged in discharging suDDlies lor and in receiv ing cotton from the agenta ol the Rebel Government. THE WAIL "SS 0 The "Ocndon Times has an article review;,, nation of aflairs in America. We mah .Ke 8't. from it "Ihe extraordinary enerirv of tha fvi.. Im-u f.rovtd by Beveral advantageous conflicts r.aval force" which was supposed to be irrceistibl a North ttill poffiaea overwhelming superioritvt iLe but tLe pof sibiUty ol maintaining a blockade alo 8 BP8, thousar-d milcf ol coast is btcomiDg qumjoDab,Dt0 tbe coa3t of Texaa a few river eteamern, without a eank one Federal mao-ol-war, captnrtd aaotl, ' pat the rest ot the eqnadrcn to flight Iq tLe'1-' Br(i dial e neighbor bood the Alabama, shortly after l0lrnt: decoyed tbe Ilatteras away from her corj3ort8 ard' .,.,1 u .j"T-..:r: vu,eraie mf niaieiv suck nf-r. vjo tr.e last ri iw , v. or hit steamers from Oharlnatfin ttn-!r.i . :"' u fi - v -. me ri V -.IH.tU I ID i.1 , . ",c OiOckn.i wg lorce vi iiiiFici u cmscib, uuu, ain 1 n c . . 1. -U'J trnvino' fibout hall the Lumber, rirn t!. ... .? r w A bhip of eleven guns had, the day befure. eand to one of the f ttb i'u Charleston tarbor. Oeiw 1 ?d gruder, at Galvtston, ar.d Gtmral Boaarr 'frr V Uharkston, scting probab'y uuler iwtruciia a r 61 their Government, took advantage of tie 'r0111 opening ot the ports to proclaim tbe removal K7 blockade ; ar. the partizms ol the Ciij.fcdeta'e -argue that 1.0 capture can be lecaliy f Q Ca. iresb blockade has bt eD formally notifitj . ' B No important evtnt has taken phce ou land th the various campaigns are still prceetu'td wuh ' . milting vigor. The FtdcraU hoe to turn tb- hiT Kippi into a cbanLel where ships will be oat t.f ns -'L ' tbe guDS of Vicksbnrg ; and alt ou,'b the r.rojcc J, ly failed, it can scarcely involvejiny infupera'i ('.?' netrin difficulty. Tbe military pl3;b litj of feQCc " probably depends on the questum whciLtr tl wr are commanded by the fi;eol the guDbrmts. Ojt p ' eral iron-ctad gunboat has euccess'uliy parser ju .'" of tbe Vicksburg b'atttrie3 tp a pVuioi bi-1 nv 't'V t iwrt. There are no tidings of "dt cisive attccks on (.:-' Ie3tfn, or. WilmiDgloB, or ou Savannah : and rt spot dent of tLe limes in the ftourh cm be tru? Cnarlcston at least ought to rj?i9t.ll the tlbrts of'u,'.' invaders. ' The' Confederates can f carcely h. po t0 np. , all tbe expeditions which are Uircv-ttd against thiire tern coBst. I he ill fated Army of the l'otocr.ic is . icg for fine weather, and lor the disclosure t.f tt.e u General's plan for marching upon Eichmoi.d. (jolu;; llooker is probably a brave soldier, and he may ". b!y be an able commander; but he well unritntut, s that popularity is more certaicly attaint d in tbe Nor; by talking tbari by aclin. Adn.irmg bin.groji;t P. cord with, enthusiasm his persistent u-stimoiiy to i own military qualities. lie is said to bare cb'a r.i-d i . first command durihg the war by aesuriwg t'jv IV . dent with an oath that he was better thaa any h; . Gen7ral in bis fervice. As a Brigaditr, he iuffini.. his friends that he ought to be Commander iij-Chi,! and he has loudly boasted of tbe victory which Le wciv j if it had so happened, have won at Aa'ittam. Ac..;, icuna are etrtngely constituted ; and perhi'pg a b!.T".r" General may succeed in keeping up the courage 0? L f troops. Both for pergonal and political reasons, (icn. Jlooker will probably attempt a forward movtmat t soon as the rotda are open. Tbe Fcderul Govorn ;: has tvidectly resolved to put forth its strergth in ati Ll effort at all points of the line kfore the precsuie ! ; pca becomes irresistible. i be ficaaical condition of the Notth tcccmes d uiv.lv' nw embarrassed and more unintelligible. No provision yet bee d made tor tne necessities cl tbe war, buttl.r amendments introduced by the Senate into tb" Filiate bill as pafsfd by the House will probably bead pv i Mr. Chase wisely declined the powers to issue jLCO.coir 000 of additional netes, and he has apparently bem more anxious to carry bis scheme Cor ruptisalit.;' t! ... bank circulation than to obtain authoricy lor tli? hr-. loan which he recommended. Iha premium which hank notes liow command in comparison to Treasury pup r, may perhaps hvr-ofter eerve as on a-eumeLt in favor i Mr. Chase's project; but, for tbe proton, the Sniato passes over bath tie plans fcr taking tec banks ard t!:e proposal of tbe House for a hrge issuj cf demand noV.'. Two loans, amounting in the whole to 200,000 Di;i' are to be contracted at the discretion ol the Scerctarj of the Treasury in two different forms. If tie momj can b2 obtained American capitalists must be enJow. ed with taper human cucfidence. The arrears doe t!.o army hive teen discharged by the last i&jue ol 'lnr.,; notes, cd the contractors are perhaps willirsr lor tic present to urcish supplies on credit ; but all jurtlis feel that, after the preeeut spring, tho proportion 0! Uc war must, be largely reduced, as the coLSweiuet.et: ( i:L r of victory or of defeah. - As there will bo lewer 11 i to feed atd to pay, the Treasury i!l be relit d; nor is it necessary to provide for the cost ot the negro army, which is to be levied only as a mc nance or us an expression ol spite The Dornccra ic majority in the incoming Cougr sa will corrtc: tb.' grosser errors of its opponents, avd the liepublicans ii; dulge in tactioas violence with Jeca reserve, b xmv.sj they know tBat tleir factious votes will te revved l fora they have done irrcparabl; mischief. Fur t!.c prese-ut doid partus Fillet to desire ilc continuuiic1.' c the wtir, and to believo ia the possibility cf tioi que-' ; but the Western JSta'es are beginning to bint tied pediency of peace, and the ex reme Aboliiionistn, 10 tie annojance of their moderate allie?, almost invito Ki r pean mediation. The Cod federates, op their part, de cline all conceivable ttcgotiatiot's which might jiurjio:: to restore the Union. The naval, miii!ary, and financial prospects of tlie wr appear, to calm and impartial observers, t de serve cioeer attention than its pretexts or ev1 its meiits. If tbe North cannot cmq'itr v.: 'South, it is a'westeof time to discuss thenar which might justify the conqjest, or the pirpo ; which the Federal triumph might subserve. l'Lilai, tLropy is pleasant ard laudable, b it it provides teiUn mea ner norey. All thinking Europe hts Jorjgi' t. 0 loreseen ttat secession would fucceed, end it wa'eii. the lulfillaient of its c?lcubitiors with curiosity nfi-.r than with sympathy. The singuhr da?s which l a ' ually amuses it?elf with religiuj3 and wcular m. em. has.no concern with actual events. If Kxe'er liai thought ihat it was wrong for animals to hao vii ' gated e(atF, it wcu'd meet to applaud a pro Ian.- ' . that the iiopard should layasice his epots. Motiist j r test on behalf cf possibility and tbe nature of thi. . -would be dene unoed as malignant heresies, and the wo.vJ woul.i be called to take notice that tbe mtdd'e c'a and tie dissenting preachers were exempt f; cfii exbeus prejudices of their responsible eountryrnr-p. I . ' brawltisof ihe Eaianc;pation Society have gratia J M. r own love of noise ar.d clnp trap, bit vy have not s r red Erg'ifh opinion, and thpy lave even failed to i::i pose on their iriends ia-the Utiitcd States. 1 he Nor:' perfectly underetarda that a causa wh:ch cannot fii half a dozen members of Parliament to support it is powerless in Ecg'und, although it may comaian l t!.c ihffr ot crowflrrl fi.ocf.mhlif-H 'Fhn rihilsmtl riir:-''! huV3 got hold o? a truifm which no odc Cl-f-'' and they cun easily, p'rsuale an ignorant aun teat a profession of faitb io the American v eminent ia a e'emorptration against slavery, it is I lunate that their insignificance ia fully appreciated iii.i country which will shortly I e controlled in its policy, ;i Dot in its administration, by the habitual and per.-i.-ter.i allies of the Southern slave owneri. Democratic agi tators would not be slow to compLin that Ecgland demanding the violation of the Constitution, and promoting a policy which must be utterly incocs-isttnt with the restoration of the Union It is well to k pro vided with the answer that all Englishmen claim unl exercise, the right of talking the idlest nonsei.se. !'" fehsIODal spouter s cannot be legally prevented fr uj in suring intolerant mobs that those who dispute li e ex pediency ol continuing the Ardrican war are actuated by a disiaterested passion for negro slavery. C'OL. UaBCINER JfUTTWO Uown fiowMrr.-1':"-irg Col. tiardiner's residence at Uankton, the c. mander of tbe kiDg's forces, with several Colontli ar.l gentleman of rank, one day dined with Lira. AVh-.n tbe company essembled, he oddreeged them r? i:b a deal of respect, and yet with a very frahk pLd cvtcr mined air, and told tfcem that he had tbe toner ia district to be a justice of the ptace, end cons: que-!'? that he was sworn to put the Jaws in execution, nr.-. among the rest, ihose against swearicg ; that be c u'j not execute upon ethers with any confider.ee, or ap prove himself as a nan cf impartiality or integrity to b's own heart, if be suffered them to be broken :a his presence by pcrsonr of any rank wLatercr; and that, therefore he entreated ail tLe gent- mem who then, honored him with their ceo pany, that they would please to be on their gnard; that if any oath or enrse Bhould escape them, he WM they would consider his legal animadversion npen it a regard te tbe duties of his office and dictates 'f conscience, and not as any want of deference to tbetn. Tbe commanding officer immediately supported bin this declaration, as entirely becoming the station which he was assuring aim he would be ready to pa the penalty if he inadvertently tranfgresscd ; and wceo Col. Gardiner on any occasion stepped out of the ro.w be himself undertook to be the guardiao of the law w bis absence ; and as one of the idericr officers cflt-oa during this time, he informed the colonel, so that u ae was exacted and given t6the poor, with the app bation ot the company. -
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 16, 1863, edition 1
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