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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COFKOKUATK STATES OP' AMERICA. WILMINGTON. N. C SATURDAY. AUG. 1, 1863. Wk have received several letters from members of our regiments participating ia the defence of Charleston, all of which we could not well publish, for the reason that Jn nearly all the aamo facU were stated. A very few gave all the essential facta of the fizht at Fort Wagner assigned to all their duo credit, and pointed out.the ir justice of which oar people believed they bad cause to complain; and in this fcf.iipf. pa ex Dressed, we fully concurred. Just as those compl ants undoubtedly were, we have cot thought it advi sable, by reprcducicg then in the lettara of many subsequent co rreppondetts, to keep up or intensify the unpleasant feel lops tc which the circumstances cpon which they were founded were well calculated to give rise. At a time like this we cannot a3ord to indalse each feelings, however just and natural. We mast bsar and forbear many things. It wero well perhaps that our brethren of a gal lant eister State were less engrossed In them selves ac J more apt to concede and give due credit to their neighbors cf tliis State. But our brave men m South Caro lina let 1 that ia ceTeuding Charleston or any other pointf they an nut dcfcnditg that pomt alone. They are nghtieg for tho Confederacy, for the South, for independence, for freedom from tha dictation of their abolition foes and to prevent plunder of their homes and their coun try. We are all in one boat, and each one must bear a hard and pull an oar. Local favouritisms axe wrcrg; they are, in reality, in times like these, foolish, but unfortunately they are natural, and &8 such must be borne with. We remember that when our Forts here were first occupied, they wers garrisoned by volunteer companies trom Wilmington anl by similar companies from other bcc tioca cf the rotate. After a while the Wilmington compa nies were withdrawn, or sent to'other locations, and we ourselves published wo certainly received more than one communication complaining of tho fact, that after such withira wul or removal, tho little attentions which the gar rison received from Wilmington wero less frequent, and especially h;it the visits of he ladies, whose bright eyes cheered tha soldier on Lis lonely rounds, became unfroquent. Now these complaints were not without foundation, but still they wrro not Tiora than half right nay, they were not La!f right. Muny of these attentions were given to husbirids, brothers or sons, and many of these visits were paid to such, or to ih jao who miaht expect, cr be expect e i, tc occupy the firt named relation. They were ia faot little private and personal matters, which a little reflection would enable any one to understand. We recur to this es illustrating in some measure tho existing state, of thiag9 in Charleston. There are Lille atteutlcjna which relatives in Charleston can aud do -a to tha troop3 raised there, which they wi:i hs'dly pay t'j thase from a distance to corps in wLich tiiey havo not a brother, a husband, a cousin, or a sweet Le;.rt. This, after all is what we might expect. But ia all public matter?, and indeed in all private mat ters, eo ar as possible, mq havo a right to expect that all deft-ndc-rs of l uea.if.ed point of a common country shal 1 receive even h tiided jnstico. That aj far as possible tha North Carolinian who Lares his Lreist for the defence oi Charleston, saull tc mado to feel that ho ia in a friendly, and net m an unfriendly, country. That his State shall not be iosjltcd in Lid person by a sneering rejection of its cur rency; that iLie deei3 cf his comrades and cf himself, if worthy, shall receive honorable mention; that no one or two pot corps eball receize all but the fag ends of tha credit to which all aru equally entitled, and that ia cases of wounds or fcickne.is, he bhali receive all the attention that the pub lic authority, civil or military, are able to give to others without iuvidu distinction. We speak cow of Charles-, ton as a place-. r.r.-i of Krth Carolinians as an example, se lecting both merely as an illustration. Wa doubt if the proper measure h-..s been meted out to our people eithar of praise turrieJ, or cf care and attention ju3tiy dae, and not a.-,keI f .,r a matter cf tavcr or private friendship, Bat at thj sam t:u.e, wc do not care for iterating and reitera ting facta and charges which are already familiar to our reader, sire tuck reitevation can do no good and m3y do much ham. We are iacu:ed to ma'.?; thei bavins before as a letter etati remarks cow because of g ana complaining of the fact th.t n actions have been cast upon the conduct cf the :;l-t regiment, tfhishhad 350 men ia Fort Wagner on the occasion cf the attempt made by tho enemy to storm that work. We had Lear 1 this before. We had even heard tha tfeueraS TaUiaierro had not been very chary in expressions 1 r opinion even ia public places. But ifso, so much for iienenw laMa'erro auu others, m view of the fact that the Jlst C. T. lost, in proportion to the number engaged, more rrn 'tut acy other corps on our side. Our FoUi.-rs V?ve b-fr their mrks, and, too often their bor.es. or. tco it;;n fiolda to be querulous about small mat ters. They are lo a magnanimous to try to deprive ether people- cr Ftatca of their just duos. The South Carolinians aad Georgians did their v.'aole duty. The North Carolini ans did no more nqr no let s. An . i m.y EEi;c!iiU'. Tha Faeilecil'.e Obscr?tr and the Sal.Mgh Vaiiui'.rd aro awfully exercised over an article whseh happens i io copied into the Wilmington Journal from the fialeirh lit-, .( r, so credited and so known ; and indeed, such bein tho case wo had almost forgotten it un til e fcuad c4 :rs.?kes called t accocnt, not for what we had witte-j, bat fi;r what somebody sLc had written. Par don, eiitlcinei' ! TL; e be lather hard terms ! We tell y'cu then caiidid'y, that when the Obs truer wvites an article we don't call tht Re'ei-'j S' , :iar d io account for it; That further, if there is to be any contradiction or disavowal de manded, that disavowal ought to bo demanded of the au thor ot the ftaem?r,t to be disavowed. These 6eem to b9 common fcnso notions. Finally, gentlemen, vi e really c!o n )t care who wrote the article referred to by the Register, lac OVi rvr ta js it knuws Mr. Gbaham did not. Very Will then, Mr.. GEAiiAii did not. The Standard says Mr. Mooee tiid not write it, and the Standard ought to know. Hj Mr. litoGjtE did not write it. Somebody -wrote it and pabliihed it, we bupp-ose, or did it write and publish itself? A grave question, which we will not discuss as it would not pay. There has been more tan enough fuss made about nothing, already. W are done. Got nothing more to say. Good evenicg. Does the correspondence between Mr. Pacl, the French Cocbul nt Richmond, and the Confederate Becretary of Btate mcaa anythirg, or does it mean nothing ? It may be taken either way, but a full study of the text of M. Paul's letter, and especially of the dispatch received by him from Deoi vx l' rk-YB, the French Minister of Foreign Af fairs. Frcra the terms used in that dispatch may probably be deduced the cirit in which it was framed, and the con struction which it ia intended to bear. "With all the light-3 now betore ue, we must think that it looks like an ad vance id iuji poucy upon wnu:n ai-olkon entered when he sougLt the co-operation of England in a diplomatic me diation in this country, and which he subsequently avowed to Meters. Eoeuixk and Lindsay. The Bridge ever Tar River on the Wilmington & Wel don Eailroad, recently destrstrojed by tho Yankee raiders, has been repaired, and we learn by a dispatch from the Superintendent, Col. Fbf.mokt, that the trains passed over that river last night. Tho hue is now fully opened, and travelers need fear no detection. We have belore us a fa bill purporting to have bee a issued by the Bank of Macon, Ga. It 13 No. 11, letter A, and bears cate inly 4th, 1331, payable to Eobt. H. Taylok, or bearer, signed by Eopr. Colliks, as Cashier, and R. Cole man as Preeident. It bears the imprint of Faibmak, Bax- PER, UXDEKWOOD & CO. This note, which appears to be from a genuine plate, is printed on what is known as " bank note paper," but of a Fery nimsey character. There is no such bank now in ex istence, and of' cur33 the note is fraudulent. We learn that the note In our possession was taken some ten days ago from a wagoner who was peddling tobacco in Bamp son, and who tad a roll 0f the bills. Several are now be lieved to be in circulation about here. All bank iasues, no matter how genuine in appearance, ought to be closely ex amined, as at the present premium few or none of our bank notes get into the general circulation. Tns month of July, now about closing, though the heat of our cummer weather, has been decidedly the winter of our discontent. We have lost YictBburg and Port Hudson, and to some ex'.ent the morai strength of the vantage ground in norm era Virginia. All these lossea can be repaired, and will be, if we avoid the worst loss of all to a peopla situated aa we are. Let m not lose heart and determination, and all other losses Will De as nothing. The month haa been distinguished by the great amount of ram which haa uiiea. We thought several times that the age ot moan was coming back again, bat recollected that we had been taught to look for the nsxt destruction of the earth by fire ; every saint to be taken op uxi every sinner to be burred up. The great warmth and moisture have, however, stimulated all manner of rank vegetation and caused to epring up a heavy crop of rumora ot European laterreatiou. We don't see the Intervention ourselves. e aon i say that It Isn't coming, but we don't see it that's all. Borne of our most astute cotemporarles see it as plain as their handB and aa clear as mud. Locus Napoi-bon ia the deus ex ma china, who 13 "going for to go" to do-what? Who know6? We don't. We don't think that either Locia Napoeewj or Lord Pilmer3ton love the United States much; neither wanld the like to see them started again on their formida- m ncrpTandisement. But how much do they love aa? How likely are either of them to engage in war on our account without exacting stipulations for their own benefits at the expense of our interests. It may not do us any harm to scan the looks of the weath er abroad, but it is best in the meantime, to take measures at home to' make our house safe against the storm that rages around us. It would indeed be pleasant to see the clouds rolled away from the firmament and the sky once more clear above us. But they are cot rolled away the Btonn still rarea. We must it meet or perish. We can meet it will - o - vie ? Can there be but one answer ? Congressional Eltctlon. We would request the Fayetteville Observer to recollect that thlB is the 1st of August and that the Congressional elections do not come off until the first Wednesday in No vember. These three months will answer all questions and iustifv all that we have esid. Let the people keep their eves and ears open, and they will find oat things that it will behoove them to ponder, however shrewdly they may be disguised, or however plausibly presented. Dick Taylor ia a good fellow a chip cfl the old block. With Dick Taylor on the rampage on the West bank of the Mississippi, the amount of commercial benefit that the Yankees will receive from the navigation of the "inland eea " will be of the smallest. The Raleigh Pkogeees of yesterday publishes official dispatches to Gov. Yanck, from Col. Clakx, Col. Ehad FoaD and Gen. Martin. They confirm reports received here and alladed to in yesterday's Journal. A part of Bansom's Brigade, consisting of five companies of the 24th, repu'sed the raiders near Jackson, the county seat of Northampton county,on Tueaday evening,and pursued tLem cn Wednesday. About the came time Gea. Raksom met and repulsed the 6nemy below Williamuton, in Martjn Co. The enemy has returned to Plymouth. Daily Journal, 3lst ult. Tna Raibs on the Wilmington & Weldon Eailroad, if they do not succeed in breaking up that important line of communication, certamly do succeed in accomplibhicg an object which seems to be about as near to te hearts of our enemies. They succeed in stealing and destroying proper ty and burning housi a, in driving families from their horues, in scducicg negroes from their doty, ia ruinirg crops, and n performing all other acta of vandalism. The runaway negroes are their pilots -to thsm no quirler should ever be given. For the Journal. J act a lilea est. A proverb tells ua that " experience teaches," so it do js, but tha lesson is a hard one, and the teacher not Br aring of blows. We in the Confederacy have been in tais school since the commencemant of 18GI. but whether from lazines?, stupidity, or over-much Christianity, spite o hard blows, the lesson has not ben learned. Hero and there a tcholar Beems to remember something, and essays to bring it forth, but amazad at his own audacity, or over come by reproachful glances cf his fellows, he lapses into speecnleEs dullness, and the spasmodic effort is over. 'J he lebBon that experience has vainly tried to beat iato our heads is this, That we are engaged in a deadly combat with a foe who ia only lccs savaga than a Fijian in that ha eats not his victims. This is berore God ana man the only point of difference in the conduct of a Yankee and a South ea Islander, ar d yet we arc expected to treat this foe with " Christian consider&tioa," (vide Lee's address to his array.) They have ruined our homes, iosu'ted our women, l.id bara our smiiing land, filled the reekiDg dungeons of Fort Delaware than prison which would debght the soul of a Borgia with the flower of our men ; they have betrayed our cause; Witaess Yankee Lovel at New Orieaas, and YaEkee Pemberton et Vicksburg ; and yet we are not to re taliate ! The lesson is paiulully brought home to the goed Pee, in tha incarceration of hi3 wounded son as a hostage with Winder for Sawder and Flynn, and it is brooght home to iuany a North Carolinian by the destruction of everv hope and tie that made life tweet. And yet no retaliation ! The die is cast soon ; we have thrown away the scabbard, and if the sword rust, let it be with blocd,acd not from idleness. Who surround us ? Are all these friends within our walls ? Is every man in Wibuington so tried and true that we know he will die by the tattered bauEer of tha Con federacy, rather than haul it down '( If not, if there be any hereon whom suspicion falls, from birth or other cause, let the oath of allegiance be administered, and if rejected let him be sent whecc-a be cams. . Will not a traitor for swear himself 'I Yea, verily, that he will aided and abetted hJ his Patron, the Father of Lies, LdmeanTS our command If o: but the pan8hment we caa onlv uae the one town and one den- era 1 would set the example others would soon fohow, and thinned tbough the number of our inhabitants may be, it is not the fighting elen ent th it will be driven away, but those who, in the language of a Richmond paper, " wield a pen much better than a sword," and at least we should feel there was no longer aa Achan in the camp. Do we feel to now ? Can ve not put a chalk mark on tho houses that would fly open to the Stars and Ktripes, the pianos that would bang out Yankee Doodle. And yet knowing this, we bow our heads as bullrushca before the blast. We " sufler and are sileat." Can any, pity us, shall we pity ourselves, whatever disasters may be in store for us ? Should our cause be lost, or be so tardy of accomplishment that our hearts fail us for waiting, it will not do to charge it to the Almighty, whoa3 permission or sufferance is one thing, and foreordaining another, or to generalize aa to His punishment of our sins ; that lamentable contingency can only arise from these caupes, supineness for which we make a cloak of a maudlin Christianity, and that we were surrouuded by traitors, and knew we were, but did not dare to drive them lorth. BiiUTUS. A Gallant Irishman. The Chattanccga Rebel, of July 22, gives the annexed account ot tha daricgdeecte of a galknt Irishman : An instance ha3 come to our notice of a recent daring coup of a member of Co. B, Firdt Kentucky cavalry, named John llanley, an Irishman by birth, and a sol dier by profession, and a 30a of the South by adoption and choice. A few days fince ccming through the Sequatchie Valley, just cfl a recent "away over the mountains," he learned irom citizens in the valley, that a tory named Clifton had been engr.ged in that section of country recruiting lor the Yankee army. Immedi ately Handley devistd a plan to capture the bold re cruiter, and went about it in this way. He waited in the neighborhood until the Federal recruiting officers come down into the country, and he approached them, represented himself as a Confederate, or as he had sta ted it a rebel deserter, and proposed to join the band. lie waa immediately taken into the flock, and car ried through a circuitous route in the mountains, to a stone house, admirably concealed ia a sort of ravine, where Clifton had established his rendezvous and where he has been operating for some weeks. Handley swore roundly at the " Ilebels and Jeff. Davis," and Clifton unsuspectingly took him into his confi Jence made him his private secretary, and set him to work enrolling re cruits as they were brought in. During his stay there and occasional trips down the valley, he blazed the trees with hi3 knife iu order to find his way to this secret mountain rendezvous. One day not long since, on pre tence of going out after milk, and leaving his jacket at the quarters to lull suspicion cf his designs, he effected hia escape, and came up with a wagon train of Morgan's division under command of Capt. O'Neal, tfl. whom he rented his adventures. . Capt. O'Neal immediately mounted and armed six men, and, piloted by the bold John Hanley, the party scoa reached the Tory rendez vous, attacked the Yankees in their den, killed five, wounded four, and Cdptured four prisoners. The pris oners were placed in charge of LTantey, and sent through to this place. Yesterday Mr. Hanley waa furaished with twenty mounted men by the Provost General, and wiil leave this morning under orders from Gen. Jackson of this Department, to make another sortie upon the cest of lories and lankees. We expect to hear a good ac count of his expedition. inE contest above the vxkave3. A correspon dent oi tne Js ew lorK lierald, writing from Uettvs burg, thus alludes to the traces cf the struggle at the cemetery : Monuments and headstonfjs lie here and there over turned. Grave3 occa care! ally tended by some loving hand, have been trampled by horses' feet antil the vesti ges of verdure hav-3 disappeared. The neat and well traind shrubbery has vanished, or ia but a broken and withered mass of tangled brush wood. On one grave lies a dead artillery horse, fast decomposing under the July sun. On another lie the torn garments of some wounded soldier, stained and saturated with his blood. Across a small headstone, bearing the words, "To the memory of our beloved child, Mary," lit the fragments a musket shattered by a cannon shot. Ia the centre of the space, enclosed by an iron fence, and containing of half dozen graves, a few rails are still standing where they were erected by oar soldiers, and served to sup port the shelter tents of a bivouacking eejuad. A fami ly shaft has been broken to frAgmeats h y a shell, and only the base remains, with a portion of' the inscription thereon. Stone after stone felt the effect1; of the feu d' enfer that was poured upon the crest of t he hill. Can non thundered and foot and borse soldiers trampled over the sleeping places of the dead. Other dea d were added to those who are resting there, and mani & wounded soldier still lives to remember the contest nhnve those silent grave. John Morgan In Kentucky. i The New Yok Herald'a correspondent baa & raoy account of Morgan attack on the iVashville and Louis ville railroad : On Monday, the sanguine railroad people at Nash ville, discrediting the cry of wolf, made up a passenger and express train, and started for Louisville on time. Your correspondent pa:d for a eeat. The train, consisting of two passenger coaches (every eeat occupied ) a baggage car well filled, and an express car, containing amocg other valuables a sale ana iirty sevea thousand dollais wor.h cf paper money, in charge of a messenger, kh .Vashville at seven o'clock, A. M , and proceeded as far as Cave City station, hair way, without molestation or even anticipation of trouble on the line. At Cave Ci!y conductor Sweenj, in charge of the train, learned that Morgan had indeed captured Lebanon the dav previous, taking Col. Hanson, Eigh teenth Kentucky uind six hundred prisoners, and was marching toward the railroad, with tbc apparent inten tion of putting it somewhere between Elizabatown and Lebanon Junction; perheps the Mnldraugh's Mill Ires tip works were to be destroyed. Telegraphic commu nication with liOuiBville was vet perfect, and the con ductor resolved to go ahead, not cautiously, but swiftly, nopmg to run past the reoei commn into aj.ujsvuh: us fere they could advance to the road from Lebanon. AcDealins to Louisville for instructions by telegraph was yet practicable, and the conductor did it. He soon received a reply to this effect : " All right, come oa with vour train, no rebs." signed bnv.tb., which is a name common to Louisville operators, John H. Morgan, and hundreds of other men. Oa this occasion it was used by John. We passed through the black tunnel, winding down over the great trestle woik at Mnldraugh's Hiil, at fearful speed, but undisturbed; we picked up, near Lebanon Junction, the garrison of a stockad?, who had been ordered by General Boyle, tele graphically, to " Burn your camp and come on train to Louisville." It is, perhaps unnecessary to state teat Joha Morgan ac'cd as Attorney lor .Brigadier lienera Boyle, ia signing that dispatch. Tnere were twenty eight of these soldiers, under command of a second lieu tenant, whose name I did not learn. They swelled the number of passengeis on the tram to two hundred about twenty-five of whom were ladies. The passengers realijd their situation ss soon as the fincg commerced. Bullets whistled over, through, un uer and beside the cars, and the cries and 9hrieks were terrible; the rebels closicg around the cars, hallooing and shooting at the now retreating 8tockader3. Ihe ua armed passengers sought the floors of the coaches for safety, aLd grovekd about in the aisles and beneath the seats, in a wriggling, trembling, seething mass, for the night was elkrsivtly warm, and the musketry firing not. Hesitating a moment to' destroy my watchguard aud secrete my purse in my boots, as I had seen others fast to do, 1 louni when I came to lie down that the floor was moro than occupied. I selected a fat and shiver ing Jew, who was muttering to himself that he had "no monish" tor anydings else," and reclined upoa him til we were aroused by a ferocious rebel, crcuct.ing along the isle, gun in hand, and pointed at us, too, saying "Come, now, lauks, get out of this; quick, too. Everybody got out speedily, in obedience to the order, and firing ceased. Thirteen of the stockaders had al ready btea captured, one killed, and three severely wounded. Three or four jebtl horees lay dead b.-fore U3. I can only give my own experience during the suc ceeding hi teen minutes. 1 was too much harassed to attend to ether thaa private affairs. My feet touched the ground, and I fell into the hands ot a big, dirty looking rebel lieutenant, with a United Stales army re volver in lus hand. He inquired for my arni3 and 1 gave him a superior pistol without a murmur, though inwardly cursing the fortune of war. i he pistol did not satisfy the insatiate person, and he slapped all my pockets in quick recession till he felt my V.'atch beneath his hand. Tne watch was a golden one, worth $600 anywhere south of the Tennessee line, and doubly valuable to me for associations, so I ventured to hiut urbanely that he was lobbiug me. lie "couldn t and wouldn t help it a watch waa jusi what he had been looking for !" He left me in charge of a guard and sneitked away to the next perch, nor did J see him mere. The " ycuthfi guard opened tne conversation by inquiring it i pos eessed a pocket knife. I did, aod he wanted it, and got it. 1 hua:Iy prevaikd upon him to escort me to the line of prisoners with my haversack cn my arm, al though several times on the r-ale through the band the youthful guard was advised by bis comrades in arms " snatch that haverbag." Here and there were little knots of rebs relieving pssengers of valuaoles and mon ey, and in no cate did I see anything taken which was not "just what the rebs wanted." One Jew from Clarksvii'e, there were many Jews upon the train, lost $3,000 in monry before Le reached a place cf safely, under the eye oi an tCieer, and narrowiy escaped with his life. The rebels were particularly bitter on the race. Arriving at the line of prisoners, I introduced myself to u couple of officers, who sat laz;lyon their stetds, with each a !e thrown over the pommel of the saddle. They were Major and Colonel ; Major proved quickest, asked me to let him 'see that haversack. A parcel of unwashed linen cf, which I had hurriedly divested my self of Jn the morning, a toilet case with soaps, were "jast what he wanted," a tooth brush he did not want, as be gave it to me, and I stood forth plucked as clean as a young robin. The Colonel, a great good natured provincial, kindly eff-red me a bite of plug tobacco, or "mule harness," smiled, and softly felt of the hat 1 wore. Ha told me his name was Cluke, and pointed out a ragged line of men in the edge of the grove as "his regiment." My hat, for which I had paid a fabulou3 price in Nashville, wa3 not good enough, so he compwmised and took a traveling cap from the haversack, once mine, now the Major's, saying it would be just the thing for "some of the boys" who t?ere short of head gear. I found General Morgan in the centre of a bevy of ladies standing uncovered in the falling dew, while all around his men were examining stolen property by the light of firec. He wore no insignia of rank, being dressed ia the common roundabout and pants of the re bel soldiers. The keen and little Basil Duko, who has risen to the rank of acting Brigadier, fitted grace fully about, and seemed to be the master spirit of the pariy. Next day, near West Point, on the Ohio, the lumber wagon on wh ca I had taken passage passed throuzh the head of the Confederate column on the march. We met several acquaintances of the previous night, but were not hindered. Morgan had issued orders to press all the horses in the country fit for service, and Li3 or ders were being carried out. Secession farmers along the road suHered with the rest, and those who could were hurryiEg their stock into secret places. Morgan occupied Branansburg, Kentucky, that af ternoon. Cotton The Blockade. ' A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Nassau, says : ' Charleston or Savannah, in their palmiest day3, were never so overrun with cotton as is the city of Nas sau at the present moment. Every available place large enough to hold half a dozen bale3, is crammed full and running over. It is piled up six or eight bales deep oa all the wharves, vacant lots, and even on some of the lawns. It is litterally 'laying around loose.' " The blockade, reported to be bo effective two weeks ago that it waa impossible fcr a vessel to leave Charles ton, would seem to be somewhat relaxed, judging by the arrivals here during the last ten days. The steamers Charleston, Lizzie, Fanny, Alice, Raccoon, Kate, Ella, and Annie, Banshee, Antonica, Beauregard and one or two others, have all arrived during that time from Wil mington and Charleston, with full cargoes of cotton, and some have left again for Dixie." There can be no longer any reasonable doubt that Seward and Lord Lyons have entered into arrangements by which cotton ia permitted to pass tha blockade at Charleston and Wilmington, ia return fcr which the British Government binds itself not to recognize' the Confederate States, nor to raise any question as to the validity of the blockade. A correspondence occurred la3t Fall between Lyons and Seward, in which the form er put the question to the latter whether cotton could cot be allowed to pass the blockade. Seward pretended to think the proposition inadmissible, but it was no doubt arranged between them privately. In no other way can we account for the fact that vessels engaged in the cot ton trade are allowed to pass out and in (with return cargoes of Yangee goods, for the most part) without molestation, whereas, if a vessel freighted with ' muni tns of war, machinery, &c, for the Government at t mpts to come in, it ia almost certainly captured. Nor 4 an we in any other way explain the fact that, while the shipping business at Wilmington and Charleston is now three or four times greater than it was before the block ade was declared, the English Government persists in maintaining that blockade is perfectly legal and valid, rhat there is a secret understanding between Seward and the British Cabinet on this subject and that the blocadjng eqaadions oS Charleston and Wilmington have instructions not to interfere with Tesse.'a engaged in the exportation of cotton, ia too clear to admit cf doubt ihe matter should, if possible, be brought to the attention of France and other European uovern tnpnts. as to all of whom it is a piece of bad faith and trickery that they would not De siow to resent oy pro nouncing the blockade null and void. nicnmona trmg. irmj Con espondence of the Bavannah Bepnblican. Martissbtrg, Ya., Jnly 14, 18C3. Th? armv has re-crossed the Potomac into Virginia, and the time has come when the truth may be spoken, in randor and moderation, in regard to the late unfor tunate campaign in Maryland and Pennsylvania- Up to the present time there nas oeen no assurance inai my lpttpra would not fall into the hands cf the enemy ; and hpnne. aa vou must have observed, i oia noi aeem it prudent to tell the whole truth, lest our mail carrier BhOUIO Dc capiureu uguiu nuu juijjviuu iLnwiiujv.u i i A. . J , An4 imnAptonr mtnifnotinn mmnnicated the Federal commancer. a succinct and faithful narrative, bringing evenis cown io me present date, will place your readers in possession of all . ... . I . A tne maienai mtia, lu buu r mai nate," as applies to the operation of the army in Mary land, is not inappropriate, unless it be too mild. Kn one with that part of the army left near Cham bereburg Euspected, on the morning of the 1st inst., that the great battle would begin oa that day. I was sitting on the wet ground with my bacK against a tree writing to you and your readers, when Gen. Lee and hia esonrt twissgiI bv in the direction of Cashtown und Gettysburg. Ha seemed to snuff the battle ia the bretza, and for the first time it occurred to me that the enemy was approaching cur lines. In a few minutes a nriororvn'a Tricsrm of Hill's corns marched down the same road, followed an hour or two later by Johnson's division of Eweli's corps, Tihich had retraced its steps from Shippensburg. Ia the course of the morning or ders came for Loogstreet's corps, except Pickett's di vision left behind at Chambersburg, to follow on in the same direction, as soon as Gen. Eweil's train, sent back from Carlisle, should pass. This was an immense train, a3 long almost as the tail of a comet, and far more omi nous of evil. It occupied four hours in passing, and moved so slowly through th? Cashtown Gap (in the South Mountain) that Loogstreet's corps was delayed nntil near midnight in reaching a point four miles dis- I tant from the battle ground. Pender's and Heath's divi sions atone were in position to engage iu-j eneuiy a uu vance column on the morning of the 1st. Early's and Rodes divisions of Swell's corps arrived on the ground late in the afternoon, having marched down the Susque hanna frcm Carlisle to York, and thence to Gettysburg, luese last two divisions joined the former, and togeth er they drove the enemy back, inflicting heavy loss ; but Anderson's and Johnson's divisions, though near eoougb, were not pat into the fight that evening. Tbc enemv had, according to the statement ct prisoners three armv corps present oa the 1st, and that night and early next morning the remainder of Meade's forces were brought up and put in a very strong position. We did not press the enemy after night fall." The following deductions flow from the foregoing facts : Had Gen. -Le concentrated his forces twenty four hours sooner, he might have dispersed, captured or destroyed the three Federal corps engaged on the first day, and have fallen upon the remaining forces then coming up aud not yet in position, and driven them pell mell back upon Baltimore or Washington. Or, if Andei son's and Johnson's divisions had been put in immediately upon their arrival and our advantage press ed with vigor that night, the enemy might have been driven beyend the formidable position, he finally occu pied, and from which we subsequently fom:d it impossr ble to disloJjre him. The same result would probably have followed, if Eweli's trail had Lave turned out on the side of the road, and Longstreet's corps allowed to move rapidly to the front ; or if the attack had been renewed early oa the morniDg of the 21, instead of at a quarter to four in the afternoon. It is understood that the reduction of Harrhburg constituted no nart cf General Jjce s programme, since be could not afford to fritter a.vuy his strength and time upon the militia so long es an unbeaten army re nfaiued in the field. Having disposed of the army, he cculd then march wherever aud whenever it suited him. The question then recurs, whether the distribution ol bis troops at different and distant points was not un fortunate, in this that it required more time to co-jcen trate them when the time ot battle had arrived. It wes a sftailiar dispersion of his forces, after much hard light ing and marching, that p-evented him from beating McClellan at Sharpsburg last year. His object then was the capture of the garrison at Harper's Ferry, in which he waa saccessful. In the present instance it was hi3 desire, doubtless, to place his army at conven ient points for procuring subsistence, secure his flanks against attack by cutticg such railway lines as might be used agah h;m, and to draw the enemy as far into the interior ot the country as possible. But let us proceed. Were we compelled to accept battle at the time and place we did ? We were not. Having the start of the enemy from Fredericksburg, and the whole country be tore us, we might have chosen our own ground aud time for making the attack. We might have occupied the pas3 at Cashtown, or remained oa the north side ef the South Mountain, or fallen dewu to Boonsboro' Gep. Having no bare to protect, and no line of communica tion to keep open, but relying upoa the districts we oc cupied for the means of sub;istance, we were free to go where we pleased and to fight them when we pleased. But the battle was joined at the time and place se lected by the Federal commander. Ihe place, Btrong by nature, was rendered stiil more formidable by a num ber of stone fences which crossed the field, by the open ground we had to move over to reach it, and by field work3 thrown up by the enemy duricg the night. The attack was renewed by ourselves on the evening oi the 2d, without proper reconnoissances, and not simultane ously along the whole line, but irregularly and spas modically, first by one corps or division, and then by another, reminding one of a team of ill-matched horses, which, refusing to pull together, are UDable to move the load which a simultaneous and common effort might certainly accomplish. Ihe troops never fought better, or inflicted greater los3 upon the enemy ; and strong as the position of the latter was, they eurely would have carried it, though at a heavy Iosf, if the attack had been differently planned. As it was they pushed the enemy back, ran over numberless batteries which they were unable to bring off, captured many flags, and kill ed and wounded more men than m any previous bavtle. Indeed, the more successful our assaults were up to a certain point, the greater was our loss ; tor the further an attacking column drove the enemy, not being sup ported by a combined attack, the more fearfully were its flanks raked by the oblique and enfilading lire ot the batteries which were not assaulted. The enemy's left, which rested upon a mountain. McLaws and Hood, of Longstreet's corpf , were ordered to turn, and many be lieve, if other parts of the line had been assaulted at the same time, that Meade, strong as his position was, would have been beaten. No effort was made to turn his right wing, which rested upon open and less difficult ground. On the 3d, Pickett's division of Longstreet's corps, (which had come up the evening before,) supported by a portion of Hill's corps, was ordered to assault Ceme tery Hill near the centre, believed to be the key to the position of the enemy. The order was executed in gal lant style, and some of the batteries on the Hill were carried ; but his success was temporary, though pur chased at a fearful cost. The want of propsr support, the movement of the enemy upon his exposed and bleed ing flanks, and the terrible cross and oblique fires con centrated upon him from batteries not otherwise occu pied, made it necessary for him to retrace his steps across the open ground over which he had advanced, his ranks torn and bleeding, and still suffering from the iron hail of shell, grape, canister and shrapnel that swept oveE the field. McLaws and Hood, Wright and Wil cox, Johnson and Early, had performed similar feat3 the day before, followed by similar results. Johnston slept upon the field within the enemy's entrenchments ; Wright and Wilcox carried the ridge in their front, capturing numbers of guns, and driving the enemy from their covert behind stone fences and from his perch up on the hill ; whilst Hood and McLaws had driven him a mile and a half on the right, wrested from him the wooded mountain upon which his extreme left rested, doubled his lines back, captured nearly 2,000 prisoners, many flags and saveral batteries. The brave and im petuous Barksdale was killed within the enemy's works, and some of Wright's boldest and best Gibson, War den, Ross, Redding, Jones, Campbell, Freeman, Gran niss, and others were shot down cn the very top cf the ridge whilst trying to bring off the guns their valor bad silenced. But these charges across the wide open fields and up the bristling hills were made at irregular inter vals, which left the enemy free to direct his converging fires upon the heads of the assaulting columns ; whilst configuration of the ground, than which nothing could be more unfavorable to us or more favorable to the ene my, presented every military advantage that could be desired ao open, undulating space in front with occa sional stone fences, orchards and patches of wocd3 ; a high ridge, not straight but concave in form, with ad Y&nciDg ajid retreating bills of lesser height, and oa the left two very high hills or mountains, one of . which was covered with timber and the other with immense bould ers. This ridge was depressed here and there, and cut by ravines, but its curve was sufficient to enable the foe to direct a concentric fire from his numerous artille ry upon any force which should dare to tread those open spaces or storm those cannon crowned heights. The repeated assaults made by Confederates there fore, though made with the greatest valor and success ful up to a certain point, failed to dislodge the enemy from his strong position. It is but simple justice to add, that in no single instance thit now occurs to me did cur troops retire except under orders ; nor did the enemy eyer make the least attempt to pursuit. They advanced and withdrew tlike under orders and that too in face of a fire far more furious than that which greet ed the advancing columns of the French at Waterloo. In no sense of the woid were they beaten. All that can ba justly claimed by the enemy is that he maintain ed his ground against cur assaults, though at a fearful cost of life and limb. This much with the advantages he possessed ia numbers and position, be ought to have done. If our position at Fredericksburg was such as to make Gen. Lee's army equal to a force of 300,000 men, as Gen. Locgsfrcet is reported to have said it was, then Gen. Meade, who already had a superior force at Getttvsburg. possessed an advantage ia position which was Quite a preponderating. There was this difference, however, in the two positions : at Gettysburg the Con federates had to charge over a much wider field than the Federals did at Fredericksburg, whjlst the line of hills at the latter place trended off to the right and did not present a concave torce as at tne lormer. Why, then, you are ready to inquire, did Gen. Lee ht at Gettysburg, wnen it was in aid power to ac cept cr offer battle at a different time and place. He acted, probably under the Impression that his troops were able to carry any position however formidable. It such was the case, he committed an error, such how ever as the ablest commandr3 will sometimes fall iuto. No general caa be always successful. The Confeder ate troop3 can do what any other troops ia any period of the world's history have done ; but there are some things which even they cannot accomplish. It may be, too, that the Supreme Ruler has chosen this means to teach ua the iniquity of all invasions, and to impress upon our minds the justice and wisdom cf defending cur cause upon our own blood baptised Ecil. Iudeed, there are something connected with the icte battle which would seem to justify the belief that this punish ment was inflicted by a Divine Hand and for some wise purpose. It is but just to add that Gen. Lee does not pretend to lay the responsibility upon hia troops or officers, but takes it upon his own broad shoulders. In this, as ia all other things, he is frank, and just and magnanimous. Let U3 not be guilty ol the folly then, of withdrawing any part of our confidence from bim, but let us rather imitate the Hebrew patriots and hold up bis handa that he may pivuil ia the fight. On Saturday the 4ih of July nothing was done be yond a little skirmishing by either side. The enemy did not even fire a salute in honor of the day. Both armie3 withdrew about the same time Gen. Lee in tha direction ot Hagerstown, and Gee. Meade in the direction of Washington. All of our wounded who could be removed, were eent back through the passes at Cashtown and Monterey Springs oa Saturday, and that night and next morning thj army followed, taking the roi.d that crosses tha South Mountain at Monterey Springs, and reaching flagersiown Monday evening, the 6th. There is no doubt that the enemy commenced to retire quite as soon as we did. He bad suffered such incalculable los, and was so fearful lest Gen. Lee would eventually turn his left wing, or get around him and pass rapidly down towards Frederick and Wash ingtcn, that ha found it necessary to retreat, indepen dently of a similar movement oa our part. Indeed, if Gen. Lee had simply remained on the grouad a tew hours longer, what now can be reare'ed only a-3adrawn battle, ia which both parties suffered terribly, and es pecially the enemy, would b considered a crushing victory. Why, then, did Gen. Lee retire ? First, because he did not know the enemy would retreat ; secondly, be cause he had been checkmated and failed by the stub born resistance ot his antagonist, and had suffered heav ily ; and lastly, because he did not have ammunition enough Mslo fight half of a day longer, and could not get it without taking it from his adversary or re-open- iog bis commurticationa wan Winchester. Inese rea sons for his withdrawal I did not feel at i'berty to men tion in my letters from the battle "field. It wa3 im pos sible to take with us emmunitioa for the entire cam paign, and a sufficient force to keep open Our comma nications could not be spared from an army, already inferior in numbers to that of the enemy. Our only resource, therefore, was to take it from the enemy, and failing to do this, no alternative was left us but to re tire towards our base of supplies. It was found im possible also, to Eubsist the army long at a time in any one place, the inhabitants having driven off as many cf their beef cattle and horses as they could, taken one or more wheels from their wagene, and removed their stocka of shoes, hats and medicines far into the inte rior. There are certain well known conditions upon which clone an invasion can be succcscful. The invader must have ar. aimy twice ts numerous es that of the invaded country ; or, if it be only equal or inferior to it, it must make up by its superior courage and geniu3 what it lacks in numbers. He must have also a firmly estab lished base of supplies and open communications, or he must bsableto exect contributions of food, forage ani mals and clothing from the inhabitant?, and to supply bis ammunition trains by captures from the oaemy. We possessed none of these elements of a ssceesdal invasion, except the superior courage and fighting qualities of our tooops. And hence our failure ; and hence, too, we shall always fail, unless we can command the tlcrnents or enforce the conditions necessary to a successful inva sion. This we can never do. Our army is too small, and our resources and transportation too limited fcr us ever to conduct a victorious campaign in a populous country like the United States, abounding in supplies of all kind reticulated by railway linos and navigable streani3,and having a numerous army and a densa pop ulation from which to iecruit its wasted ranks. Let ua, then, dismiss all further thought of invasion, and make up our minds, sore as the trial may be, to light the bat tie of freedom upon our own soil and in lront of our own hearthstones, with our mothers and wive3, maidens, children and old men looking oa as spectators from the doors of our own homes. In such a struggle as this a righteous God will give us the victory, and with it peace and independence. Gen. Lee remained in the vicinity of Hagerstown one week, waiting lor' Gea. Meade to attack him. He pave up a strong position, with his right resting on the Potomac some distance below Williamsport by the river, and his left oa tlnroad from Hagerstown to Wil liamsport. The enemy threw forward forces along the roads from Boonsboro' end Sharpsburg, which were occupied up to the time of our departure in entrench ing themselves. Finding it impossible alike to support himself within his restricted lines in Maryland or to ford the Potomac which wa3 much swollen by recent rains, or to draw the enemy out, Gen. Lec determined to recros3 the river ; and to that end hia engineers went tc work and constructed a substantail pontoon bridge at Falling Waters, at a sharp bend in the river four miles bslow Williamsport. The river having subse quently fallen somewhat, a portion cf the troops and nearly all the wagons except the ordnance trains, forded it at Williamsport Monday night the 12th and yester day morning ; whilst the great body cf the army, all of the artillery and the ambulance train crossed on the pontoon bridge below. The army was withdrawn from Maryland, as it was from Pennsylvania, without moles tation by the enemy, with banners flying and drurn3 beating, and now rests on the "Virginia side. It is re ported that Meade was pushing a column acros3 the river at Harper's Ferry, but it is impossible to vouch for the truth of the report. Applications has been made to the officers of all the troops from the State of Georgia for lists of their casu alties, but the pressure of other duties, and a desire not to give pain by classing amoDg the slain and missing some who may yet come up, have prevented some of them from furnishing tlm. Enclosed herewith you have the casualties in Ca'oeU'3 Battalion of Artillery, which acted a conspicuous part in the bloody drama of Gettysburg. All the companies composing the batta lion are considered among the best in the army, and none more eo than Fraser'a and Carlton's from Geor gia. Both of these excellent officers, as yoa have al ready baen informed by telegraph, were seriously wound ed, Capt. Waldbaur of the Chatham Hussars, whose performances I have had occasion to refer to on former occasions, lost an arm, and Col. Waring received a sa bre cut on the head. Gen. Semmes waa buried here oa Sunday with every demonstration of respect and afiecticn by the military and the citizens. P. S. -I have just heard that some of cur troops who had fallen asleep, and thus got behind were at tacked by a email body of cavalry this morning not far from Hagerstown. The etvalry was easily repulsed or captured, except some fifteen or twenty. Unfortunate ly Gen. Pettigrew received a mortal wound, and has since died. Hia Adjutant General and some other offi cers, were, also killed or wounded. W. A. BY TELEGRAPH. KOa TUB JOUILWAL. TROUBLE BREWING IN iij.iwnTLTOP Tr.T,. viu AUU 4X 1 I F- FITS WHIPPED I LOUISIANA, Ac. ElCT?r-i Tnln Oli.t 19M Senous trouble is anticipated ia ,he Southe;n cfttei of minium, oa acocuni or tne draft. ance to the congcrlption law and the arreatof daaertfM haa been proclaimed. Bodiea of armed men w! Open resist bled for drill asd for cotflict with the . force of Federal cavalrj haa been lent tbere to quell the anticipated disturbance. Information has been received that Gen. Dick Tajlor bai defeated the enemy at Docaldsonville, Louisiana, taking several thousand prisoners. The battle occurred soon after the fall of Port Hadson. Late Northern papsrs freely al lude to the battle. The19th Massachusetts regiment lost all but one hundred and forty men. Th correspondent or the Herald, at New Orleans, says that the authorities sup press the particulars xt the affair. Lee's army is represented to be ia fine spirits. It is low b3lieved that no engagement will take place for some time. C02SESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FRENCH CON SUL AT RICHMOND, AND THE BECRETARY OF STATE. Richmond, July 31, 18C3. An interesting correppemdeace has recently taken place between Alfred P.ul, French Consul at Richmond, and J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, relative to tho assistance rendered by the Confoderate authorities at Charleston to the ship Renaudin belonging the the Jtuperial navy, which got aground in Sullivan's Iilaud Pass. Consul Paul says that the government of the Emperor deairea that the expression of its very warm than s Ehould be transmitted to your govern ment as well as to tho authorities at Charleston. He (Paul) enclosid a copy of a dispatch received by him irom Drouyn de PEnys, June 10th, instructing him to inform the govern ment at Richmond, how sensible wo (the French Govern ment) have been of tho kind conduct cf tho authorities at Charleston, etc. Mr. Benjamin, in reply to Consul Taul, says that the Confederate government ia much gratified at having had an opportunity of testifyirg to his Imperial Msjasty the senti ments of cordial regard entertained for him and the French people, and the President iantructs me to say, thit he fully appreciates the promptness which the Emperor has dis played in responding to tin manifestations of these feel- inpra. From the Charleston Courier, 31st ult. News front Hie I&laHtla. The firing from the land batteries was continued on both side3 Wednesday n:ght at irregular intervals. Thursday morning two of the Monitors opened about half-past ten o'clock on Battery Wagner. Shortly after the Ironsides steamed into position, and opened furiously on Battery Gregg, firing whole broadsides, enveloping Cummins' Point and Battery Gregg in long, continued heavy columns of smoke. Subsequently the two Mon itors joined the Ironsides, and concentrated their fire on Battery Gregg. The flashing of the guns, the explo sion of the shells, and the reverberations of the cannon, made the scene trply terrible. Fort Sumter and Bat tery Gregg replieci deliberately, their shots being made with great accuracy ; nearly every one striking ar d ta king efleet on the Ironsides. The tatter and one Moni itor ceased firing about four o'clock. The firing on Battery Gregg was renewed in the af ternoon by one Monitor, the battery replying regularly. Our loss up to four o'clock ia Battery Gregg waa two killed and seven wcuuded. The damage to the battery wa3 very slight and easily repaired. The bombardment was still going oa slowly up to eleven P. M. The following i3 the report of casualties at Battery Gregg on Wednesday : Edxtors Courier : Kudosed find a list of casualty of to day's bombardiDfcnt of Uat'ery Gregg : Private Elias Ad ama, Company !, 6th Georgia Volunteers, both legs shot oil", inor ally wcuuded ; Serg't John A. Laaaoo, Company C. let Regiment 8. C. A., slight; Private Benjamin Borrons, Company E, 64th Georgia Volunteers, both legs shoto!!, mortal; Corporal Edward S. Mouuts filet North Caroiibii Volunteers, head, mortal. EU3HA TOL4NJ), Burgeon in charge Battery Gregg, July 29, 18G3. Mirria !s!atd. The lollowing wounded were receive! at thoTiap mann street Hospital, Thursday morning : W. P. Holt, Company D, ol3t North Carolina. Isaac Lamb, Company C, fi4:h Georgia. M. Cakuup, Company K, t,i North Carolina. J. T. England, Company K, 6th Georgia. Benjamin Servens, Company K, 64 Georgia. Samuel Snelis, Company B 6lst Nortn Carolina. W. J. Williams, Company K, C.h Georgia. The enemy's battery on Black Island haa also beou engaged ia throwing an occasional shell at at our works on James' Island, but without effect. Two more transports, supposed to be supply vessel?, arrived Thursday afternoon. General Beauregard paid a visit of inspection to the jort3 and batteries yesterday. Hon. Pierre Socle. The Nassau Baruma Herald of the 18th instant thus notices the departure of this distinguished gentleman from that port : Amonjf the departues we may mention tho LIou. Pierre Soule and Colonel Zirvona. The former leaves U3 for Richmond, and carries the be?t wishes of his many friends and exiled compatriof3. One of the bcul victims of General Butler's tyranny, In was sent to Fort Lafayette, there kept in solitary confinement for the space of seven months, during which period he waa not even allowed the poor bon of seeing hia son, who had traveled 3,000 miles for that purpose. Finally, exchanged under the general Cartel,. Jor pulitical prison ers, he went to Havana. After spending a short time there tor the recovery of hi a health, he came to Nassau. The reputation of this distinguished gent'eraan is world wida, being a3 well known in European circles as ia America. For four years he filled the highly import ant mission of Minister. to Spain. Afcer enjoying the honors and the plaudits of a long life, we now see him an exiled traveler, seeking only the welfare of his atllict ed and adopted country. Encouragement for the Tim HI from tlie LcmoiiI of XlUtory The history of all civilized nations of pnet ages answer thi3 question decidedly in the negative. Greece, a small republic, consisting of not more than a half dozen St.aie3, whose population did rot exceed three mi!!ioD3, was invaded for the purpose of eubjugation by the Per sian monarch Xerxes, with an army more rumcrcua than the entire population of the country they invad:J ; but her soldiers were well disciplined and brave, und the result was that Persia "failed to subjugate hc-r," and her invaders returned home with not more tlaa the fiftieth part of the army that entered Greece. England with a population four times more nume rous than that of Scotland, by taking advantage of the domestic discord cf the country, for more than two cen turies, at "various times, attempted her subjugation, and in the reign of Edward the 2d did succeed with a powerful army in overrunning the entire country ta king every fortress, their capital and every seaport town, and yet, notwithstanding, her chiefs who flc-d to her mountains, in a few years assembled a powerful army of determined men, and at 'tthe field of Bannock burn, so completely vanquished and dispersed the Brit ish army, that it wa3 the last attempt that England ever made at subjugation, and though the two king doms afterwards became united under the same mon arch, it was the result of civil compromise and not ot conquest. But a case more cnalagona to that of the Southern States and that of the Northern Government prestnu itself in that of Spain and Portugal. Portugal wes a department of Spain, separata irom the other department by a chain of ' wntaiM, . aod containing a population less than oae ("th i the e tiiS kingdomPortugal felt, or fencied, that she d: J not cnjoequal privil ge3 with the other departmen ?, and, therefore, in a Corventon, passed a resolut.on a, secede from the Spanish Government and have a Go.- ernmcnt of their cw: VfJtth o t sr-nt a nowcrful army, by land and sea, to cru3h it oat. pTrtlr-1 aS assembled an army, which waa comoaod nd hv the Vake Da Braoanee, and after many years 'effort of alternate defeat and victory, Spain abandoned the country, and finally acknoledged hcraa an Indepen dent Kingdom, and her rebel Duke as King. Scotland in her efforts wa3 without a navy eo waa Portugal, and the ports of each, all the while under tne strictest blockade, ard neither cf them possessed of fiaj the internal rf sources for the supply of food or araij m are the Confederate States, and each of them bad w nntend with a greater numerical difference in the now- It follows, therefore, ao a fact, that if we sutler car selves to be subjugated, it is because we are less brave than either of these kingdoms. This we do not belie", and, therefore, utterly discard all apprehension of sub jugation. Wester Carolinian. Yakko Off ickbs. -The Confederate "aB!0ST bold five hundred and twelve eommiauloaeJ cageri Bl;e of 21 gorgeous and 9 ChapUiui.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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