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' ntr ft TTTTflFTfr - C05DEHATB - ZTwr THOESDAY, JUNE 11, 1863. "13, RnbPcribcr on our list who may be indebted to us ontheSOthdayof June, inst., will have his paper discon- Us tied Ci.il w J w I There will be no favoritism shown lathis matter. a rn the Wkst appears to be more than usuallj cheerS'g. It is' evident that Grant has whole fortune upon the present movement Bbaftbu w - - - against Vicksburg, and that he Is in great danger oi losing the large stake he has risked. He has certainly lost a large number of men, larger perhaps than any General ba3 yet lost, in the same time, since the war commenced. The reported capture of Milliken's Bend by Kibbt Smith, requires confirmation. We confess that we place little confidence in it. It is too good to be true, Mnpriallv as it teems almost impossible that General i Sunn with his army should have reached that point on the Mississippi river. There is very little doubt but that Rosexcraxz is reinforcing Grant heavily, especially as Banks, having been driven back from Port Hudson, will be unable to ccme or send any force to the aid of his endangered principal. This may ena ble Bbac& to assume the offensive, giving U3 posses sion of Middle and "West Tennessee. Tee Richmond Whig states it as a fact no longer necessary nor possible to conceal, that General Lee has put his army in motion, and that the epemy is very much excited in consequence. "What movements Gene ral Lee contemplates the Whig does cot pretend to gay. In fact we do not think it knows. General Lee ia not apt to publish his plans before hand. At the Nobth they are beginning to agitate for the Presidential election, which ia to com: off in the Fall of next year. The issues of that election will be all based upon questions connected with the war, and will finally re solve themselves into the alternatives of peace or war. All other matters will sink into comparative insignifi cance. The question appears to be mainly how the war is to be carried on, and by whom. Before the time, to which we Luvo alluded above shall have arrived, the affair will Lave centially charged, and it will not be asked Low the war is to bo carried on, or by whom, but whether it is to be carried on at all. The New York Herald eaj3 : " The plat form of the Democracy in the Presidential cam paign of 18G1 will be peace, and what is more, the can didate will be elected, no matter who he is, tLe princi ple controlling all ether considerations. The Herald, we think, is right. The issue will be made, and the - friends of peace, even at the ect of separation, will car ry the elections at the North. Bat this will be some time yet, and in tLe meantime the folly of Lincoln and and his party will almost certainly invoke tbe slaughter of thousands of men and millions of treasure. Th Favetteville Observer of yesterday has an arti cle of some length headed " Parties," end dt voted main ly to some remarks which appeared last welk in the Journal in reference to the Virginia, election-and the introduction of party feeling into that election. We are willing to let our first remarks go for what they may be worth. If they are right, they require no bol stering ud. If they are not right, no bolstering up will make them so. We only refer to the matter at all for the purpose of setting the Observer right on a mat ter of fact. It say that the Richmond Enquirer, the Richmond Sentinel and " others of that sort " had or dered the people of Virginia to vote for a man named Mumford as a candidate for Governor. On the contrary the Sentinel supported Gen. SsiiTH.and there wee no con cert of action whatever between the papers " of that sort," as the Observer sneeringly designates those former ly attached to the Democratic party. , "We saw in " the Lynchburg Virgin tan, the Richmond Whig, and other papers of the same party, appeals for support for Mr Flocrnot based upon party grounds. It was to this and not to Mr. Flccrnoy's former politics that we objected. As an outsider we had nothing to do with the election in Virginia, but no one can wholly divest himself of feeling in any matter occurring in his sight, as it were, and thus it was that almost unconsciously we found cirselves, not a Mumford man, but a Smith man : That is to say, any preferences we had were in Mr. Smith's favour ; they were not very strong, bow ever. The Observer must be aware that the Raleigh Standard referred to Mr. Flcurxcy as a " Conserva tive," and was very ready to raiEC a cry of exultation on account cf his triumph over the " Destructives." But Hut as it turrcd out that cry wasn't raised. No. Dai'y IoithoI, Wh nst. Gixkkal Gbant's moTementagaiL6t Vicksburg waa de cidedly the boldest reparation of the whole war. It re mains for the future to show whether it ia not to be classed under the head of recklessness or desperation. II h? Ukes Vicksburg he will certainly acquire a high position in the estimation of the Northern people aDd aimy. If he fails, and we think he will fail, be will fall harder arid sink lower than any military commat der on the continent, Tunaeious Josera Hocsgs'or Braggadocio Tors, not. excepted Okast ha the very ii wer of .the Yankee army of th? Wfat, a:l baa cooirived already to Kt between thirty and forty thousand of them kill ed or wouaded. Unless be takrs Vicksburg in a week re cannot take it at all. and Le will probably lose twenty thousand men in addition to those already gm. Appar ently Gen. JonwbTON most feel cocfident aDd hare as many troops as he deems nerepsary. eince he has sent buck to TecECEPee Brckikdii'Gs's coirs of Bp agg's army, which had been ordered to Mississippi. Of course we do not know wb&t force General Johhstcn has, but we do know that he has Bomo of the picked rr,cn, not ooly of or wo; tern armies, but alao from the East. Ee baa men gradua ted in that grcpt school of so.'dierp, 'be army n( Northern Virginia. Gbakt ia receiving reinforcements daily. Hia army ia a pretty fair army, but from the specimens we bave seen we aie inclined to tbe opinion that tbe Western Yan kee is a mearcr looking men than tbe Eastern Yankee The priaortra that we h3ve seen whoweie taken in Ten nessee or Mississippi, were decidedly unprepossessing spe cimens of the jchv$ homo. Our own private impressions of that section of country known as "tbe great North- weBt," are to tlj cSect thst it is inhabited by a people fcr BY TELEGRAPH. Norths joublnal.. A YANKfcfc- BRIGADE: OUOJSSfis THE RAPPaHAN- v .kohk. : , Bjcbmosd, Jnae 7tn, i Letters from Hamilton' Ctosmos; state that a brigade of Yankee?, with six pieces of cannon, have croaaed the Kap pahannock near Predeiiekabnrr, taking position m the ti cinity of Bit'.s bej'cBd the hoi.se". The movement ia sup- Jt n Ytt a faint - - - ... . . - V wati r Mntta- 1 nree iransperw ana one guuwjm. k ponl tiver on Fridey. Heavy firing baa been heard m that direction, but tLe came has not been assigned. ' The Yankees Lnrnt sever'- mills and houses in King Wil liam County; ard it is reported that they also carried ofl a number of negroes. YASKEE ADVANCE PHiVEN BACK. KicHMOh-r, Va.. June 8th, 163. The Yatk es who bad crossed the Rappahannock, ad vaneed on Saturday to take posaeasionof Hamilton's Cross ing, eupposicg our forces had removed from that vicinity. When they had approached within a mile and a ball of the Bail Road, two or three cf our brigades made a dash at them. The Yankees, ithont firing a gun, fled to tbeir en trenchments on Deep Run. Du ing tbe reruaiudtr of the day the euemy kept quiet behind their entrenchments. Frank I. Biair, leceU'.y arrested in this city, has been discharged. The weather waa very cool here last nigbt. Major Genera! Trimble has iasced en address invoking Marvlanders to join tbe troops from that State serving iu th(i Valley districts. FROM GEN. BRAGG'S ARMY DESTRUCTION OF FRANKJJN, H.. Ac, Ac. Fhelbytii.lk, Jnre fith, .863. All quiet in front. Tbe Nashville Union of the 5th h is a special dispatch da ted Murfreesboro', June 4th, which says that a body otrcb el cavalry attacked and drove Id the picket of the diviu on under Jefferson C. Davis. Tbe Federals immediate ly rallied nnder arms. The rebel have retued at prefect. No ferth er particulars, . Tbe Union aim has informal ion ot heavy cannonading in the direction of Franklin, on the 4tb. between four and five o'clock, T. M. ' Chicago, June 4th President Lincoln has revoked Burn- eide s order prohibiting tbe circulation or the limes 8tk, aya that many ruuiora are afloet., X most Viable of which is that Kirby Sniib, jn-teaa or nemg m. " geir, has tkeaMilliken'3 w?th ten thousand men, and ens eff Grant'B suppilesV - 5" , Jt ia reported tht Jack i-a's cavalry have cut their way through to Vicksburgr Ji tCson has evidently done some thing. '. - ' . Heavy firirg is heard ii lie direction of Vicksborg. Grierson is believed to ! ve been diiven .five miles from Clinton, La. - CHEERING FROM VICKSBUBG. . Kobjle, Jane 9i.h, I8C3. ' a special dispatch to the Advertiser and Keg'ster, dated Jackson, June 8th, feays that a courier from VicksUi-g re mftttraheerinirlv. Our men v ere fgued, hot m rocd umits. Our loss to far, is little over five hundred. nl Marks, of Louisiana, ia mortally wounded Waddell's wtr of Colnmbna. Ga., has lost twelve killed and twen ty. three wounded. Uent. Beliamy is badly, aud Lieut O'Xeai ia sightly wounded. , Xiae trains of troops, telieted to be trom Hosecrinz s army, arrived cf Memphis on Saturday. 1 bere. is mer a garrison at Memphis. VICK3BURG ALli'lxIGBT. Mt biik, Juce S;h, lsO'J. A private despatch from JSckron, on th? 8th, says that VickBbnrg is all right. " . , Kit by Smith ia in posaestdon ofLl rcau s uond LATER FROM JACKSON. JiCtsos, Jane 0;h, 1SC3. Our scouts repoit the enemy', picket, ten nnlea deep. Every avenue is apparently clcs ly guarded, and the gr- at e.t courage and care is reqi'redt. reach Vick-Aurg. Grant communicates with tie Vederal fleet by signals, the .iga s of wh ch we.e Ken 1- et tight cot.ttly. Ifce sigLl be tokens a movement, or . reuewat oi the assault, it is thought The roar of the enemy's mortars, at intervals o, two secon 'a, were hi ard all lt ni h ar d centime, this num- ' For tbe Journal. . : Kixstox, N. C, Jane Gib, 1863. Messrs. Editors J " : . . i ,.. v Affaira. are unusually . qaiet - about cere,: aaa uuie more cf anything ia goiog on than tbe ordinary routine of ol camp auncs. come military caaugtcv taken place whica seem to cite mucn BauHiutuwu both soldiers ana civilians. ji coulee x iu - ertv to state what the changes mentioned are. fcsinee the arrival ot uen. uoiquett s Drigaau iu, uC mure old town has resumed the gaiety of former days. There was on yesterday what we suppose was a very pleasant tQnr in the shape of an vffiaal pic nic. We say official, and jadging from tbe quantity of brass and lace on hand, gms us do grcund to say it waa not The evening eiosed with a dance at the 'City Hall, which proved very satisfactorily that Georgia can frot- vrn c ,,r,nw thrxsp who ' trio the hstt lantas- tic toe," reverthfels we enjoyed ourselves hugely with v.;. w o 3 the hiKitum nf nnitft ft number of naiDticgs rpnipntinfr iemala faces, and which " moved to ine fi! hctnt !inpt. " with as much grace aa an elephant would be likely to commacd under winiiar circun'.ances. - , Upon the whole, it WiiS really a pleasant cllair atU conducted in strict ccuforaaiy with preeeut usage mo DOpoliiJition being tha motto. Being uacomiortably squeezed and his tcea euflermg feve rdy under the preascre of ofliciol boot lutls, your correspocdent withdrew his person aud Mt Ih vomcisl parties verifying the line3 . . "No rcs-t till mora, when jotli ad meet, Tu chase (he glowT-ghc-un with flyirg feet. ' We omit one word in the quotation.- as the occasion am not r. nnii-P it. It would be inappropriate, and you V4 I J v-. - - - - - tain death awaits them in froat. Officers pay that cevn defeat or annihilation awaits Giant. A v T . A T. this pert, pteamcra lll.rt Va. Lce. ; i w - - - ' CD'. rD W IIFJ lliljlii viM m w w w - j f r and Cornubia, froci Nassau, with cargoes on govern-) wbotu, as a general thicg, we bave no manner of use meat account. Daihj journal cj yesterday. The t c.n.sJ'v-r.l .mKn xa ojlrm Franklin 1 .a . . hi f.A! Bfl cbeicdnn Noting .r.m Port Dd,on Admiral Foote supercedes P-rpont. ! An effker, captured by (rar.t s puk'.L-, .ut - -i- 'i nc ni i.isiiiiiBiw wtiKTING IM NRW YORK. ' ! nntlv eucvt.t. arrived t)r morning. He report te Bicbmokd. June 8th, 1863. ! Ynkp flrntv much dei)re-f.cd by kaowbg that Gen. Joan At tbe Va'lardiebam meeting iu &ew Yoik, a resolution . v,nT. f.,,0 ; ,i,Pir rear, and thtt cer- A,.r.trA ,1,. i.i,. ,t iho fi,nv nf the tif,i.lft todamand bivu jb umEnJL.s ' of the A dink.itralio, at onre ard forever, to desist from such deeds of despot em nxd crime, asrenicg that there o-aa riaoninlhtr n settled rtiruone on lbs rart o tbe A-lujinis!rtioo in net sp an abolition despotism, ai d de- cl. "-irig ttmt ii th" riiuiJ should arfive wberi any rnier shall t mae'ly aMempt such an fct ot despcrauon, tbe people j should appe hI to h ballot brx Hi d claim tbc'ir rights. It ; is tbf ir dnty o wt bdraw thf ir consent trom snch Govern- ' ment. L-id -hTi. : A letttr wan read dom J neral Hooper in favor of free I Fpeech atd ! ion ttat we viil nrt fail to rinbtt'or it. A letter wks oio received from Tbos. H. fcieymoqr, of Conne cti, ut, in fav-jr of prare. The U""r'i! hss pijbilfbd speech delivered in Philadel phia betore ibe P'niocratic Aociation, by benator Wall, of New Jeispv. It declares in favor of a cessation of the war. Ol the "three aho'natives of aul jagatioo. annibi a tion r sfpn wtion, h prrf r tbe 'atier a thomai'd timfs. FHOM rixKOKK CRPBUUG. I a 'iimoko, JnnoSth, lCH. The Frederi1k',''nrg correspondent of ib Dispatch siya that the Yfpfeeo nkirmiihora Advanced acres tbe Kiver road yesterday afternoon, kv- were promptly driven back J when tbeir artillery opened an ineffectual fire. Tbe Yan?l kees were crossirg and reeropsirg Ihe pontoon bridge du ring the dav. Pesertets a7 that twenty thousand nscn have left i jftorA. Tire rest of Hooker's army had moved away. The enniy bare dog rifl? pits from Deep Hun down to lower B roard house, but bae msde no dewioDstration 01 tbe ribt. ftut jt in believe d that tbej will leave to-n'gbt. . 1 , I . At , - -v f- need not uxuoie to srtpp'y cn i i u. Ycurs, II. Mews. Editors : . The folio wi-g narrative 1 as been lurnislifid an by tne Bev Dr. pteaut, who y-,u wiil recollect, wa dr'grfed fr. m his Church in Alcx-rd du-ing tUc performance of divire service, tor refi-a 'ti-i to use the prayer for the Pred oent of the UriUe 1 Stte 1 have thcjiit it woaU he in- tcrvHtiiisr to v ur n -f-'er?. ' A. A. '.VATSOV, lU-ctory o: St- Jan es'. N. C, April 2d, lt-S tSKIfcUSOS VHHT.iD BY TUB CONFDFXATi:. WoOi'ViLt.8, Mi., June 4ih, 1S3. Uiiereoe'ri cavalry, one thousand strong, with eight pieciB ofartjHery, attacked Col. Lor git Cl uUn, I a,, jef trdey afternoon. Long, with a force four hundred stront , and eeve: al fi-jcea of artillery, drove tbein back six miles, capturirg two piece of anilk vy, acd billing aud cap-uring 33 priBoners. Our lot was two kiil d ud severa wound ed. Tbe ttiemy threw s-.;vetal fhelli. irto t.be town, billing ore man by tbe uanje rf Co'eman. lan-rui.o. siy aWqiitte Eighi- Tms.i at ,ast. We have always thought that it was wrong for the Confederate Govern, ment to permit any person or number of persons to ex ercise cocsuifcr authority in any part of these Confed erate State?, career r.n authority issuing from Govern ments not uccgr.iz'ng the Confederacy at all, and in pursuance oi ixtquaturs issued by the Government of Abraham Lincoln. At last, however, the question La3 come up in a form demanding a solution, and it has got it in a form that will meet the views of rme men out of every ten in the Confederacy. I has been met in a form that unites firmneta with caution, boldness with prudence. Mr. Moore wVA be unable to make any capital before the lki';,eh people, and President Davis has achieved fcr tc Confederacy a moral victory wore imports-i, pc;"caps, than the physical victory achieved by Lee Vt Chanceliorsville. The following is the correspondence, commencing with the notification jacd eadirg with the letters patent, the important point jf aU being ti e assertion of the right and power of the Confederate States to control or prevent the exercise .t consular powers within their limits : Cosfedkate States of America, j . DKPAKTMKaT Or t-TATE, Richmond, 5th June, 1863.) Hia The President of the Confederate States haa been .nrormed that, in consequence ot your assuming to act in behalf of the Government cf Her Britannic Majesty on mat- ,..iDr, fitnte of MiasitsinDi. vou were request ed to submit tu this Department your consular commms on, as well as-any other authority held by you, to act in behall of Her Moitstv'e Government, before further correspond ence could" be'held with yon as British Consul for the port of Richmond. De has lurther been informed that you have not acceded to Ibid request, and that, in disregard of the legitimate authority of this Government, you hav again lately corresponded as Her Majesty "s Consul tor this port with tbe Secretary of War of the Confederate States. Ihe I'resident considers it as inconsistent with tbe respect which it ia bm ciT.ce to cnfoice towards this Government, that yon Bbould any longer be permitted to exercise tbe Junctions or en icy the privileges of a Consul in theBe Con federate Stale. " He ha consequently thought proper, by the letters patent of which 1 enclose ou a eopy, to revoke ibe exequatur heretofore gr&nted to you. and to make pub lic these letters patent. 1 have the honor to be Your ohd't eerv't. (Signed,) J. P. BENJAMIN, ! Secretary of State. George Mccrc, I- ; . Her Eritasuic Majettty'a Consul, lUchmocd, Va. LETTEUS PATENT, Reroklug Exitiur of George Moore, Her Brltnn Ulc Kwjesly'a Consul t Illchmoiitl, JEFFEKBON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of America. To allichom l may concern : Whereas, Gkoige Mooiis, Esquire. Her Britannic Majes ty a Consul lor the port of Richmond and State of Virginia, (duly Teccgnized as such by the Exequatur issued by a lormer Government, which v. as, at tbe time of the issue, the duly authorized Egent for that purpose of the State of f ij fuiia, uiu v j " - - u. u Vo v,on iha ritv of Rirhmond. and a State othr than thA Bt&te of Vircinia, and was, tLereupon, on tbe 20th day of XeDmary laal, lOOJ, requwieu v) uic otticvoi jr oiawj iu submit to the Department of State his Consular Commis sion, as well as any other "authority he may have received to act in behalf cf the Government of Her Britannic Majes ty before further correspondence ccu'd be held with bim as Her Majjsty 'a Consul at the port of Richmond, and whereas the eaid Keokuk Mookk has lately, without acce ding to eK request, entered into correspondence as Her Majesty's CoEbul with tbe fcecrctsry cf War of these Con federate states, thereby disregarding the legitimate author ity of this Government. These, therefore, are to declare that I do no Vnger re cognize the said Geoho Moose as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul in any part ef these Confederate 6tates, nor per mit him to exercise or erjoy any of the functions, powers. vi privileges aiioweu in mo ouueuu ui uicui. ui n-.uu. auu I do wholly revoke and annul any Exequatur heretofore iriren to the Bnid Gvoi;x Mpork hv thi (ioverrment whii-1!! was formerly authorized to jrant Buch Exequatur as agent of the Htate of Virginia, and do declare the said Exequatur xo De aosoiuteiy ret:, ana coia rrom this day forward. In testimony whereof 1 have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Confederate Statca of America t a r -,TfTrfth nfTflit. vnven unaer my nana mis nun uay or June. ;n It We Cod the foJiowinj: in the Charleston Count). was not telegraphed to this effic?. A little strange : From Tennessee. RFTOEW FROM BRAGG'S ARMY HEAVY SR1RMI8H -IHG OUR FORCES ADVANCING. Ceattavoosa, June o. The report of Roeeorans falling back tj Naehvilla ra not confirmed. Heavy skirmishing took place yesterday at Hoover's Gap twelve miles from Morfreesboro". Br.me slight skirmisbirg oocurred to day The enemy fell brck before onr troops. Since then no farther demonbtrations have been mado. Chattasoooa, June 6. Later. Our forces are gradu ally advancing tc wardB MurtrceBboro' trom Bcllbuckie and Sbeibyvllle. in t.be skirmish near Hoover's Gap, General Claiborne had bis horse shot under hira. Murfreesboro is said to be stior-ply fortified. It is supposed to be the In tention of our advance to feci the enemy without attacking hia works. RtCRMtvi, May 8tb, 1863. No of5oi? information ba been received from Vicksbnrg for several dajs. It is nndrptood that Vailaedigaam will proceed toft goutberc point ?n roule for Nesau. HiitKi Mufiic Mr. maw h&s laid on our table three pieces of sheet music, which we can at least say are very handsomely gotten up. Of that, at least, we are something of a judge. Further deponent saith not. The pieces arc Keep me awake Mother," a compan ion pitce to " Rock mc to Sleep," " Paul Vane, cr Lorena'a Reply," and " The South." Of course we take it for granted that Mr. Smaw has got the music for sale. FHOVt TENFE38EB. pKKl.BWti.it, June 8, 186 All qu'et in front. The Nashville Union of tbe 6th irst. states that a rebel force, 20,000 strong, attecked Fianklin 3esterday. There was CgbtiEg nil day. hut ihe result is unknown. Tbe Cincu r.Eti Commercial of the 4lh icst., bas a special dispatch frc-ni V.cksburg, May 30th, which says that spades are .trumps again. We are erecting earth work to protect our men, ard aie min'ng to blow the fece out of two prom inent forts, otherwise unapproachable. The idea of carry ing the place by storm has been abandoned. The Bafer and surer plan of starving Pemberton into submission is favour ed everywhere. Andy Johnson bas been ovated at Nashville. Bnrnsido ; constructing & rail road, as a military neces sity, Ircm S'choJsviile tol'anville. Reliable h.roimationbaa been received cf the suppression of two paper at Nashville. I.OS-S OF A SPANISH STEAMER. Mof.ii.T5, Ala., Juuc Oth, 1SC". The Hpanipli Steenur Sailor, from Havana, lor Mobile, was wrecked 4i miles from tic latter port on ttn -o.n -.my. Of her pasaergers and crew, 40 ia number, oiiiy four were saved. Amongst the lost was Col. Sharp, i t Gen. Fun nel's Rtafl. Her cargo was valued at $300,C') ). FROM KliKDERicKSBUEG -FIGHT AT FRANKLI-. LA. RijHmgnd, Juno 9:h, lH-i'A. Advicfs from the Dappahanncck to-day-state that the eucmy still remain ia an ent:onched posiiion at Deep Hun, one mile behw Fredericksburg, and are extending their I entrenchments. Yesterday afternoon tho batterries on the opposite side opaned on oar pickets, shelling.a ahoit t:me without damage. Fredericksburg ia still hold by our troops. Northern diU-8 of tha 7th onst. bave been received. A dispatch trom Natdville, JaneCth, says that a light occur red at Franklin, Juuc 4th, between four brigades of rebels commanded by Forrest, and cur forces. We held the rebels at bay uutil tl e removal of the Federal stores, when rein forcements came up and we drove the rebels beyond the town, taking fifty piisonerF. Col. Faulkner was bd!y wounded. V the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred J HAi &1AL and tUtv-tbree (Bignea; By the Preside at ; (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State. A Ossat Corz. It seems that the FederalJlicEe ral whipped at Fort Hudson by General Gardner was cot General Banks but General Accra. GixiRAL Makmaduke did not capture Uelena, Ar kansas, norhacg a negro regiment, as reported. It ai alia humbug. General Marmadukk's advar.ee iato Missouri wa3 a dead failure. UlufTton, S. C, In Ruin. We learn from the Charleston Mercury of Saturday It, tiat the destruction of property by the enemy, on Balla Island,' seme daya ego, and the recent raid on'the Combahee, involved an immense amount of property, &d was followed bj the burning of the beautiful town Cl .BlufltOD, on May Eiver. Thi3 last outrage took jplace on Thursday tnorniDg last, and resulted in tbe lota cf about forty private residences aud nearly oiie kstaxed tut-bonsea, stores, Ac, The Telegraphic Association. We dislike very much to complain of tbe conduct of any parties with whom we rcey be associated. As a general thing it dees not pay, and looks badly. But when we can cut from an Atlanta, G a., paper, (Atlanta is the seat of the so-called associated press,) when we can cut from an Atlanta, Ga., paper half a column of telegraphic matter (not special to it.) and not sent to us Dor to the Richmond pres3, we may say that we have a right to grumble. Wc send despatches from this important point, for the tire of Ihe press, free. We ask nothing whatever fcr doing eo ; but we do think that we are entitled to the ueual ccurtcs;c3 of tie press, and that, ns a matter of common hoaestv. we have a right to get what others get. We truBt that the abuses of which we complain will soon be rectified. We invite Mr. Turasher's attention this matter. Important to Salt-M altera. The annexed correspondence has been kindly placed at our disposal, and as it involves a matter important to a large interest in this section, we think it right to give it a place in our columns and to invite to it the attention of our readers : IixtbaCt. Vvilmikgton, JJ.C, Hay liT, 1383. Captain I II. J-angdon, Eichmond, Ya.: Dear Hir You will see from the 13th part of the 5th ea,tinn nf thn finnfprlprfiift Tax Law. that Commission mer chants are taxed 2j per cent, on all sales made. The par agraph then goes on to deline what constitutes a Commis sion merchant : excepting, as I understand it, the seller of produce consikeu oy me proavctrr, iroin mo iax ui j i-er cent. Now, 1 wish to know whether I, rs the agent of t-alt-makers, 6honld charge tlem with the 2 per cent. ConJederato tax on Bales of Salt, or whether the Govern ment intends to exempt them from taid tax, as they will have to pay the income tax on tbeir profits derived from the sale of the very gait which they place ia my hands. Please call cn Mr. Memmingt r and ascertain from bim the true infentand nif anirg of the law, as I wish to act consistently w;th tbe mme, Very truly. JAMES AEDERSOIT. Tbkascbv Dkpartmknt, ) Richmond, June oth. 1863. f Mr. Jambs Amkfpon. Wiimington, N. C : i . Your letter ot tbe 27th tilt., to tbe address of P. H. Langdon ot this city, having been referred to this Depart ment, I have to reply, that the 13th paragraph of sec. 5. of the tax act means to exempt from taxation, war n sold by Commission Merchants, the paes of agricultural products consigned by the yroducer. Mid nothir g else. It in, there fore, the opinion of the Department that sait i not ex empt. VeTF respectfully your ob't serv t, 0.0. MEMMISGEK, Secretary of Treasury, WINTERS NEWS VIA YANKEE LiND. Eichmovd, Va , Juae 9, 1S63. The 2fevi Vcrk Herald of the 6th inst. haa bean received. The Bteaiahip Morning Star, from New Orleans the 29th, bringBruTBo- i of the first dys fi?ht at Port Hudson. The attack com'ii snced on trie V7h ult. The He. 1'd's correspondent eijs i. has been one of, if not the I - oodiest battk-s yet foutht on this continent aasault and repulse wi;h terrific slaughter. A ne,ro regi ment put v. advuca loi-t 00 out of Ui'O. Sherman )' Bt a leg. Tie Federal lo s wi 1 reiv b three tboufatd. PEACK MEETING IX NEW YOHK, AC. An immense meetiug of peaoe Democrats was held in New York on tbe :id inst. The IA. raid says it numbered over 30,000, end the New York Democracy, under Fernaa do Wood, liAVt- declared en rnaste in lavor of a vigorous prcsecution of peace, and an armistice; also, in favor of separate cccvefctions of be loyal and rebel btctt a. A largo ;e was seen iu Vickkborg on tbe 1st inatant. Cause unknown. Twehe rtbclB wa6 captur. d while erdeavoiiigto gttic ta the city vith a large quautity of percussion cps. Seven thousand copies of the New York Berald were burnt at Aej ria Creek, by or ler of Gen. Hooker, on ac count of its erilicifm on hi Generalship. The Herald sajs a veace candidate for President will be elected certain. Fernando Wood bas bsd a lorg interview with Abe I in coin. On the 6th inst. Gold wae quoted at 146. NEW YORK PEACE CONVENTION. j SniXBTViiLS, June 9th, 16J3. All quiet in front. The Cincinnatti Commercial, of the 4th, has New York dates to the 3d. At the peace Conven tion one of the speakers presented strong resolutions, which were parsed. The resolutions declare fealty to the Constitution, juid state that Under that Constitution there la no nower to coerce a State by military force. The war I ia contrary to the Constitution, ard should cease. The claim of dictatorial atd unlimited military power, end the trial of citizen v.y court martial, ia nionBtrong ard cxeera tie. Ibe resolutions protest againsttb.fi cowardly, des potic", icburuan and accursed act in the bimi.s'jmsn; cf Mr. Vallardigham. The Convention has rt-ct mraendrd a eus nension of hostilities, and the call of a Convention of the States to take ioto consideration some inanver of f I' .ctirg a reconciliation. LEGISLATURE OF ILL1N01H. franco field, Ul., June 3d, lSbJ. TLe House unanimously paased resolutiors corlcmiag Purnside's c rder suppressing papers, and calling the atten tion of the Government to the infringement of popular rights, ard the invasion of the sovereignty of Illinois. Lexington, Ky., Jure 4th, 183. By direction of Lincoln ilurnBide ba Tevoked bia order for the suppressing of the 1 'hues &zi WirM newspapers in h's a iu . OFFICIAL FROM GEN. LRE. Kiciimonb. Jnno lO'.b, ISC'?. The following official despatch frcm Gen. Lee wtis re ceived to-day : CrLFETKR C. D., June Oth, lSf?3. To General S Cooper : The enemy crossed the Rappahannock this moraii;g at 5 o'clock, at various fords, from Beverly's to Kelley'a, with a large force of cavalry, accompanied by artillery. After a evcie contest till 5 o'clock, them across the river. (Signed,) P. Gn'l Ftuirt drove It. E. LEK, Genera,!- Tes Btearcer North Carolina, oa ber last up trip to Fayetteville, when ten milaa below Elizabethtown, etrack a mag and uok in 8 P,et rater. The Steamer A. P. Hart, on the same day cr night (Saturday last,) broke one of Ler engines on hsr op trip. No lives were lost on either boat. Tns S ur atiok. Under thia head the Chattanooga Rebel of the 4th instant, 6 ays: "The situation improves at an amazing rate. Troops that have been sent to reinforce Gen. Johnston in Mississippi are bo ing sent back to the Grand Array of Middle Tennessee. Our advices from Mississippi are oi the most cheering character, yet we are at a loss to co mprehend why Gen. Johnston should hav sent Gen. ISreckinridge'a oorpt back to Miodle Tennessee. He most be in a secure condition, either from hia position or from an abun dance of troops. Our dispatches I tate that Grant if being tea vily reinforced , but no ft are need be enter tained on that score, aa Gen. Johnstc n has received the very flower of our noble armies. , x From the front various rumors con le up all ci them foreshadowing an early advance of ot tr forces. Let us 'clew the drcfes and prepare for actios -l' LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBUBG. Jackson, Mips., June 6th, via Mobile June 9th, 1883. One Ysnfcee Rr.Lboat ha left Bed River, owirgto low water. Pemberton eci t wc rd that be coidd hold Vickaburp, and for Johnston to take h s oTrn time ti ortfnnias and disci pline his Toree. The Memphis and (.brulefi.on Raiircad has been stripped of troop. Rosencraaz ip remforcing Grant via Louisville. AH the steamboats at Louisville and Memphis being esgsg Four thousand five hundred Confederate prisoners bave reached Memphis. Tbe officer will eo to Saudnsky, pnd the meB to Indianapolis. General Horlburt hasbeem ordered to prepare at Mem phisior 30,000 wounded. The French captured Tnebta with 1K,000 prisoner on the 24th. Gen. Grant fik Hnrlboit for 3ft,0f0 men. Hui!urt re plied that be did not know where they were to come from. Thsir own figures foot up a Joss of 50,000 men. JAt&sojc, Misa., Jnne 6tb,Ti63. A speeiai dispatch to the Mia? bsiopian, dated Panola, tvday, says that the Tankees and Unionists celebrated their anaiversary of occopyiag Memphis on yesterday. The Chicasro Times, of 21 irjat , aays that Grant admits a heavy loss, and has fallen back to Bg Black river, and in aw ait in s refnforcemfnts from Banks. jACi?D, Jcne 8th, 1863. A scout jpst in from Vicksburg reporta that all is werk- jpg well, ine men are (ouwwrai wcrn7u, trencheB exp oeed to the sun, but are In good aplnu. Hia arrival was hailed with cneers from Joe jonnsron, who saye that he will keep all right. Grant is steadily advancing, toy baiidiag paraiteis, waicn tre four hnuired yards from our outer works. tw risen no ceneral assault for tea days past- There is plenty of ammunition and provisions, and tb sol diery and oitiraDt are perfectly eonnaeat oi me reouii Oar entire loss durirg tbe siege and assault does not ex ceed 600. There was h'eajry firing of musketry and artillery all day yesterday. Thtre ia an artillery fight to day. BEPOETID CAPTURE OF MILLIKES'S BEND BY ESBYlBMITH, WITH TEN THOUSAND PBIS02J- ERS ' MojuxiE, June 9ta, 1863. A iptcial dispatch to the Trihut, dated Jackios, Jodi Ut-n. PciTiberlon'a Spetclx a VSeksburg. This cfiicer has been, in our opinion, maa the sub ject of most unjust criticism. It is natural for a peo ple who suffer greatly from the enemy to look around tor a victim upon whom to heap their maledictions they are mad and troubled, and Had relief in cursing somebody. At such times diecretion, justice and mod eration are completely lost sibt of, the reality of their sufferings absorbing tbeir whole naiads, and blunting and distorting their comprehensions. It ia a fact, thOHgh, which atlmi .-- f no cavil, that our people are magoauiraous, arid dt 3.10 to do justice. Ana we are oonfidt nt that the time will come yet when the charac ter end wortu ol Gen. Femberton will be appreciated and acknowledged. That he has committed some er rors we ehall not attempt to deny ; but when it is con fidered what a herculean task be had to perlorm, how ..M . . . 1 1 i , 1 i: stupendous the chtucaiues tea: loomea up utiore uuu, how small the force under his command, and how long he managed, without 'reinforcements, to keep an over whelming force at bay, tbe liberal mindtd will pause before thty condemn him. After tie enemy had been rerufeed several times, he spoke to hia troops substantially as follows : "You bave heard," says be, "that 1 was incompetent and a traitor that it was my intention to sell Yicks burg. Follow me, and you will see tbe C03t at which I will sell Vicksburg : VV hen ibe last pound of beef, and bacon and flour the last grain of corn, and cow and hcg,and horse and dog, shall be consumed, and the last man shall perish in the trenches, then, end only then, will I sell Vicksburg '" Wo ipom that this heroic FDcech was rcceivea with 1 unbounded applause and enthusiasm by the whole com- mand. His veterans at v lCKSDurg wm siana vy luij to the lst- Jackson Missippian, 29th, vlt. .Mofcby Again at Work. Oa Friday last Major Mosby'3 command attacked the passenger train from Alexandria at or near Cat lett's Station, in Prince William county. There were on board the train at the time quite a number of soldiers and civilians, sojne two to three hundred of whom were captured. A shot from a small field piece waa fired into the boiler of the locomoth e, so disabling it as to prevent its further progress, when the train was captured and burned. Before be had succeeded in removing the prisoners and stores on the train Mosby was assailed ty a heat y force of tbe enemy, supposed to be a brigade, and, in consequence of his being overpowered, his men scattered, and the pris oners most of them escaped. He did not retire, howev er, until he had charged the enemy twice and inflicted some injury poA them. The loss on our side is repre sented to have Been very slight, but the number of kill ed and wounded we have not ascertained. ' , Richmond Dispatch. VTi m c i.'tt-. aud IHac Lro'ihcr : i.ino .-.ft! acne whicM transpired ia Paul s 4?iu cu, ai- v.iri.i. V,u. c;i !';h February, li-2, l ut at your rc- tan na-ht, I wt.l dcr bo it to 'be tt cr n.v ability 1 Vh-Tvices had proM-et' far as the :C;-nd srage 'a cfiba lt'r, nl I waa couauoaaac the service, at the othT end, wh u a coi Iideuli U aent ottee'y ft e ward wam a i-.. .. :i tin trail' ti tat 1 shMi.td pray t tne President otth-U. b. At thestrae t'inB a t attain ui tXh li!ioo: Cavalry uamed larns ,ro,lh, Im g.iu to Teve.it, f-(m a front pew, th pryer f-r tv-e Fits' " nt. FinIii fiat I paid no regard to ha de man.i hi" pro -ceded in The X-ituv. Morton gve a s:pu to b arnsworth. a-id the officers and soldi-; rs wuo bad accotupa uie i him into tU Chu:ch, who immediately suiroaodtd the rhii'Cf, and a bfcrgeant wae order ed to" neize that mart. The Perireant t-orar over tr? m-rivi rAitg, r-veriil la-tior s a it he would lay h id upon roe, but, In-ksTia-h h I siiii coutiaa.-d th Llti..y, he hesitated, aud ;h- oinr v.a- flven to -take .the IVayerb.ook Irom me ; thereupon tbe hook was vioeDt.y wrested from roy hand wsd thmwa upon the floor. The oder to seize mo wanow repeated; I waa about using the sullrsgos." ti cm nil evil and miscLi.-i ; from the cralts and a-suuba of 'ha Devil, trom rA -iTn-.il Lord ! deliver tn:" whon I felt the officer's hnad upoa ir-y shoulder, as I knelt at the altar. "Hut jut at that moment, a genuerasa 01 uis ou ereeatioa, srtzed the officer aid tlivw biraeutof thethan ce' Thereupou the o3icers aud Bcddierd drew their K&bres a'id rcvol.cn, and there was great noise aud confauion ; women weie fctriigssling to hell their husbands, others screaming, otheis crying "for shame," and amidst it ad I heard the vti.e of Liea. , Kayma: ' don t hre."' I iaimediatelv arcs?, end faoirg the Uaptaia (l arnB wcrth ) said scmetl.iBg, in reply to which he said : "I ai rest o 1 as a n b;l at,d h traitor, iu the nam and by the authority of t e President ot the United btates." I re plied ' a&d I mmrxion. you to appear belore the bar ot the Lord r.f Lords si.J Ki-3g ct Kings, lo acawer upon the charge oc iaVrrui:t;i)g Hi Ambahador, ty armt d violence, vhih in the act of rresentifg the petitions of his peoplo, a' Bia .-iia-." He 'hen cTdertdmstotafct! ojf ihe Svrpucc. ilia Iuf sfd tu do, observing, "you have entered the Church of Gc-d. ard drasgred Heifgion from its altar, and von wirh to make it a personal matter by removing I the vebtiufciit fr.m in JSo, you must take me as I am. Two scr-M-a- ts then seized me in tne ccancei, auu wji:i great violence, holding a revolver at my breait, they forced n,e out 1 f the Church, and through tha streets, vith the su'Tlice on, e.ich ot them gra ping it upon the shoulder to tightly a.s to leave upon it the ruaiks of their hauda. At the tr.e time my daughter, havio leitthe choir, v. here she had oecu engaged in aingin -, atd approaching a Lieu teeaut, t.'.id : You a?c not going to am st my lather. .ye., rnd you too," replied the efficer, who rudely se'z-d her ov ihe aim, and forced her thror.ph the btreeie to bo shift -. ih- j.'uaid room of the 8th Illinois cavalry. AbuuttUo time of gita'cst cotlu&ien, an armed com pnv, -who had been piaced in reserve at a short distance Lou she t .hn:eh broke in, ant begged their efficer to " let them tire upon thFe dnmned secession women aud chil dien. While in the guard room, being surrounded by many ofhce-H, who muiht to leproach me for violation of canon law and juV.ics, 1 lint rtpl.ed, ttat it I was uder the jur-;rA-.. .-.t k PdS.i., r.f vrirfin'i. I Jiad i dated DO law ; but", if not under hi auh-iity. then I waa as independent End tree as the Preshylerian or Baptist, and no rubric ' ould bind me. Put being, vexed oy continued discussions, I ob served that there we're limits to their po.ver, and that they . 1. Vrl, Yir rr.v luail withoilt 1TV matter S permission, but that if llr wil'ed it so, 3 et even at peril of ;leath in iive mir.ute, I wmld net ellow military power lo f u er the charch atd oiotaie prayers to the Minister of God. Gen. Montgomery n jw came in and rebuked the office for violating ihe s.iLC'ity of tho Lord's day and ;ttirch ; find f r goir-g in a ('hurch cmed with weapons of death. Ho told nif m thit I a ieidcut of the city, and cou d have been arrested on a week day, and that he had hiine:t reported .o the Government the omission of the prayer, ia! Lai r.o ii struc'.ious to arrest me; thit he reeurded th'rir action as an intrusion upon hi own pro?H.'-e ; ho a'sV Paid" that I had violated no civil or military law : and that there were Chuich tribunal to which 1 Ehoald be amenable, it guil y oi ecch'Siatt cal ir-. regularity, ile rhen as'ied m to go with him to Ln own rviavter, who e I remained until heobtaimd auttorit? to lectin tne matter, whenli? at. once relcaa.d me. Whea he at first cflicd me a paroi. 1 declined it, cn the gr. und taat i would acctpl m thing but an u. conditional release. -When he nrge 1 me to arttle tho whole flifficalty by prayirg f .r the Pre.-i.ieoi, I assured him that though it might, As m tiimited, " makn nit fortune," yet I should not do it ; atd that 1 regarded it us unmanly iu hi3 Government to make use of women and c hildren, at d timid clergymen, to brow beat and crush cut the liberties of the Soutu ; that we were con-combatants, and should be at least tolerated, den 1 Montpornery thought that his Government would disavow the whole matier. Bat he was mistaken. He waa ulti mately removed from his command, and all the Ep scopal Church s closed some of them beiun shockingly desecra ted. Every, iniigci;y waa b; stowed upon me thai the pres3 anl tne mob could invent; a Union fLg waa fastened upon my hnupe, and eventually I had to seeK, in exile from my family, ihit safety which even the Turk affords minis ters of religion, and the privilege of woiehipicg God accord ing to iin dictates tf my conscience. s VTb Wi For the Journal- To Ltonoie. A the lit a pare not., that tie 1 curl ':al! sp'- ik." ihy h'-a t te'I n:e of the hjippy ar,t Wfafii! ail entranced J lingered by thy hide : id shy et voice raakj ma;ic in my Bor.l, A s tii . ii tat pr. riess m thy beauty 'a pri le ? W.1I try h4art te 1 me of the joys to eonce Whe'i months at absence tua!i 1 ive passed away V,'aispar sweet pvociir-e to rov l.s enig ear Ot blies made bweetci hy tht iongao.y ': Oh come fond heart" Come breafhc into ray s:ul, Ard bid hope revel in delicoaa dreama. Lead fancy r ot. and my yearning heart O'ercome ith love's iatosicatr-rg them;s - " THEOJOB.', iStokevtau. Jak'50n'3 Message tc Tin Women cf the CoNFEDEiiACV. A conespondent (-1 the Kcox viile Register writes a3 folio wa cf an interview wilh Stonewall Jackson a few days befare his death : Atter a visit to the Ilappabacnock arwy, tha writer of tbia made a parting ecu: oa Gen. Jackson, in bia tent. As we etood exchaniog the last word3 eome reference, waa made to what our ladies are doing. 'Yes,' said he, "but they must not entice tbe men away from the array. Yea may tell them eo f.r me. We are fight ing for principle, for hnor, for everything we hold dear. If we fail, Ave loae everything. We shall then be slaves, we shall b-3 worse than slaves we shall have nothing worth living for." The Central Pi esb ijier tan publishes a letter written to a friend by Gen. Jackson about army chaplains. It says : . Denominational dislinctions should be kept out of view ad cot touched upon. And as a general rule, I do not think that a chaplain who would preach de nominational sermons should be in the army. His con gregatioa ia hia regiment, and it 13 composed of rarlu denominations. I would Jike to see co qaestioa asked in the army what denomination a chaplain belongs to, but let the question be, doea he preach the Gospel I The negltct'cf the Epiritual interests of tbe army may be seen from the fact that not half of my regiments have chaplains. . It is said that the tremendous repulse and slaughter of the Yankees at 7ickaburg, on Sunday, was due to a stratagem of Gen. Peiaberton, who made a feint of evacuating part of his works, when th enemy rushed in, only to be met with immense slaughter from artillery placed so as to take them with a raking fire. j A BrttUU" Criticism of tte CnuiMlgn on lb Rap. From the Montreal Gazette. fv,z VmVtV ivrnlfTitipH and rumors cf .thp rvoof 1 ; v. wvv . 1 f 1 - iw.v c 1 a. days bave culminated ir.to the admis3iou that Hooker's nlan to cnt off the Gonff derate army bas totally failed : that ba n been repulsed, end ignominiously driven across the Rappahaunoak, and may thank Providence, tired oi tne useiefls Biaumcr, :ur tueumeiy Bweumgot T n nna rior, nAf U" Q nfl of his army.. For downright pluck, up and down fight- 1UJ fiuu ceierniiQauuu iu v;oi.vjut luc uuiiilh 01 me Rappahannock outshine those of ihe Peninsula, Cut will stand forth in history as the inevitable result ot the dis regard of two strategic rules 01 importance, a jn apo- leon might bave set mem ai aenance, ana euosuiuiea h'm frenios for the natural law which rules the fate of bat- tle8, a llOOKIir aiicmpieu wuju uiu aucu, uibjjiuk down a gallaat army, fully 175,000 strong, in the, futile attempt.' And yet bis plans were well weighed and carried out. Stonerrnn was to cut the communication with Richmond, Sedgwick to turn tbe Confederate left, and Hooker himself the rizht.with the bulk of his army. Rut thia movement entailed two rerilous mana'ivres the first, tte passage of the Rapidan, at a point over lapping the Confederate left, succeeded or rather was designedly allowed to succeed ; tbe muteivre a necessary corollary ot the passage of the Rapidan at Ely's Foid and Gfrmanja Mills, the turning of the Confederate left failed at its inception, and with it the entire movement fell through. Hooker relied upon the rapidity and secrecy of bis dispositions to cros3 the Rapidan' at.d " force the enemy to meet him upon open .1 " iBiiilo Te. cool and warv aa ever, ft d hia de. ' .. . 1 . r n.. lueion witn the iri-acaerous camp urea oi v reuencKS- burg, withdrew bis army tut 01 sight into tte country, and gave Hooker the very opportunity he thirsted for. As soon as tbe Ftd;ra!s hud established themselves upon the plain which extends between Fredericksburg ,d Gern.ania Mills, ad comes to a joint,1ike a trian gle, at Ghaneellorsville, a pcsUffjce'station cqui-dis-Tant oi' the above p jints, Lee advanced his army, threw 40,000 mun under the impetuous Jackson, on Hooker's right, put un entire army corps to the rout, capturrd a lare number of gun?, and instantly forced Hooker to assume the dclensive, contrnct bis lints, and protect it 11 ...... with nn aalworw ana eoireuccm;nia. urrewasua salt cf lleoker's tirst blunder. To turn L:e's left he should have concentra ed his fjrees at a point near Germiuia Miil?,and instead of deploying in line should have rm sjed his men aod broken ihrouga tLe oppta rig line by weight of numbers. 'I he Confederates rtmrmd to the attack on Sunday and Mot.liy. Hooker was forced to contract bis lines s'.ill further, ard would probably -have recrossei the Rappa- no5k on Sunday mg .t wi-re it not lot cue reraace nc 1 SJtonpmnn'. divi- piacca 00 ot-cgwictt a iciu ouuva -7 : 8ion as a mans to vxtricate his army from a false pou tion'. Sedgwick took the first line of entrenchmeuis m rear of Fredericksburg at a time when .the Confeder ates had concentrated their troops on their left for the purpose of turning Hooker's right and driving him t(, th Rnnnahannock. and the entrcnchmi'Dfs ecnaecpicutly fell, an easy prey, mto his hands ; but he hao scarcely established himself iu them and prepared to join in tbe battle which was raging to his north wwt when Longstreet came up from Suffolk in Southern Virginia fcud drove SedgwL-k's army back serosa the Rappabuunock. Hooker's left was thus uncovered ai.d the result wa3 no longer doubtful. IiOngstreet had merely to turn Hooker's left by advancing niong the plain which extends between the hills l-jhiod Freder icksburg and the Rappahannock in rear of liook er's pffcition. This he appears to have done, and , Hooker has retired utterly diicom fitted. His fall proves that in his case it was highly i.npruaeni.10 aiviuo um army, still more so to give battle with a deep river in bis :ear, and culpable to expect Sedgwick to hold appo sition of great importance and danger with a mere 'JO, 000 men. Fredericksburg was the key of the position, and covered Hooker's left. L-e perceived this as soon a3 Hooker's plans were unfolded, and re-took it the mo ment its possession involved the fall of Hooker's army. We are told that Hooker repeated Rurnside's ruse oa Tuesday night, strewing his pontoons with pine boughs, and noiselessly escaping at the dead ot night to th .' op. p'ot-ite shore ; that the swollen waters of the Kappahau nock stayed the Confederate pursuit ; and in the hurry of retreat the wounded and dying were Mt writhing in agony on the open roads, and exposed to the drenching of a thunder storm. Iu fact, everything lead to ihe. belief that the mut is one of the most disastrous record ed ai h'story.nud that it will not stoptFa'raouth. Cayt. Hvnderi. We h.id nothing fcr a long time cf "Copt. Rynders," the note! New York politician, until we met with the N. Y. Tnb'f.e containing the following 8pech deliver ed by him at the late Vallandighara Free Speech Meet ing. It wid be seen that Isaiah preserves his reputa tion fcr an outspoken independence and for hamhin his foes with gloves off : Mr. Chairman, and fellow-subjects of Abraham flu First. Luightcr. I esteem it a high privilege to he allowed 10 appear btfore you to-night without shackle on my hand3. I hardly expected to see so many people here in defiance of tbe law of the police of this city, the entire day 1 do not mean the individual police 1:1 this, lor they are the mere instruments in the ' hands of tho3e who command them but fv.rt.iif. HUok reuubiicans. aa well as White R?tmb- licauH, bave been very industrious to day in circulation the report that the meeting was to be broken up Let tbein try it! ' and that any individaal like mj telf, or fcoine ol gieaier note, perhaps, would ba arret ed if they teok the name of Abraham Lincoln in vuin this night. LaHghier. Well, I stand here for she express purpose to see if they would arrest me ;r. Abraham's name. I thought I would take a hand m it, but I do not know that I will be able to do much -Cat I teli you in these times of arbitrory arre sts, when public jjuiua's are suppressed and individual liberty crushed out by every means in the power of military d.spotism, it re-cpiires a man of at leu6t some courage opt nn here and face the bayonets of thoi." that ran away at Fredericksburg. Is there an Anw ican citizen, whether native or, like myself, 'to themuu or born,' among yourwho considers himself a freeman, that djes not feel the humiliating blu?a tingle in h: cheeka when he hears of that atrocious act ot Ambro-e E. Curnsiie V Groans for Kurnside I am I t-re to put myself on puolic record against this act. 'Hear. I am hereto make no speech, and then in a letter niak.; an apology for it afterwards. What I say to-night will gay to morrow. 'You bave always done bo, Cap.'. Most of you have kDown me long, and never knew ow to take back what I coolly and deliberately aaeerteu as a right and princple. 'Never.' I say here to niht it i3 an eternal degradation and shame to America that an individual in a State not in rebellion should hi taken out of his boose by a cohort of military imnic-ns brave cen, no doubt, in the performance of a duty where there was no daDger. They were not afraid of f. landigban, nor his wife, nor hia little children. L-z-tcrr Now 1 do not want you to understand thai j mean to insinute auht against the bravery of our .ol diets that have fought in iiw Iidt;:ir;!tabun: a'-'t' -for I have two nephews there, and one of them, 1 ov lieve, has fallen in the contest. Well, if he died be U ded with his face to tbe enemies. I will not eav it. 1; Abraham Lincoln vd other damned C'ack Republi cans ; ii the cohorts of negroes, Lincoln, Greeley, I'b -ips, Anna,, Diekmsoo, and the reet of the m. devils that congregate around th.m. Loyii-ter,- in which the reBt of the eentenco wa3 iwnt j -There ore gentlemen who think you ought never i speak diespectfrjly of a lady. I grant you, ye;; ought not, and I challenge the world if anybody eye: beard me utter a word disrespectful of a lady. do you call those ladies? 'No; horse marine?. , rhn orntpr thpn rpmarkf-d tne amorous and devc ti r- ai feelings toward the negro of such females as gaiher ed in Dr. Cheever's church lately, and r dated kicked WendJl Phillips out cf the litoadva, cle some years ago. When the time conea, scid rae, v resist the encroachment of your liberties, do not you are going to do it, and never do it. One struck in defence of your liberty and for the protecu .. of your family by the stalwart and courageous ar.j. worth a dozen windy epoecbes. Viic of JVcwapaper. The Southern waicnman puts up ine lOiiowiDjr knock down armament in reference to the price of newspaper to which we invite the attentioa of all readers: It ia Baid that owing to the peculiar circnmatin? of p case it would now be unfair to take gold aa a itafluarJ uj value. Inasmuch aa corn ia the basis of our proviso crop, let ua try that as a itandird. When we P''-' our paper at $2, we could buy four buBhelt if corn fo' l-r amount. Our paper w&a therefore worth four basri? ' ; corn. Four bushels of corn ia now worth (13 in this 1- ker, and furthtr up the coantry $20. Oar paper it fore worth $12 by the corn standard. It was toTtan-t worth two buahela f wheat. Wheat was elIiDtf hore weeha ago at $12. MeaBared by the wheat t"10";. per is worth $24 ! A year's aubBcr.ption would 'orffler.; buy 10 lbs. sole leather, which, at present P'c". lJi to $30. uur paper Ja, therefore, measured by this tnflr. worth $30 per year ! A year'a abacription , wonHJ orn. ly bu7 fouf yards ot Jeana or 1 yarda ot cottn Jonen he tout yards ot Jeaa is worth .,20, Sili epun $21 at thia time ! f cording to """ffia woaii per ia worth from $20 to $24 1 A year wripUo 1 formerly bay 16 Ss. bW'i.WiS t bi tho Sa'vD wards. Henoe, onr paper ii worth $W IJ W oavv n
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 11, 1863, edition 1
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