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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. raKPBRATK STATES OF AMERICA. . wnjrisGToyTc., Saturday, june 13, lsea Xa ambition to say smart things, and the anxiety to say ionethlBg every day upon every topic that arises, has much to do with many of the lollies and ill-natured expresBioas of the press; for it ia to he noted that it ia easier to appear smart by finding fault thaa by awarding approval, and that the median line la which trutfi is 10 oe ioubu iuquim lesa for fltriiin paradoxes and sonorous declamation, tnaa w more eccentrio and less reliable ground of supposition and 'speculation. The discussion of the precise position of the Northwest, With its relations, present acd future, to the Confederacy, aSords. an instance in point. Some of the Jackaoa, Mississippi, papers toot one extreme that of be. lievingT or at least of saying that the Northwest was almost whcllY with aa. and. indeed, we might expect ineir asie gates ia Bichuond any day in the week, and lotg ago at that. We mention some of the JackEoa papers particular ly, because we happen to remember reading their articles mora distinctly perhaps than any others. But they were not by any mean solitary and alone. There were o'.hers, no doubt'equally confident of the "Great Northwest." On the other hand, the Bichuionl Enquirer stoed at th head of those who went to the opposite extreme of useless, aimless and profitless denunciation of all movements in the Northwest, even looking at peace. These movements could do no harm, and it was therefore useless to denounce them, and might be injurious, and it uas injurious. We have reason- to believe and almost know that the bitterly contemptuous articles of the Enquirer quoted and reqaoted and harped upon by the Lincoln party of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, did much to paralyze the efforts of the friends of peace, or if not paralyze these efforts, at least to neutralize their ef fects. No doubt this thing set back the peace movement for months. It was said " You peace men would invite us to a pretty entertainment, You would have us to mate overtures of reconciliation to people who denounce us more bitterly than they do Lincoln or Sswakd. Wha spit upon even the faintest idea of overtures from us, and who are at no pains to dissemble their hatred, loathing and contempt for those of us, who, if not prepared to approve their course, are certainly not any more prepared to sustain the uncon stitutional measures of the i dmiiiiatration." We say, no doubt this thing eet back the peace party at the No:thwes for months, and this without doing any good to compensate for the Iobs pf any probable advantages to us that might have Cowed frcra the early success of the anti-Lincoln par ty of the Northwest. Perhaps the excuse urged for this mode cf treitice the subject -will be that it was necessary to counteract the bad efleots of permitting the minds of the Southern people to dwell on, belief e In, or rely upon any movement in the Jisemy'a country which might induce them to relax their own effort. Ali hat was necessary to do cou'd easily have been done, however, without resorting to what was totally unnecessary and could hardly fail to be injurious. Of course all the stories cf "reliable gentltmen" com ing from Memphis, crossing at Vicksburg, or otherwise running the blctkade were dingeroua humbugs, and how they ever got started in the columns of any respectable p; per or paperi has been a pnzle to us from first - to laa.. The desire for prominence aad sensafesa must accouat, for thinrs otherwise unaccountable- Thathumbn is of course, played out. People have learned by au experience pretty dearly bocght, that, although the geographical position of the ptople of the Upper Yal'ey of the Hississippi vould esem to identify their interest those of the Lower Valley, yet they themselv have not jet arrived at the onclasion that the t-; w&y to promote such interests is by acceding to Beperate existence of the Southern btates. Tey tafe fi0 far decl-me(j to give any real coun ,eoPrve to ihe Scuth&rh movement, because they still cher ish the hope of being able to re-open the Mhsi.ippi by force, and resume their former trade with the Lower Val ley on its former basi3, or even upen terms more favourable to themselvt. Whoa this hope shall have been finally dis pelled, then, and not tiU then, need we place much reli ance in reports from the Northwest, la the meantime let us take thirg fcr what they are worth. A struggle fur State right3 in Ohio cau hardly hurt U3 In North Carolina, difficulties between the Lixcolk administration and promi nent and popular statesmen and politicians of that section will prepare the people for more active movements wten the time shall have arrived whea euch movements may be looked for as probable or even possible. When the Northwest eees that its only possible change for a resumption of -its former trade 13 by meats of recognition cf, and amicable relations with, the Confeder aey, then, but not before need we look for any substantial ly benetlcial fruits from any mcvemonts in that section. The oorn and other agricultural products of the Northwest canhot bear trariKpor.ction over the railroads to the Atlan tic seaboard. It is for the Confederacy to convince the peo ple of the Upper Mississippi that they must heek the out let threugh tLe LliasTssipri on our terms. Once convinced of this, ikn will they awake to their trus community of in terestto the inexorable logic of thsir geographical poai tion. When this is done, we may, with seme reasonably confident expectation look for a settlement and the cessa tion of the war. There are scras tfood and ciever men in the Northwest. But they are not yet with ub. Perhapi they do not fully appreciate onr position, moral andphysical. We respect men like Yallandiuham, Vobheks and others, for their manliness in defence, at least of their own rights, and can not believe that men like them could sanction the extreme views aad measures of the sebpgatioaists and extermina tionists, while as little could we agree with their dream3 of reconstruction. WLeD, not of their own choice, nor with hoUJle inlert, nor with arms in their hands they are forced among us.we.woulJ treat them kindly, as gentlemen placed in an unpleasant position, but equally without ovation as without reproach, do-tag nothing to compromise their posi tion or nr own. We would itddge in cone cf the sneers of those going upon one extreme, nor be guilty of any of the man-worship too common at all times and totally out of place now and toward them. The position of the " peace men " of the North and the Northwest is cot onr position, nor ia it yet one that affords any ground cpon which we can meet them. Premising this much, however, wu must in justice add, that those who as sert that their position is no bettor than the position occu pied by Lincoln and his aidert and abettore, or that they deserve no kinder foeling3 from us than do the Black Re publicans, do eo withont any warrant in fact, and evidently without a due consideration of the subject. The Lincoln lUa go for a prosecatiou of the war to the extent of subju gatioa or extermination. Lincoln himself hardly die guises this, and, indeed, it is said and teiieved that there is extant a letter in his hand-writing avowing thesa sentiments and expres&iBg a determination to carry them out at all hazards. However, this may be, and time wi'.l prove it, we think, certainly the fact of such beiig the policy of Lin coln, his cabinet, and his military commanders is self-evident aad an require no proof. Now, Senator Wall of New Jersey, Bxv. Tood of New York, Mr. Tookheis 0? Indiana, and other prominent members of the peace party, while avowiag themselves ardent Union men, have dis tinctly stated that of the three alternatives of subjugation, extermination cr seperation, they wcuid unhesitatingly prefer the latter. This is the position of the peace party now arising at the North, it forms, indeed, the main plank in their platform. It renders a cessation of hostilities and a final arrangement possible. We cannot consent to acquiesce in any assertion which places thesa peace men on a pr with the infamous and bloodthirsty exterminationists who rally aroaud Assauau Lincoln. . The Nv8. it will be seea by our telegraphic despatches to-day, that the latest news received through Northern channels reports Ticksburg just about falling. This ia not surprising, since it appears that its actual fall had been announced in Liver pool two weeks ago. On account of the thunder storm of the last few days the wires South and West are cot woik ixg and we are without direct despatches from that quar ter. We see no reason to doubt the safety of Yicksbnrg. It will be seen that the old story of European recogni tion, intervention, and so forth, is revised. Little faith will be given to it so that it is unnecessary to warn nr people on the subject. The report receives a sort of plausibility froa its connecting the came of Lons Napoleok with the Bubject, as, undsr existirg circumstances he is probably th only European Sovereign who ceuld have the nerve or ! the foresight to take any decisive 6tep upon a question of to sac a aeiicacy ana importance. Wx learn that a rumor has prevailed that several vessels -avo neea captured oa xort Fisher by the blockaders ; and lately a rumor wm current .in Charleston that the Pet had besn captured off the same Fort. We learn that the Bteamer Pet was lying at Nassau on the 8th inst., hav ing been seiaed for debt. we are assured that there has been no steamsr or other vessel captured by the enemy oa For Fisher, during the present year. Thj Chattanooga Eebel of the 7th, reports that General Pxvsbbtox was wounded in the last attack upon Ticks- bnrg. We have seen no Gcafiricatloa cf thia report and be- " , . .. ....... 1 itrt it to fe$ very cMVUBl. Wt ton (feat it is act 19, I Thi London Timis of the 78th April is before us, having Ojme Tia Bermuda. It is not very late built is a late as any we have seen. It contains a long communication from it1- N ew York cor respondent dated pril 14th, healed "The Civil War in America," which may be a sufficiently correct expres i n when used by the Times or others who do not acknowledge our independence ; but no Confederate citizen can charac terize the present as a civil war without stultifying h'fl own poiition. A civil war is a war between portions of the same nation. Tin Confederacy Iinw that its connect! n with the North ban been d ssoived, aad that, consequently, it ia no longer a part of the same cation wi'h those who are making war upoa it. The erespodetit attacl cs great importance to the re pulse of the Federal iron-clads at Charleston, but falls into the same error committed by the North -rn papers and cor respondents in t iking it for granted ' that the guns that handled the Monitors so severely has been made in Eng liM. lie says : The details of the shrrt and sLarp; ard is every way re markable, shugie will be read in England with universal interest, proving as they do, in the meet conclusive manter, that the Federals cn construct no iror-clad ships which Englifh artillery ol the newest principle and construction cannot pierce through all their coatiig. however thick They provi alao, that the machinery of the revolving tur rets is easily disarranred, end that these veerels may be rendered useless f r cftetsive purpesps by shots that are EOt sufficiently Leavy or continuous to destroy tfcem. Now we tuppose some Etglieh guts have been received and were used at Cha-leston, but a l authentic reports agree that the most effective gncs used egaiostthe monitors were ten inch Columbians and rifled Brooke guns, both made in Bichmond. Th) Times also comments upon the affair editotially and seems to take it for granted that Whitworth guns were used on both sides. This erroneous imprestion arose out of the fact that the Brcoke projectile as well as the Whitworth bolt is Equare headed, and when the enemy were struck by the former, they rni&took it for the latter. Fob Borne purpose, whether as a feint to disguise some other movexcut, or with the intentio 1 of making an ac tual advance, the eaemy has been in the habit of exhibit ing unusual activity fcr a week or so past, and, indeed In the cavalry fight al Brandy Station on Tuesday bast, it is too evident that our cavalry as surprised, and that the results might have been of the most serkus character. As it was, we no doubt lost heavily. This fight took jUce be tween the Bapi Jan and Bappahannock, above their junc tion. It is also reported that some force of the enemy, how great is not ascertained, had crossed" the lower Bappahan neck and were apparently stronKtheninc their position. It looks as though Hooker was daterminad to risks the of fensive oace more. A not Iter temuer through (lie Blt.clndr. The following dispatch has been received at this office : Fobt Fj?h1i, June 12th, 1863. Messrs. lLlton & Price The bteamer Gladiator, cf Liverpool, last from Nassau, June 8th, with a valuable cargo, came, in safely this morn ing over New Islet Bar. Wb have by a recent arrival the London Index, of the 30th A pril and of the 7th May. We find little of interest that has not been anticipated. The Polish difficulties still con tinue, and men with uapronounceable names do deeds of fighting in the vicinity of unspellable places. We confess to some sympathy with the Poles, but not to much interest in this present effort of theirs which we feel confident can not succeed. Italy ia quiet but uneasy and nervous, and the rest cf mankind are about as usual. Bain. If ram was beneficial to th crops, then surely did they take a rousing benefit yesterday and part of last night. We have before seen rain come down as fast, but we hardly recollect eeeicg It fall faster. Daily Journal, lilh. A new Confederate flag floating from a steamship m poit makes quite a fine appearance. It could not be mistaken for the Northern flag nor for the flag of any other nation ! Its width is two-thirds its length. Its field is white, with the battle flag, (Red with a bine cress,) by way of Union or corner-piece. In the ctoss are the white stais, symboli cal of the fctatea of the Confederacy. Go-it. A billy goat wes recently sold at auction at Hal ifax C. H., Va., for the nice little turn cf $IC30! Bally for Billy '. We wemld sell cur intercut in all the gcalBin the Confeaeracy and out of it for half the money. Such destructive animals ccghtrot to be allowed to run at large. Snitlilcattt. We have before ks the "Mounrain Mercury," printed in Marion, McDowell county, N. C. What is strange abont the Mercery is, that it is a tiew paper, this being only the 21st number of the 1st volume. The Mercury gives some specimens of rich documents, for which it is indebted to Dr. BrcxKB, of the Medical Board, received on his rounds in that (the Mountain) Congrr ssionil District. They are given verbatim el literatim, cl punclualim, et fpellatim. One of them reads thus : MitchleCoNc ) Aprils the 23 1863 f I the nndcrf-icn doo Cirtify that A Buchanan after cear fally and caushiy Examined him and found hint not abe for military duty on account of fites and nirvis deraingment this given under my hand and seal VR. R. HART, M D Tba itfin cujht to get 02 certainly. He is entitled to it, being as how" he has "fi:es" atd "nirvis dsraingment" and no doubt'4 don't feel well himieif." The following wa3 given by an East certifying to the disability of one cf his one of the bcrder counties of this ytate. that the plural gia- d will be regarded aa fjidar dif covsry by the medical faculty : 'iennessee doctor patients living in We rather think a somewhat sin. Sept. 23rd, '62. Col. Bear tir Havicr impartially examined William Hugls I find him laboring under the following diseases, first, an enlargement of tLe plural gland, secondly, a pre diapoBitioe to pulmonary laflaction and lastly, indisposition from white swellieg, which diseases sll combined renders him unable to perform military duty and would be an ex pense to the government. Yonrs truly DAVID BELL md Good to be There for a Y bile. We find th9 following item in the last issue of the Greens boro' N. C, Patriot : lex Cbeam Mrs. Ponneli, this season, is serving up ice cream in a superb stylo, as of yore. Ibat sent us a few evening3 ego was splendid, for which we return thanks. For the Journal. What good ! our Pickets 011 (he Coast front Sneeris Ferry to Wilmington, Co In their pr sent position 1 How van they he iostetl so as to effect some Good I ItTe.rs. Editors : I have been ur?ed upon time acd again, by some of the first men in the county, to give my opinion on this subject through your paper to the commandant of this department, acd ask him to cast his eye this way, and see if every thiag is going on to suit htm. What are pickets for Mo protect property, prevent a purprisa, c. Does this picket doit? No! Why? Be cause they are not properly posted ; they have s atfona from five to ten miles distant from each other ; they do not ride their beats, Uiey simply remain at their stations, leav ity: this whole distance uuprotf eted; tW3 distanoe immedi ately on the water i impassaoie, 1 suppose tr.at is tne cause of the beats not beinc properly guarded. Therefore they can."ci protect our property, they cannot prevent a surprise by the enemy, as loDg as suoj a distance ia left unprotected. How can it all ba chanzed for the better ; Chance tec picket line from where it is, to the banks; then they can ride their beata on the ocean's edge and see as far as the eye can reach. Thfcie it ia they can protect our property, and trier e it is they cau give a true a tarn?, it the enemy Bhould attempt a Is ndine. If this had been done twelve monU) aco, hundred cf our negroes that have left ns and gone to the Yankees by way 01 the banks, would now be with us. Whit coed has cutting up the boats done : acknowledge it has doce seme, but very litUe. For fifteen miles cf the rererred-to coast, I can walk oa the banks withont gettirg wet over my knees. What hinders our ne groes from doing likewise? It was right to cut up the big sea.boats, bnt these little tag outs, such as the poor have to f ah and oyster, should not have been destroyed, for when they are robbed of them, they are deprived of their daily substance. I know of some, that unleu allowed boats they are destined to seffar. All this can be prevented by placing the guard on the banks; there, two men can ride a distance of ten miles, and see every thing that passe. Not only would the families feel perfectly safe, but it would be advantageous to the entire bouth, for it certainly wo aid prevent cur Decrees trom leaving. Will you, If tsars. Editors, give ns your opinion on the subject ! Hoping that the Journal will give it one thought. 1 maiB, yours respectfully, STUMP SOUKD. JuuelOtb, 186 J Nassau Niws.The steamers Antonio, rant. Thaver. and Raccoon, Capt. Harris, arrived here on Thursday from aassau. ma j&accoon was area at by the Yankee diock aders of! this harbor. They both have on board valuable assorted cargoes.. Left at Nassau steamer Margaret and Jessie, Calypso, Pet, Arabian, and others. The Margaret andJeissie on her outward paaeagw from this pert was chased by two Yankee gunboats and was fired at and pursued so hotly that she was compelled to ran Into tha Bahama Keys for safety. One of the Yankaer balls passea into or near ner nouer, but Capt. Wilson with an 1 .??5 ? p hts g?"?8 U ne got her into a safe plac. Ha afterward! run ioW K m immMji-Ghartoim Gwrtir. From ihe lTnltd Sttca. TANKKB NATAL PREPARATIONS. From a late issue of the Ntw Yoik Herald we clip the following interesting account of some of te naval preparations now going on at the North : A visit to the Govf rnn ut shipyards in this vicinity enables one to form s me idea of the -magnitude of onr naval-operations f te t emendoas iron frigates Puri tan and Decatur ; the buie ram Danderourg the iron clads Miantonomah atd Onondaga ; the wtodeo ves sels Metacomet, Mtnclota, Shamrock, Clenat go, Mack inew, Peoria, Nyatk. Mh mrae; aid, id Jersey, tre ircn clads Mau'jartan, Mahopac and Tecamsth, are ail in various staff' s'cf piogrees. The following brief ac count of their corlition embraces all that is nt cefsry to knajv : The Puritau atd Dictator are the two Ericssoc ocean iron clads, each being over 340 s'eet lonr, acd hav ing the largest t jlinders attached to their engines ever built lor a man ot-war, tba. rendering it probable that thv will he ihe fastest vessel 8 ot their kiud in the world Both are now in about the same state, thy rig of the 1 u!l3 being all up, and a portion of the im er ekiu of armor going ou. The croas inside beerns on the bot tom are being put in their place. Every bolt fasten ing the interior urmur to the frame of the hull is put in hot atd bamnrred home in the ejme manner. The J present appearance of the vessels is li'tle different from 1 that of the skeleton of an ordinary first rate in frama, exceDt the the beams are iron instead of wood.. 1 be i plates to be put on thtse vesela are preparirg 'epi ily, so that thfj may prooably be completed thi3 t'menext year. The Onondaga, Mr. George Quintard's vessel, is nerj ly Swished, and will be launched next week. She is al most exclusively iron, has her plate put oa ia solid thickneescs, I'Ue the Roanoke, but has no wood n back ing Ubd r them. The overhang, which seems to be an objectionable feature in the Monitor, is dispeuted with ia this vessel. She has turrets like tht Ericsson batter ies, at d will be armed on the same general plan. SLe is nearly 400 tons heavier than the latter, a?though a stranger might mistake btr for one of tht 111 as she now lock? on the stocks. ( Ti e iron clan's Tecomseb, Manhattan and Mahopac, building in Jersty, ail belong to the fkst batch of light draft Vt8seld ordered, after the complet on of ti e nine Monitors. They are all well advanced, have armor cov ering tbeui, end will be complettd by July. Each has one turre', pureed for two guns, which may bj o' 11 cr 15-inch bire, ih the Department d-c des. The -Jtssrs. Secor are building them, Mr. (Jeorge Birkbck superin tending their construction. The Comacchie is also building here, bat any raeution cf her in detail is pro hibited, for gcod leasons. Capt. Ferine and the Stco's are preparing to build still smaller vessels. The K'Cit ram Duuierberg', building- by Mr. Webb, has iiow hf-r first wooden story on, and her ram shurx-d. She will be bnilt altogether ol wood, the mail or armor going on over it. She will have turrets. The ram is prolonged over 30 feet from the hull proper, sod rising upward from the ke-l al-ut balf the distancj from the water line, is there round ri, printing a blunt end, it! snaper.Ke inepronie 01 an axe eage. ine dow, ror a period of 50 feet from its extreme end, will be a solid mass ol wood. The frames or the bull are no lees than 12 'nihee thick. She is nearly 380 leet locg, 68 leet wide, 32 leet deep, and will be of 3hcwier burden than any other iron clad. She cannot be completed for at least two years to come. The Miautanomah wiil be the arst regular navy bunt iron clad. She is now nearly finished, aiid embraces no new features resembling the Ericrson batteries in- all chief features. She is about 200 leet long, and over 1,000 tons burthen. It is said that she will be fljaigd out of the ship house on the 1st of May. All the wooden vessels named are afloat, except the Maumee, Nyack and Peoria the two latter having been commenced last week. The Chenago, and others, are awaiting at the different machine shops for their en gines, and others have arrived here from other cities for a like purpose. Mr. Stack, Mr. Wistervelt, and some other shipbuilders, have just commenced small steamers or the revenue, which will be finished in a few mouths. Tlu State of Ihe South. The New York World, a few days ago, published a letter from its correspondent, "Uolburn," who wus cap tured on the Mississippi by the Confederates, civile the result of bis observations in passing through the cuuutry from Vitkaburg to Uicbmocd. The IVorld makes that letter the text of a long editorial, which concludes as follows : The mili'ary strength ol the South in Mr. Colburn's judgment fas certainly not been impaired by the dura tion of the war. He saw evidence enough to convince him that great masses of military stores bad been ac cumulated in various parts ot the C'onfaderacy, and that the whole population had flowered iuto a nation of aoldieis. His cqmntents upon the strictness with which the mili'a'y epirit rules the land alike lor evil aud for gocd, upo tie ifJBjial probity which it exists, aud the individual teckleness of peace which it educates, ere strikictgly significant. What was plain enough before becomes plainer still Irorn lis narrative ; that, beaten u'poa the anvil cf war, the armies of the South are gaiui.s; t'.readily in temper and in spring. While suc'a ormits exist, can be he'd together and wielded with skill along the vast frontier of war, it is clear as tue sun at iiOnlay tbut no blows struck lor mere geogra phical or sTaitgieul p. iuts of vantage can bring us de cisively near the goal of our efforts. i less is the strong delusion ot starvation as a war measure dissipated by Mr. (Jolbarn's observations. Lie found the land everywhere teeming with Cereals, and the necessaries of life assured. Financial embarrass ments, inadequate manufacturing facilities, the strin gency f the blockade may conspire to make existence uacom ortable in the South, but they cannot make it impossible, and where lifts is there wiii hop3 and pati ence, even in the worst of causes, be. Inspired by pas sion, enured to arms, and able at least to live, and move, and fiht, the millions of the rebellious South, it is 01.ee more set before m, must be dealt with if we are to win thtm back to the Union as a foreign people of equal power and spirit should be. The war against them must be wugid with the highest skill, the sternest energy we can cuiauiauu ; 1 ui it must oe wagtu ais - 1 1 . 1 -i uodt r the eaule eye of a statesmanship which can pre pare conciliation in tbe m;dstc f col quest, make vie tory the harbinger of justice, and anticipate the golden moment vouchsafed by Heaven to every people con tend'ng for the right, when the night of force and the dawn of reason hist mingle in tbe orient sky The Iloppy Family. The Northern papers report great discontent and wrangling over the military appointments made by Lin coln. Advices from Missouri show a great ferm?nt among the radicals there. The Washington corres pondent of the New York Herald writes : Tbe appointment of Gen. Schofisld to the Depart ment of 'Missouri has, it appears, given great dissatis faction to the radicals. I hey lately sent a telegram to the President asking that tbe appointment of a new commander, for the department might be delayed until they could be beard from. Mr. Lincoln replied that he was tired and disgusted with the dissensions and politi cal quarrels in Missouri, and that be should take the matter into his own bands and appoint whom he saw fit. Some of the Republicans are of opinion that Scho 6eld will carry on tbe vigordus policy instituted by Curtis, but there are few who think so. Some of Frank Blair'a friends tried to secure his appointment, but it was no go. Ihere arc many in the department who would like to we him at the bead of affairs. There wonld have been a terrible squirming among the poli ticians if he had been appointed. The radicals are going to try and get Schofield re moved, and General Butler or Pope put in bis place. Herrcn and Blunt both swear they will either be trans ferred to Borne other department or resign. They re fuse to serve under Schofield. Jim Lane is also em barked in this matter, and is going to make a great ef fort to have Schofield removed, and Curtis, if possible, reinstated. Failing in this, as he probably will, he will try to have Kacsas made into a separate depart ment. The whole radical element in Missouri ia eaid to be down on Halleck. The Dutch are excessively bitter again 8 1 him. A strong demand will soon be made for his removal, in which the whole West will join. Hal leck bad never had much' popularity there, and he lost that long ago. He is now said to be the most unpopu lar man with the West that tbe countryctm produce. There is some talk of calling a great public meeting in St. Louis for the purpose cf memorializing the Presi dent for bis removal. There is some trouble over the probable destination of General Burnside. I bear that be will shortly ar rive in this city to try and settle the matter. It seems that Secretary Stanton and Governor Johnson are anxious that Burnside shall go to one point, while the President and Generals Halleck and Bosecrans think that he should go to another point. Much valuable time is being wasted over this useless difficulty. Grant is said to be complaining bitterly of Pember- ton for shooting railroad spikes at him out of his can non. weu, tney are ratner uncouta tnings to send ny ing through the columns of the .Yankees. They hurt ir ce&eYCT tfcej kit. 1 From the North Carolina Presbyterian. Tht Death of JTarltMMi. 1 '?''.' xcoLA. ?: " ; . A shoot of triumph loud and clear, From Bern to camp exultait ran. Was echoed back from Mare's heights, And 'long the banks of Bapidan. Shrill clarion's blast and bogle's notes And trumpet's peal at set ot gun, Tell by the Bappthannock's waves if yet another victory won ! Ah ! eo enltant was that shout It seemed as though it could not die ; Bat wir ding o'er tbe mountain heights, Soared onward upward to the sky. Tut hark ! what means this sudden ca!m ? This piillnees 0.1 the quivering air ? As if some mighty power had caught That 1 ising shoot and held it there. ek r ot the soldier n the field, Cr sentinel upon hii beV, Ask not the chieftain of the host, Their lips could not the ta'e repeat. With throbbing heart and down cast eye lach would in sileBce turn away; To weep the price for victory paid, The cost of this triumphant day. But read it ia a ration's tears, And on its drorplng tannerB ppread, Jackson ihe jroon, the pure, the brave, The Hero cf th? South is dead ! ! That mighty intellect is stilled. That powerful arm all nerveless lies, That noble heait no longer thril!a. Or glows with generous sj mpathies ! Ah ine ! it is as tjfo some star j in heaven which burned with gloiious light When every eye was on it turned, That inBtant dropped in shades of night. Love, each as once Napoleon shared, Did Jackson's followers to hirn -yield. Ten thousand bosoms wculd have bared. That noble heart from death to shield ! Few are the rhieftains who have climbed Tbe rugged, dizxy heights of fame, But what ambition, pride or power Hava li ft some spot upon their name. Put here is one, our Jackson brave I With HaveUnk's be his nime intwined And in each christian pai.i t's heart, in death, era luster be enshrined. No f tain U on their garments lift, No wi Lering bi ght upon tbe'r name, No act of tyranny or wrong To dim the brightness of their fame ! Come, crown yonr Hero's tomb with bay ; Come, garland's twine of Uurel leaves ; Hi broTJO no longer may ye d ck, He wears a nobler crown than these ! Eis sen went down ere even tide, Upon a field of death and strife, To rise upon the Land of Peace, And shine upon the stream cf Life. Then let his name a watchword be Hia life a model for the brave, And while a Southern heart beats warm, He requiems song around h a grave ! Europe and our StiuKS1'' '1 be London limes' publishes a letter dated Rich mond, March 23d, in which the following paiagrapb occurs : " There if a seriousness and earnestnis, as we trem ble upon the brink of what promises to be the bloodiest campaigu of the bloodiest war of modern history, which is generally noticeable, and which I have never belore ohstrvi il. Let no one suppose that they betoken want of confidence. The subjugation of the South was never a probability ; it has been manifested by twenty-three months of bitierest strife to oe the wildtstof chimeras Bat it i ft It when, in sHte of the hecatombs of dead who have fall; n, there is a cry lor rivers of fresh blood -Alien throughout the length and breadth of the land there is Fcueeiy a house where there is not one dead wfu-u valuable lives which uever can be replaced have fa'len id every hamlet, city and State when not only men like Major Pelham, but ako mature men, learfled and studious, Buch as I rofe&sor Coleman (the Dr. Ar no'd, as he W: 3 reputed, of this continent,) have yielded their livea by hundreds it is felt that this is no mo ment for thoughtlessness and levity. Another thought is continually finding expression it is that the two sections do not fight on level grcund. The North is flooding F cr armies with recruits who are three-fourths of them foreigners, many of them taken from the emi grant ships at Custle Garden ; the South Ij sending into the field the very life blood of her body politic. It may be th ;t tbe civiiiz d powers of Europe, standing as they dj upon a higher level than it is possible that I cat occupy, my see no hope of pucceeeful moral inter ference". But if they could only witness the misery which is Irom every acre of this once favortd continent crying aloud to lleavtn, it cou'd scarcely be but that they would rik some chance of failure rather than per mit nnm-jmry to be out) aged by a continuance of such excess of auguish a3 has vsited no nation since the sword first teaped from its scabbard and tbe human heart wbs first sown with the bitter seed cf vindictive ne?s and hate." Couf derate prrutloi In England '1 tie Liverpool ccrrespmdent of the New York Vo4, writing on tbe 13 h, announces the completion of the Virginia, a new ship for the " rebels," and howls loudly over the conduct ol the British Government. He says Wm. (J. Miller, the Chief Surveyor of British shipping, des not leaitate to avow his sympathies with the Confederates. We make an extract Irom the letter : On tbe corner of the elegant open square formed by the Town Hall and the Exchange building is a long and elegant edifice ol Caen stone, erected a few years ago ; ard in the upper story are the rooms of the Southern Club. A door covered aixh green baize, and bearing on ground glass the name ot the association, givts in gress, but only to the favored mtmberg or those recom mended bv thtm. To all other an inflexible Cerborns. j wno eit3 at the desk just inside the door, refuses admis. . - . . . . . sion on any terms, i hi9 door opens into the reading room, a comfortable apartment furnished with leather- covered sofas, easy chans, with tables and newspaper hie, aud ornamented with a portrait of Jefl. Davis and two little Confederate flag3. Other rooms are used for cocking and dining, and present little worthy 0 notice. An effort is making in Manchester to establish Southern Club, and W. E. Stutter, the " Honorable Secretary," informs gentlemen desirous of enrolling ihensalves as memb.is, " that they caa obtain their cards on application at this office, 71 Market street, Irom nme to six daily." i his Stutter is a man of little influence, aud Manchester i3 not nearly as good toll for secession and pro-slavery weeds as Liverpool. The deteution by the British Government of the al Ieged Confederate privateer Alexandra (whose name is a very unwe come campumeni 10 tna jrrincess of Wales) has drawn considerable attention to that vessel as she lies at Toxeth Dock, the last westward of the many docks which fringe the Mersey at this place. As yet the Alexandra does not look 'very formidable. SJie is not mrge, out is intended lor speed ; and though to all appearance wooden, is cased within with iron. The masts are ruised acd the deck is laid. Bat the work has been stopped, and, instead i f noisy shipwrights, only a 6edate custom house cihcer sits on board and prevents me curious irom intruding : yet many come to the dock to see the Alexandra lyiDg gracefully in the water. The workmen lately employed on the vessel are nat urally indignant at the Government injunction, which, by interfering with the progress of the ship, has thrown two hundred men out of work. They declare that the bouth only needs two or three such strong, swift little steamers, to destroy the whole Federal navy. Yet these same men would ba entirely on the other side if employ ed on a Federal vessel. The fact Is, the Liverpool ship builders and workmen will very much like people all over the world be on tbe side of him who pays them besr At Laird's oelebrated dock at Birkenhead, two Con federate iron-clads are approaching completion, and can be readily seen from the ferry boats which cross the Mersey to Tranmere. They are building under the su perintendence of Capt. Bullock. 1 he famous pirate Sumter now the Gibraltar has been 4ying for some time past -at Birkenhead, undergo ing repairs. I be Alexandra, by tbe way, was detained through tbe instance of Consul Dudley, who furnished Mr. Adams with necessary evidence to make out a strong case to the British Government. The arrival cf Mr. Evarts is noticed favorably in all the papers, and under the well known principle that two beads are better than one. it is expected that he aud Mr. Adams will be quite able to avoid further complications with the British Government. The war feeling, quite rampant here a week ego, has blown over and a good Federal victory would still farther tarn tbe tide in our favor elsewhere in England, if not in Liver pool m 11 . 1 . . . .... . . Ao-aaj ue merccaau ei jUTCrpooJ, with Dirt itwtX'I ceptioas, are hearty sympathizers with Jeff. Davis and bis navy of pirates. In bo other place, in England is this feeling so openly expressed. Trenholm, Fraser. & Co., No. 10 Welford Place, are notoriously a rebel firm. Yet they know how to mak a good thing -out of their Confederate friends, for when the Confederate loan was at a premium, a few weeks ago, they prudent ly sold out their bbeda, making as nice a speculation as ever gladdened the heart of a Wall-street broker. James Spence is also a Confederate agent. Thomas Bold is a shipper ot Liverpool, whose name loyal Americans should learn. He it was who built the Virginia as a Confederate pirate, Lieut. Maury furnishing the funds. Chppell Jones & Co , of 28 Chapf ell street, recruited the crew from the Seamen's Hom?, telling them they were wanted for a trading ves sel bound for Singapore. Peter Denny, cf Dumbarton, had a good deal to do with this pirate, which carries nine new guns. When cflf the north coast of France the Virginia, or Japan (for that is tbe name under which she cleared for Singapore), received ammunition and arms brought her by the British steamer Atar, and her crew were informed of her piratical object, and the Confederate flag unfurled. Twenty-seven of the men refused to sign the article s, and were taken back to Eogland by tbe Atar, while these who consented to serve rec.ived 10 bounty and 1 a month extra wa ges, i be articles were for three years or daring the war with the United Staks. The crew were provided with a sort of blue uniform. By the General Assembly of the Presbyteriau Ctuich. Ttlbwt to Gen. Jaclcaon. itINUTB OX THE DEATH CK GEN. JACKSON. ' The dispatches announcing tbe severe illness of this beloved Eervant of God, and invoking the prayers of this assembly oc his behalf, had scarcely aroused our alarm, before the sad intelligence ol his death fell with its crushing weight npou our hearts and turned these prayers for him into weeping supplications for ourselves and for oar bereaved couutry. Seldom in history has one been able, in so short a time, to write his nams bo deeply upon tbe hearts of his countrymen, and to wia the admiration of the world at large. Uniting the most beautilul simplicity with tbe most intecss earnestness of character, with a religious consecration to duty as the r gulative principle of his life, be was a true man in all the relations in which he moved. The additional endowment of a military genius, quick to perceive and quick to improve the tdvantage and opportunity, made him whit he was, the true soldier and the consummate General. It were idle to compress within this record his brilliant military career, which forms so lar.ge a part t,fthis vciiog nations history. The rapidity ot his movements imparting to him a teeming ubiquity ; the promptness and daring and unuorin success 01 ms a cbievementa rendered bis name a terror to hia foes and a tower of strength to ourselves. It is not invidious to say that whilst other generals of the array, superior to him in rank, command (q ially with himself, the con fidence of our people, he was the most cf them all, en shrined in their affections. It will be the office of his tory to assign the position he will occupy upon our im partial page ; and we doubt not that the verdict of pos terity will confirm the judgment of his contemporaries in pronouncing that tbe lite of the hero has been crown ed with the death of a martyr. But Gen. Jackson has stronger claims upon the affec tionate and tearful remembrance of this General Assem bly than those founded upon his merits as a Patriot and a Warrior. He was a warm and zealous Christian, a man that feared God and walked carefully before Him; who being found blamelees, used the office of a deacon in tb.3 house of God, filled up the portrait drawn by the 'apostle's hand, " grave, not double-tongued, and holding fast the mystery ot the faith, in a pare conscience. His religion was woven into the whole textareof his charac ter and life, the constructive element which made him the man he was. It has been tersely and truthfully, and, therefore, beautifully ea d of him that m the army he was tbe expression of bis country's confidence in God and in itself. Even these who withhold from God the homage of their own obedience and love, took refuge in the thought that their great military leader drew hit strength from the God of Heaven, and, like the Hebrew Moses, daily communed With Him upoa the mount. And the Church of Christ turned their eyes to him with a loving joy as the embodied and concrete representation, the living exponent Of those precious truths which it is her mission to testify to a dying world. In the army his religious influence diffuesed itself like the atmos phere around him ; and by that strange magnetic power over other minds which is given to all who are born to command, none were drawn into hia presence who did not bow before the supremacy of that piety which was so silently, yet conspicuously illustrated in the carriage of this Christian General. This evidence is cumula tive before this Assembly of his zeal to overtake the religious wrnts of hia soldiery, and of the yearnings of his soul that this venerable court should, during its present sessions, concert large plat s for the evangeliza tion of the army and of the country at large. There fore it is, tbis, Assembly, at tbe moment of its dissolu tion, as its last solemn act, would place upon its re cords this memorial to his praise, and below it with their parting tears. We shall not attempt the kiterpretation of the mjs terious Providence which has taken away from tbe country at such a juncture eo strong an arm. It is enough that He hasdoae it who do3th all things well. We will "be still and know that He is God." But in tbe depth of our s-iduess, we now speak a word cf cheer to our bereaved countrymen, that in the d sappointment of many of our moat reasonable ca leu 'at ions, not less thau in unexpectedly b!e sing U3, wiien all seemed dark and forbidding, God seems to us only the more to have charged Himself with the care and protection of tbis straggling republic, and in this new chasten- ing, we recogQiZJ tne tcsen or 111m wnosc ways 13 to humble these whom it is liis purpose to cxilt and to bless. With the immediate family and kindred of our de parted brother, we desire to mingle our grief aa they . 1 A 1 1- , . 1 A 1 pay ine uiouie or tneir soriuw over ms grave, anu ine Assembly conveys through tbis minute its tenderest sympathy to the S3 whose hearts are bleeding under what is to tnem a more ciose and personal tereavement, praying ti e God of all consolation to grant unto them j-y tor mourning, b:auty for ashes, and the garments ot praise ior the spirit ot heaviness. R. M. Palmer, Chm'n. This paper was adopted by tbe Assembly, silently rising in their seats. Kuli'llt. A Frenchman recently committed suicide by stab bing himself, at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York. He left a will with curious directions : I hereby bequeath my body to my talented, and some day or other illustrious, Dr. F. Dunkia Weisss, of No. 30 West Fifteenth street, New Yoik, requesting him to set up my skeleton nicely, and to place it somewhere in his office. The best means I could suggest to effect it properly are the following. To take the flesh ofl tbe bones with a knife as much as possible ; to cut a small piece of the skull with a trepan, and pull the brain out ; to pierce boles" in the shaft of every loftg bone with a gimlet, bo as to let the marrow out, which will greatly improve tbe whiteness ; to let it macerate in water a long while, till all soft and cartilaginous parts come off easily, and let it per fectly dry ; then Jo soak it in a solution Of magnesia, (or a tait de ckause.) and when dry to rub it well apd paint it over with sillicate of potash, and ultimately to set it up with wire. I will consider the fulfillment of the above request as a special favor. It will be so nice to see one's old dwelling place kept so clean and in good order, instead ot rotting away in some dirty place. How bandy, too, when we are all summoned to the Valley of Jehosaphat, to find one's bones all ready to gether, instead of having to struggle among a crowd and pick them up one by one in some enamel house. Should my learned friend fail to comply, with my're- quest, I will certainly come back and pull his bair cut by tbe roots, provided that they gi7e me a furlough. And now with my love to E , good-bye. On pluwtawrtvoir. EDMOND BARON. May, 1863 Operations of th Blockade Runners. The Glasgow Journal gives a list of thirtyreielit steamers built on the Clyde since tbe close of 1861, and used to run the blockade. Of these thirty-eight, ten are yet lying in the river ; sixteen have been captured or destroyed by our cruisers, and twelve are still run ning, or else in rebel hands, as the Fingal, which is now an iron-clad, in the Savannah River.. The Glasgow Herald of May 2, announces that ' another batch of swift river steamem has been pur chased during the past week on account of tbe Confede rate Government. We believe the steamer Mail, ply ing on the Kilmun station, will shortly be withdrawn, having been sold for seven thousand pounds. Tte fa vorite steamer Jnpitcr, 68 long known on the Largs, Millport and Arran route, has also been purchased for something like ir thousand pounds. We haV been inform&d that the steamer Eagle, which was building for our coast traffic, baa likewise beea sold to the Con- federate Government for eight thousand pounds. . The Lartra steamer Vesta ia reported to have been purchas ed by persons ia Glasgow for cur river traffic. Other vessels are now building in several of our shipyards tt a m m a i if BKi ISO growmg Wisig or ifig OQW'Z BY TELEGRAPH. FOR TUBS JOURNAL. LATER UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN NEWS "'"""""p ' A-i ane 12th, 18(53 Northern dates of the lOthtinst. have been here. received Banks admits a lots at Port Hudson from tLo 23d to th 3Cth ult, of 1.C00 men, amongst whom were many valuabi offisera. ... . 6 The siege at Vicksburg is prrgressiig admirably. paalD was beginning to tell upon the foe, and the surrender or ' the filace wss considered certain and that speedily. Tie news 01 we iaii 01 ruenia and the entire Mes army, has been coLhrmed. There is to shadow of a hope that the city of Mexiop will long escape tbe fate r.f Futbla. The steaiter Afiica had arrived with Furopean dates to the? 31, t May. It is expected that France will Beon rtcoe. nire the Bcuth, ard that other European powers will not b slow to follow. Mr. Roebuck will soon move in the Hodm of Commens, that Englard open negotiators with othe governments to the same end. The Daiiy Pest of Liverpool announced the fall cf Vickg. burg, and called on Lord Palmerston now to offer terms of peace acceptable to both parties. Mr. fcascn has arrived in Paris to co-operate with Mr Elidell. The Times opposed Kr. Doebuck's scheme. Cotton closed f to 11. advance on tie week's sales. Fair Uplands 24j ; L'iddlin? Uplands 22J. Consols closed at S3 to 92 for money. Ia New York, on thi 'J!h, Gold closed at I42j. From Jackson. Correiponderce of tie Mobile Tribune. Jacxson, June 2, 1&G3. I have been here in this God foreaken city for sever al days, and have taken my time in looking round at things in general. Jackson is not the same city it was four months since. Then the streets were crowded to overflow with that scum of the earth, speculators. Everything was speculation, and all were worshipping their Go.'d Mam mon. What do you see now ? I assure you during the three days of my stay there I have not seen a soPiian, speculator. The Yankees made a clean sweep ot them. o ucasun nas very lew Ejmpau.iz?rs here or in the army. They have been taught a lesson God has pun ished them and if the Yankees would go to Mobile and clean off the scum as they did here, and then leave, s mie are almost willing they should do so. Mobile needs just such a cleaning out. By the time this reaches ycu, you will probably bo advised ol a fight between. General Johnston and a portion of Grant's army. The result is n jt doubted htre. We all know that General Jobn3ton will whip him. What a pity that Gen. Johnston did rotarne here sooner. We have here, as you have in Mobile, a thousand re ports a day, and it is very hard t times to pet at tLe truth ; but as almost daily oar scouts and couriers bring news direct, we can generally, during the day, sift out what is reliable. The cars from Meridian are now only running to within four miies of this city, and are crowded daily. The Jackson authorities allow the hacks and drays to charge from $0 to $10 and $15, accordiog to the weath er, for each passenger, and $5 apiece for truuks. There has baen no attempt that 1 can see to repair the dama ges the Yankees committed on the road. The fact i.-, from my experience the Southern Road is ono of the roads jou read of. It is the worst managed roaj throughout I ever heard of. I venture to sy that if that good natured, energetic aad indefatigaable engin eer Col. Fleming, had hold of it, the cars would he to day running to Jackson ; acd not only that, the faci! ij of transporting troops or any thing else would be doub led, eren with its present capacity. A man to travel on the Souttern Road in tbe day time, as I did, and look along the line and see the remains of smash uh, &c, thinks of cqffins, pine boxes without paiut, or a drowned rat, with some other old rat trying to recog nise him. From Vicksburg you need not 'expect to hear any thing more than that they are fighting daily. 1 think' the Yankees will simply continue their bombardment, firing siowly, whilst Grant will make a show of fighting, ail the time, however, entrenching himself. But buiuc fiae morning he may wake up from tbe ppirit of l.w dreams and find that be will have to right abo'it and face the music. But I do not like to speculate, for every day there are changes, and no one can tell what a day may bring forth. That a big fight is imminent we all know. Fixed aa Grunt is, he cannot.help but fight, and fixed a3 wc are we, cannot help but make him fight, atd that not at Vicksburg, and nil this must he done soon. MrsEitr Loves Company. It is some consolation to know that the Register is not the only paper in the Confederate States that gets "jsasie" occasionally from its disappointed subscribers. The Richmond Examin er tbas traly states its case : "We are receiving con stant complaints from the army of the failure of the' mails. A soldier in the old Stonewall brigade savs the ha3 not received a mail for such a length of time that they have been forced to the conviction that the postmasters are under the delusion that they were all killed in the battle of Chancellorsville. Similar complaints are made by our troops in Western Virgin ia. Uar paper is regularly mailed to our subscriber?, but what becomes of it after that event, Heaven at.d the p03tmaster3 only know." We copy the above from the Knoxville Register, and add that we are ia the same catej?pry. The War In BXlaauurt. N. Y. Herald's " St. Lonia corresponded, The savs : I he need of a vigorous policy ia Misroun was never more apparent thau now. Gusrillas are roaming every where, acd in the Western counties have already uv complished considerable mischief. Plattsburg, it; Clin ton county, was captured by rebels a few nights ago, and the county treasury robbed of $11,000 belonging to the State for the commutation tax for exemption from militia servic-3. The guerrillas have madj the navigation of the Mis3curi river, between Boonviile and Kansas City, quite perilous, and travelling by land single handed is almost certain to result in highway robbery or murder. Recently the guerillas have taken to robbing the Santa Festages and the New Mexican tfain3 leuvinrj Kansas Uity. un tne L'LHh instant, ttre trains of I bos. Bogg3- and Don Vidal Trujillo were robbed about twelve miles from Kansas City by a bind of bush whackers and a Mexican teamster killed. All the trunks were rifle 1 and the arm3 taken. The lo'obers boasted cf their success in capturing other trains. Cpt. Swift. The Ne w Orleans Era reports a speech of a Capt. Swift, made at some sort of a glori fication meeting in that city. The Captain is quite too s wilt altogether ahead of the times. The follow ing i3 an extract ; Jast after the rttarn of the troops from Port Hudson, it was esked by the secessionists, what did Gen. Banks cumo back from Port Hudson for ? I think they have found out by tii3 tiaae that Geu. Banks came back from fort Hudson to march up th Bayou lecho to whip Gn. bibley, aui wipe out every vestige of the Confederacv west of the Mis sissippi. And if you v. ill tell the army of Banks wLero mere is a lonieaeraie position or confederate earth worK, where there ia a Cocfederate gun or gunboat, where tbere ia a Confederate soldier or auy aim ot the service, or a Confederate anything, except aConiederate prejudice, this of the lordly river, he will be after It aad have it, if It don't seek shelter under British protection and that wou't save it long 1 The nine thousand one hundred and four men that Banks lost in hia Teche expedition are qaite ignored, and as for the rtet, hu abandonment v( bis conquests and the " massacre " he has suffered at l'ort Hudson are a sufficient comment. Late advices from Lincolndom confirm the sinking of the gunboat Cincinnati by the batteries at Fort Hudson. The Cincinnati was an iron-clad vessel, 512 tor i burthen, third rate, armed with thirteen guns. Her ex treme length was 175 feet, breadth of beam 51 feet, depth cf hold 6 leet. Her armament consisted "l thir teen guns, ol heavy metal. To aQord greater security to her engines, &c, those portions surrounding them were iron-plated, each plate beim; 2M inches thick. She cost $90,000. A graod complimentary dinner was eiven to Cf.pt. Wiu. WilsoD, of the steamer fclsraaret and Jessie, at Nin". ' the 5th instant, Captain Wilson, who has done gocd service, retires, we are informed, from the command, and Captain ttoben hiocKwoca wm tafce charge. S. U. TreoDB. seed 33 vears, 3 months and 16 daj s. ti Maznolia. on the 11th instant, BUB, dAngUet of i" J. and Hebba A. Marry, sired 1 y&r, 7 month) ao a At Banner Hospital, Bichmond, Va., on tbe lab May, 1863,'of woand received while engaged in Ihe late bau.e f 'hnAllr.rail . rtrivte B. J. ItOCHELLb, CO. h,
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