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THE WILMINGTqNJTOURNAL. COXKEV'ERATE STATBS Og AMBflilCA. WILMINGTON, N. C THpSdIy, OClOBER 19, 1863. Corontr'i Inquest. coroner H. B. Pebrin held an inqnest yesterday (Sun day) morning, at the Restaurant of Mr. Mobbell, on Front Street, ever the body f a free ncro boy named James "Whit, who died very suddenly after a fight with another negro named Geobse Holpen. From the evidence brought before the Jury it appears that White was in tha employ of Mr. Mokrill, and that on Saturday evening about 6 J o'clock, whilst he was passing a door in the rear of the Bestanrant, leading into a Bide alley, the negro boy Geo. Holdkx came np and was ordered off by the deceased ; ,ome worda paned between them, when Geoho. struck Whitb, antl acuffl3 then took place m the alley. They parted and Ww- yarned to the door from whence the flight commenced, (Gkokqi running off down the alley to ward! the river,) took hia seat on a pair of Etepa, and ia a fgw momenta fell forward, and died In ab.out fifteen min utoa. A email bruised place being observed on the left side. a. post mortem examination was made by Dr. A. S. Ked wat, assisted by several other Surgeons, when it was found that White's Bpleen was enlarged to such an extent that when the blow waa given by Geosge the spleen was rup tured thereby producing death. In consideration with above fact, the verdict of the Jury was that the deceased came to his death from blows'jcflxt ed by Ge6bge IIcldkn. George made his escape immediately after giving the blow, and is still at large. Georpe ia a slave, and belongs to Mr. 7 no?. Hci.sen, of this town. White' waa a free boy, and it is said cam9 from Kittrell's Springs. 'Itm&J not be improper to eey that there was ao old grudge be tween the two bojs, which led to the fight on Baturdaj night. Daily Journal, 2th inst. br4ta. in a card to the people of the 4'h Congrasalon al District of North Carolina, issued by O. P. Meabes, un der date of 1st Angnst, the following Bsntences occur : "We had traitorB in the old revolution who prolonged the war by encouraging the British, and we have them ia the present revolution. They are sometimes called Reconstruc tionista and sometimes called Secessionists." It ought lo rad 4Eubmissioist9." The Fall Term of the Superior Court for New Hanover county is held hero thia week, His Honor Jude Osborne presiding. There are, we believe, several capital cases to come np at this term, the one likely to attract most attention being cne removed from anadjoinirg county. Eight persons committed on account of recent burglariee, will also have their trial. Daily Jourrtctl, 2Cfi inst. Wo regret to notice a tendency to personality and bitter Hess in some ccrda appearing in our paper in connection with the elections for Congress, bow soon to come eff in this State. We asust have harmony among cureelves, aad cannot permit even or advertising coIukieb to become 1.ho vehicle of pcreonal animosity. At present, no monay coald pay us for allowing our columns to be bo need, nor justify ns in so doing. Tncee whoo communication or "aavertice menta" do not appear, will understand the reason. The news from Europe potses-rea comparatively little Im portance,if we except the EeizarG of Mr. Laird's iron clad rams at Liverpool, and that Lad been anticipated for scins time past. The fact is that old Lord Fussell is determined to detain thoto vessels even Bhcnld the law authorities of the crown deny hia power to do bo under any ex5nt ing law. If there is no law npon which these vessels can be hold, he has given notice of Lis intention to np ply to Parliament for the enactment of such a law and cf course the theory of the British government ia tha1 Parliament can do anything, one lawyer even going ro far as to claim f'.r it some powers which probably will not soon be tried to be applied in practice, as for itstauce turn ing a m an 5mo a woman or a woman into a roan. We do not know that their present peizure is final. It is probably only preliminary, but where the intention is so evident, mere questions of law will notloisr bo permitted to interfere with its bcin carried cct. There has been one more distinguished statesman lest to England ry the death ot Lord Lyneecbst, at the age cf 91 years. Lord Ltndihkst had been Lord Chancellor, and was a British boro Buujct, although a native of Boston, his father's namo being Coi'ELY, an Englishman, who short ly returned to Europe, certainly before the troubles con nected with tho fkfat, devolution. Lord Lykdhuhst, .is a Law Lord owed hia position to his professional character, diflering in this respect from the great Wh'g families like the Russell?, who know how to "take care of Dowb" about as well as any other chvs of people inside or outside of England. Lord Lykphciut was in every way superior to Lord John Kussell, bat seldom held office, not beirg, like the latter, a Bcion of the great Ducal House of Bedford The Duke Maximillian of Austria, will probably aecep1 the Imperial crown of Mexico, provided they ask him to do so, and pay him well for doing it. It see-nis to us that it would b? rather a barren henor unless a loan cm be rais ed to etart the new monarchy. The remit ia the Northwestern States and ia Pennsylva nia need n;t surprise U3 mich, at lant it does not, for we anticipated it as long ago as the 13th, when we referred to this dreftraof friendship, assistance or sjmpa'hy from the West ai en? of our vani-hed illusions. Indeed, we never did attach as much importance to thia natter as many cf cur friend, and all tha liitle importance it ever was cu'i t:cd to vanished wita the fall of VicoBburg. Even Val iAKi:oiiiM. virtually give up tha ship ia .snt'eipation of the fall of that pliee, siuce it gve iLe enemy control of the - Mississippi, or at hast the hope of soon obtaining such control. It tcok from tha auti Lincolnite politicians the last card wMuh th.-y could look forward tj playing with any prospect i f access. With Yicksbu'g ia our Landf , tho duration of the war might have been calculated -uh socio approach to certainty. Without it, it is d-'fLVjls to ! make any approach whatever, eiace we hold no c?ird with which to trade for Western favor, and tLus plzy t2 "tie Northwest ag3irst the Kor;h and Nortbea.it. "iVeknow the value that was attached to this card by Mr. Vallaj.pig n am, Mr. Old, and others. PolHi ticiaris dislike minoritus, and now that the p di cy of the Democratic party on the war has thvwwu the p; ir ty into in apparently hopeless minority at t'js North, it ? -ill have few frienda in that section, probably disintegrati ng and appearirg under soma new form or narao. The oi ily thing that puzzles U3 is the ease with which Lincoln" a ud Bewahd carry out their edicts, seeming to meet with neither check nor hindrance. Tin Fight at Ebistow Station.-- We are permitted f 0 make the following tMract cf a private letter from a p ir. ticipant in the fight ut Fristow Station in Northern Vir gn. ia, whertin two brigades (Kikklam"s and Cook's) were epposed to two fall army corps of the enemy, 'vhe Writer Bays Tho fight at Eristcw Station by fr exvc'ucd feny thirg ef the kiad I l ave tcr been in. Only brigades, Cook's and Eibklajo's cgaicst two entire " Yankee corps' No troops ever fought tetter ibau curs, br lt wecre pletcly QverpoTrcred, and the whole? cf F JLL.3 c' lockt iig on we will not state the force cf H tLla oorp3 nt i waa encuh. Kill was completely d ceiveu in rega rd to their tcruber. In less than fifteen nr Jutes? frum fiva LnQ. dred to s;x hundred of Cook's brigad were shot dowr, Jec. Cock amerg then umber. Tho c izmand then dev olved npon Cel. Hall, whohal to ord.cr tha brigade bad i out oi me sianj uter p?n. uee that a batte y had been placed in the rear of Cockb brigade, of which Col. ' Hall we grod.ies. aa mcst shameful irju?t:ce. All o;i. men fought beautifu'y, but what could they do against sue! odds f I feir General Cook will lose his leg, if not hU life. That ia Fo. With so many meetings held, and t,c ccar;7 reaoluticna passed, ia so many counties, offering to f ej produce at government prices, isn't it a little qua r th at the coBstaut and unvarying tendency of prices is to- go u p. The Kichmotd Dispatch puts this questi;n, and we rea lly think it would puzzle " acy other man " to answer. It wou!d seem as if the great business of Lincoln's nfe was to tell anecdotes that he once heard ia Illinois, and i8. Buefrch proelaniitions for batches ol additional nr ."n three hundred thouiaud at a time to suppress the n -,'bel-lion. The last time a dratt waa ordered. Now ha calls j. a . ior vo nnieers; ana tnis call, soon after the late would seem to indicate one of two facta : The earlia the call would show that the draft must have failed ' dace a sufficient number of men, even for tempore draft, t.sa of ' .opro .17 pnr le.id one to some dnvft has Iu9ce, warn? ita cnanged cracter would gravely to suspect the u;ccsf-i:y fr reaoitirg node more likely to rean'.t in success thai the proved itself to be. Withleawal. We learn that Col. Bkyaj rwM of the 4th Regiment N. C. T., has withdrawn f; 0m th 9 con teat for Congress in the 3d Congressional DiB' trict aTOr tte Eon. S. K. Bbieghw, the preusnt iacBijtf at ' new coining, anu alter the brigade fell back the enemy came up end toot it; b at although soma may attea pt to pat the blams oa the brigad?, it ee-ma impossible wi thont Tbc Walkcr and the Poldlei. Thing far h Army. It is certainly cold enough to-day to eatisfy tho moat ai dsnt admirer of. frigidity, if indeed such a contradiction in terms be allowable. Perhapa it may be possible that too much may be sa d npoa any subject to permit tb word; n?ed to have their fair and proper weight. PerhapB there may be something of ft redundancy of the verbil currency, and the subject of pro viding for the necessities of our soldiers may be one of the directions in which th? overflowing- stam is apt to set, tku defeating its own ostens ble and generally speaking real object. It may be that people are getting a little tired of this merely verbal benevolo see and revolutionary pa triotism ; certainly U has lost most of its power to affect the public mlod. These remarks form a bad preamble to a sermon upon the universally sermonized soldier; still, with the text which the fearfully cold weather aff ;rds thit is, fearfully coM by comparison, and by reason of the sadden and remarkable change we may be permitted to off3r a few worda even bow. If it ia cold in Wilmington, or Charleston, what ia it with our boys in the Piedmont line section of Virginia and tte mountains of North Carolina or the defiles of East Tennessee ? Ehoea and blankets blankets and shoes are what they moat immedia'tely need, aid which, so far as we can begin t? find out, any private effort, no matter how well organized, must totally fail in supplying to any appreciable extent.. Unless the government has already organized an adeqiato system of tupply by means of shipments from abroad, it isevidently tim and more than time that it had dono so, and that a moment cannot now be lost in taking effective measures to supply any deficiencies still found to exist. The only thing that the press oan now do is to urge thia matter npon the authorities. With the existing scarci ty and enormous prices of these heavier articles now in the country, we take it for granted that it would be labor-in-vain, to say nothing of umecessiry cruelty, to bore the public eye and ear with appeals torhich private effort could not respond. But there are, ro doutt, many thirga really necessary and uieful for the ooldiers which private effort can, in a great measure supply : The minor articles of wearing apparel, socks, under-clothes, etc., are within the power of families, associations and individuals to make np and Bend on, and without them, the soldier must puffer in only a t lesser de gree than if deprived of the heavier and more absolutely in dispensable articles of blankets, shoea, etc. . Even these miner articles cannot be got tcgather, under existing cir cumstances, wi hont submitting to sacrifices, and even iacurrirg some privations on the part of those' at home ; but eurely the cause is worthy of.any sacrifices it may call for, and any minor priviaions incurred by those at home cannot be compared with thoBe borne cheerfully by our soldiers in the field; though in truth, and simply in the sense of friendship for the soldiers themselves, we doubt the policy or propriety of continually dwelling upon their BuSerings, causing them also to dwell npon such sufferings, depressing their minds, exaggerating their sorrows, and, we fear, too frequently causing desertions. If the whole press of a country is constantly impressing1 upon ny body of men ao idea that their Bufferings and privatiens are very great and very terrible,:will not the effect be to impress npon the minds of the individuals composing this body of men that their sufferings are indeed ''terrible and not to be endured." Take another and better and more cheerful view. Tha men composing our army are ia every senso of the word "men," the very bone and sinew of the country. They are worthy of honor, attention and respect. More than that, common sense would show that tha army is the a word and shield, the very right arm of the Confederacy, upon the health acd efficiency of which the safety of the country itself must depend. , The government must be aware of thia fact and is doing all it can for the real com fort of the men, who ate too much of men to whine over every inevitable inconvenience which their so-called friends at home assiduously point out. As Iorg as men retain their health and strength, they can stand a great deal. It ia when proBtrated by sickness when feeble and wounded, that they lose their powers of endurance and cry out for " a little drink," " like a sick girl." The field and regimental hospitals would seem to be indicated aa the points where s imulants, comforts, lux uries might be most profitably directed. They that are well, n.jednot phyeic nor delicacies, but they that are sict; neither do live and well men stand in need of constant ex pressions of Bympathy and perpetual pattinga on the back, which become rather tiresome after a while. The: e ia no use in talking about sending bulky articles The et ite of the transportation will cot admit of that. Hencot we have reference especially to hoBpital stores which are generally lighter in their character. By VAe way, from what we have Been of the arrivals at a Conf.j derate port, said to be on government account, we must be permitted to doubt many of the stories we read of the filirmiflg defect of shoes, blankets, clotheB, etc., in our arm?. Wliero W Really Are. Sdcent cv tnts on "both Bides of the Atlantic have, we thick, demonstrated the fact that the existing contest in what waa once the United frtates has passed far beyond its political period, bo far aa the term political may be regard ed as ap plicable to mere partiea at home or abroad.. The idea of Southern sympathizers at the North and of recon struct'' onists at the 8s u'h ia an obsolete one. Elections are decided upon iBsues which mark strctly formed and dis- tid'jt and rapidly being individualized aatiosalitiea. Elec- ona at the North are purely Northern, at the South they 'i re, or ought t be, purely Southern. This ia in accord ance wiUi the logic of venti, and is virtually acknowledged t y European powers, who tand aloof, seeing they can no J ongu'- have any hope, by proffering their friend'y offices, to etay the tffnsion cf blood and help in the restoration of peace and prosperity to dissevered fragments of a once com mon country. The once "United fetates" ba ceased to be longer any wher? regarded as forming only a single country; hence Europe mast etand off hence t'be elections in Amer ica turn purely npon peace and war no longer upon the advantages to he got in a temporary quarrel, but npon he d.'iubtfal issues of protracted hostilities. The contest must hereafter be regarded from a purely military stand point.. When kindred nations fire once thus -finally com milted to hostilities, the only remedy ia to fight it out. What re il effect did the celebrated Declaration of Indepen dence tfiect in England during the first Revolution? Did the e'cq ience of Col. Bake, Mr. Burke, or Loan Chatham, tury. England frcm her course at that time 1 Waa Lobd No uth s policy any less just when failure in it drove him from effiae thai it was white he remained, perhapa the '.vornl ot prime ministers, but far from the least amiable of men. it was not the Revolutionary War that grew to be unpopular in England. It was the failure to obtain suc cess. Men don't dislike war especially for otheia but they don't see the fun of beiag whipped, or what is nearly the same thing for an invading people, being un able to reap any profits for themselves, even if they do suc ceed in itfl'cti.ig some evils upon their antagonists, which, after a while mu-it grow to be poor fun, " e'en for a dail," who bears almost as bad a character as Mr. Lincoln or any of Air of his (the deil'fe) seivants. This is the p'iase, the existence of which we must now ie?o.4ni2, and it is better that we should recognize it at once. It w;uld have been better had we recognized it from tho first. Well, few cf ua did fully, and the result is that few can console their neighbors with that beautiful and coosolinr remark "I told youeo!" and those who do indulge in Buch a remark will generally get smail cre dit for their large assumption cf wisdom. We didn't, any of ar, re c Liza it iully and light dtwn to ourselves aa a na tional struggle with which certain adventious circumstances won d have nothing to do. Each man Jack of na had his own piivate hocus pocus worked his own littl private mental thimble-rig to get clear of the difficu!ty and make the war disappear without trying its ieues to their fullebt excent and coustqieE'cea The "recent elections at the North have developed one issue distinctly mad , and that is that the North has made up ivs mind that thia ia to be a war of complete submis sion or complete extermination. We beg our paace man, if euch there be, to regard the recent Northern elactiona as they really were declarations of implacable and bitter hos iiity. Lincoln is & more absolute ceapot man a lex ax deb of Russia, fcr the Eusaian system haa been, not erro neously, characterized aa a despotism qaalified by assassi nation. In England theie are concurrent wills, irfiences and interests to be consulted and conciliated, but in Mr. Livcqlx'8 domains there is no power bat that of en unre strained majority, of which he holds the springs, for State lines have vanished, and State right a are' but a phantom. There is xeally no bar to the Federal power but that which exiata in the fear ef popular inaorrecUca That may come sooner or later sooner perhaps, than we think, but certainly not before the Northern nation gets sick of failure. A "fierce democracy," of that kind will not get sick of war, but of failure, and the more of that they have the sooner will they get sick of it, and the sooner will we have pea;e. Thia is not a fancy view of the situation, but it is none the less honest and wholesome on tha,t account, and itshowa tie real, plain road, and tlw;miy road to tangible peace, and assuredly that road will not be made nborter by to ning to the right hand or to the left, or by aettiug down, and faint isg by the way. . The lesson of complete and disastrous failure, is the on'y, which will iiurress upon- th Nortbern sensorium the ne- ceity of Bloppirg this war. That leesos our armies can and will teach, us tte etmis of the F-tates did the people cf England ic t'o last coutury. It is trae, towards tha olose of tin struggle the milii try and nival forces of France took part; but this while hastening the end, did not render its result more Certain. We have before u a copy cf tho New York Herald of the Uth the Washington cor-e8paudut of which pretends to give the subiiauce of certain-recjnt consultations in the Lincoln cabinet, and Amon? other thiugs. the views of Meaara. Chase, Wblls acd Stanton, ia which views Lin C3LK himself is known to concur. Say they : It i i no Ion gcr simply the rebels in arias that wa are fighting, bat the whole people of the Southern States. They axe all public enemiei and can only be treated aa such. If the war is prosecated with vigor, in lees than a year more the power of the rebellion w.a be broken; their armies defeated and scattered ; Richmond, Charles toa and Mobile in our fYankeel posseasicn tha whMe Eeuthern country conquered, and we the Yankees will then bs in a position to dictate what terms we please to the vanquishad rebels. It would be urj ut to the loyal States of the North ever to allow the rebellious States again to enter into the Union npon an equality wi:h the former. They are no longer to be recognized as states, but as conciuered provinces, to bo governed in such man ' nr aa Congress eh 11 determine. In sort, the extreme doc trines of the Charlks uinxk School are held by Treat dent Lincoln and the moat infljsntul, if not the most nu merons DOrtion of his cabinet. We are inclined t j think that this correspondent represent Lincoln's position witb rematkible correctness, and Lincoln ha juit been en dorsed by the North. We ought to see that but one course remains onen for the South such resistance as will render the accomplishment of such scheme impossible, and lorg persistence in it Tidicoi-a3. Coroner E. B. Pkbbin held an inquest, on Tuesday, over the bodv of Nathah CooruKr a youth about 17 years of age, who was killed by the accidental duiharue of a gun in hia own hands on the evening of Monday lest, whiht hunting on Eagle Island, opposite town; both barrels of the gu went off at the same time, the contents lodging in his head and instantly killing him. The verdict of the Jury was that he came to his death from "accidental dischargs ef his gun." TUe Lppr !. Moat people remeinb;r the p.easant li (tie poem publish ed some yeara Bince about' 'the Upper and Ucd r Doga hi a fight," the author chivalrously avowing himself ia favor of the "Under Dog." Thero ia a. Dleaaant little fht now eoiccr on ainorc the big-dogs of the Yankee mditary and civil services, not ex c'ndiDg the naval, one big dog coming to the top and an other doc going to the bottom with amazing rapidity and no little volence. Tho difference between this and rco& other fighta deg or no dog is that we dont care 'he saap of a4inger or the toss of a copper for tha upper or under one ; nor indeed, which is upper or und :r. We only look on. We wou'.encourage the combattants, if wo could, to fight more g illan'.ly and ferociously and perform their part dog-fully ; what more conld we do At present, Ulyse3 S. Gbant is the dog whose back has juat eome to the top on the Western military arena, that of Gsneral Rosecranz having juat disappeared. That Meade in Virginia will aoon be compelled to become the uader dog ia perfectly appr.rent, though who will take his place whose back will next be upper, we don't know and we don't much care. Grant showed great energy at Vicks barer he is a m&a of indomitable perseverance, is no doubt brave, and is in every wuy a dangerou"? antrgonist How lorg he v. Ill keep hisbak up is a question which time alone can determine Decidedly the ig dog of the political arena North of the Potomac ia Charles Fcxneb, Senator from Mussichuaetts lie it ia who in truth governs tha extreme Republican i ar ty. Hia views are the views to which the Lincoln cabinet itself ia forced to bow. That many o'her degs would like to take hia placo and are ready at the tint favourable opportunity to turn him with hu feet ia the air :'s beyond question, still, for the present, at least, he is master of the aituation and growls defiantly, and, figuiatively speaking curia hia tail. Upper or under is alike to uj the one that bites the hard est ia the dog for our money. If Gkant bi s Roshcraiz a ) much the bettea, and vice verm. JU.Tica to xCkfloyexs. It is a notorious fact that our principal railroad and other lines of travel and transports tionhave, during the past 12 months, realized the moat enor mous profits and declared the most unprecedented dividends We appeal to the stockholders in thsse companies, at their annual meetings soon to be held, to see, that proper action is taken in regard to the pay of officers, and in fact cf al parties in their employ and. dependent npon their pay whether that pay be called salary or wages. Tha Compa nies are amply able to make any and evary jast and liberal allowance. Those in their employ are not itle to do with out it. irono the i resiaent down to tne icmoiest man working for daiiy wages let all bs dealt with fair'y, for the present state of prices ren iers this abs ihi ely iud:pena b'e to their existence. Surely, tha laborer is worthy of h's hire, and now he must have a much hnher hire than ever before in the memory rf the o!dst inhabitant. An odd notion that or a puDin speaker wm was aour.ng a man. "Give me" said he, "a bag cf straw, ten pounds of meal and a piK'8 Lead, and I will make a better man." Lincoln, in hid proclamation calling u,oji the Governors of the difiereut States to matre up their respective quotas of three hundrod thousand mnn, preambles aod proclaims a good deal, but the really important matter ia contained in his preamb es as follows, which mean to sav I want so many men to take the places of those about to retire, and at any rate I want men : Whereas, The term of seivice of part of tho vo'untee forces of the united states will expire uuribg the coming yer, ana whereas, In addition to the men rai-ed by the present draft, it is deemed expedient to call out three hundred thousand volunteers, to serve for three years or the war not, .however, exceeuiBg three yare. Thia ia why Mr. Lincoln wants these men. Ho next goes on to say to-wit: By the j'h day of Januiry, 18 4, by which time if they don't volunteer bo '11 mako them, by immediately commencing to draft. That is cool. It would seem that the Yatkep g-uf ;t Charleston, though of vast power aLd range, cana -t aW!,d evury.hing, so that although by way of exjorimont they c iu ti ru-w h-t and shell into Charleston from Morris' I-Unl, for ..h prac tical purposes the city in cot wi'.Mn tLe r ra-go. It is prob able that at the rate they have baen going on, a Parrot gun would have to be sacrificed upon Morris' Island for every square yard of brick-work displaced irr the city a losing business to the men of Parrot guns, i his haa already been triend and with about fhs results we have indicated. But the force of these guas within anything less than a fabulous range, must be admitted to be tremendous, and if General Jere. -Gilmer ha really been able to pint the stump of Fort Sumter in a position to withstand the fearful impact of thee enormous projjc. tiles thrown frcm Cummings' Point, then indeed, he may well be denomisated the Todieben of this war We shall aoon hear of lively doings. The siege has al ready lasted one hundred and ten cays, and bi-lB fair to be drawn out to "an liliad of woes. , The following extract frcm the speech recently deliver ed at Blairgowrie, by Eakl rrsssLL will indicate the po sition which the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain has as sumed in regard to the iron-clada : THE steam bah question. There are other questions with regard to ships that have lately been prepared in thia country, because these ships are not like ships which receive the usual equipment known io wars in time past, but they are themselves without any further armament, formed for act ef offence and war. They ara steam rams, 9 hich might be af ed for the purpose of war without ev r touching the shores of the Confederate ports. Well, gentlemen, to permit ships of this kind know ingly to depart from this country, not to enter into any Confederate port, not to enter into a port for a belligerent, would as yon see, expose our good faith to great anspi cion ; and I feei certa-n that if during our war with France, the Americans had sent a line oi battle ships to break our blockade at Brest, whatever reason they might have nned in Bupport of that, we should have considered it a violation of neutrality. Such ia the spirit in which I am prepared to act. Everything that the law of nations requires, every thirg that car law, that the Foreign Enlistment Act re quires, I am prepared to do, and even, if it ahonld.be prov ed to be necessary for the preservation of our neutrality, that the sanction of parliament should be asked to further measures. In short, to Bum up, her Majesty's Government are prepared to do everything that the duty of neutrality requires; everything that is just to a friendly nation,taking aa a principle that we shoald do to others aa we should wish to be done to ourselves. Bat this we will not do we will not adopt any measure that we think io be wrong. We will not yield a jot of Brtluh right in conseauerce of the menaces of any foreign Power. Wx were pi 3sed to Bee in our office this morning, Dr. R. V. Leucine, ft venerable and experienced Fhyaician, ah exile from New Orleans, who passes through going booth en route for a warm climate. Wk give be?ow a letter frcm a highly intelligent gentle- man, a native oi Lmpim county, .uui now, an me ieucr w show, serving wit the army of Tennessee, in one of the re giments from Texas If not quite fre it ia about ns near- y bo es almtBt any of the 'conimcnicatior.B aliowfd to oe written from the Western army, and rot bo far behind the telegraph itself : Camp near l uattano Oa, ) Oct. 11th, li3. J Dk a ft Ukcle : -Scarcity -cf writing materials added to the nece-ssry interruptions of camp ifp. bas prevented me frr m informing you before now msi iaunee oaueia aim shells Aid not nut n nfitiud io mv Lfe in the late battks on Cbickaniauga Crek. 1 cannot go into paiticulars. But cur ngm.ent, Wilks', Consolidated 17th, .nth. Uth aud 25thTexis) was ia th.i ba tle Caturdiy evening for about oce acd aha!; hours, while thot and shell rained around ua in a nan storm, we mere capuifeu if x i.-v-.- 0 one Colonel, ore Lieut. CcloLei. aud two Mejais. i bis was done by Ci-mpanv K. and Company B. Dat ktesa then closed the 6t u;Kle. The Yankees were driven back neany a aila (part of Crittenden V Carps ) A Iiltle tvur mull o'.acK jck, exictiy in frot.t o me, leceived a very seTere wont a from jrrape shot I He n-mg was awiuny granu aueuu of anything I had. "readabi ut." The boy sty that, in rapidity, "pouring peas on a raw bide is no. tou.n to i . Oa Sunday tiiorniog, lth. we bailt a log breastwork, e pectiug to b ut ockc.: ; but no Fuch good fortune. The enemy did th paiie, a d ftboat 9 o'clock we moved for ward to attack hTm. We had to march and countermarch across a field in easy rauga a.-.d in view o-' two Yankee bat teries'. Of curse they gave ua no small bhare of their at tention. Shtlls tuis'ovar us,, under us, and in our midst Balls cf ail faiz s, s rape, c mister and G and 11 1?. bails, wh:zzed among us in copious profusion and fearful prcxinrty One man in our Company was struck down by a grape, and another had his shoulder torn eff A 12 b. ball went through Co B, (rftxt to us), tjok c ff o; e miTi'a bead, and tore two others i-ito ragged pieces ! Many in the regime!. t were kmd ana wounaej. Lu ing tnis siaie oi fctuug OennrAl Wnn.-i'i Riiffade seen ,4 doable QuickiUR from the forest a liulft 'o cur r gh and 1 learn that Polk' BMgad had beeu previoul d.iveu frcm tho sanae place. Gen Cletiurno (" Old Futv' ) .htn ord red Gen. Deshler to move up there and hMd that ground. ThiH was d .-no. We were to ke---p the enemy at bav there, while other troops turned u s flicks. We did s . This was 10 o'clot;kr A. W. The noiae from that time till 3 o'clock, P. M., exceeded in rapidi'y and loudoss anything I had ever imagined. Abom 3 o'clock w-'J hf-aid cheering on our right, a halt mde die tiut, arjd s xm learned Crit'enden's, right bad given way. ihe nrirg then abated. A ha f hour after. cur light fed back, theii ADimuuiti n being exhausted. ( ur Brigad . then expected to lw fl tkod, and one company vas thrown out on the exposed fliiik to watch the enemy. A half h m.' skiraiif-h tou d, at the end of which Geu. detu ne led anorher Brigade to the abandoned Krouad, and before you cu;d Bay ' Jack Bobinaon " the ba.l opened. ag iu there hot ai.d heavy. Hii .Yai.kee battery there which, withoue on cik left, b-id kc-pt cp a raking crces lire on our Brigade, ep-ned oa the nenr comer rMi ehell, grape and cann ster. Iu five minu'es Ci. n. Cleburne ordeied two bat eries of hid Division up to tt.e ridge on wh ch we weie postsd 50 yards to our right. Thev went to work in car neat, and three or four BO'id shots kiceked old Abe's bat tery into' next week. I then heard the gunners cry "g-B!" Ai.d grai e it was. I was am?zed at the rapidi ty with W'iich they fared, ' i -as deafening. In 10 miautcs a shout a perfect tiger was rai-ed on the right and Boon extended all longur liaes. Ihoae old wooes joined u iu our exaltation. Tho Yankee were runiiit g lite fright ened wolves They never stoi pe 1 until they reached Chat tanooga, 12 or '14 miles ill. The joy and tneif manifesta tions of it on tLe part of cur artillerymen", at every fire, amused n e very much. One 1 ttle fellow went into ecsla fit'3. jeiked of bis hat, threw it on the ground, jamped and shouted. You wou'd have thought tiai crazy. Well, we spent a day barir g the dead, who were lyinar all over the woods. Thea we moved forward and farmed a lire of batile aroubd i hattanooa, built, breast works, &i. Bagg'B plat s, of ciurse, are unknown, but bs has pcs'ed eicjee guns on Miseiorary IvidKe, atd L''o! or, Peak es well as at ail other convenient points, complote'y cornm-inding the town. One day has bveu spent shelii. g the Tatkee forts, with what resul'B I kno rot A few hells have been ex changed almost every day, . nd there has been considerable catirionadirg at and bavoud LookCut Peak. 2 or 3 miles from our position We are cast of town. Bragg's head quaifers are on Missionary Kidge, just befcind us. Of the future I kuow nothing. Presidens Davis rcd down our liLea 3atnrd iy in company with Bragg. Our works were covered wi.h ltebs. cheering him. Our soldiers are in ex celled; helth acd tpiiits. Some of tha prisoners we took 8id to us: Boys, you ooxht tojuave let n- whip you here. It wou.'d have ended the war, and we would a'l have gone home this winter. Wa3n't that' cool '( Miserable, low-bred, inhuman, rascally, thieving scQms of Christendom ! 0:ir su j igation the only 'ermioa tiou to the war ! I wou'd a thousand times prefer a French Protectorate. God forbid that 1 or you or anybody bhould be forced to submit to evn a decent government, much lass a barbarom, fi kle ar d biainleRsdeipotiam ! But I have no apprchcisdon. We,sba!l gain cur ii.de pendence.. if we deserve it. Ii we a e cown.rds acd poltroons and specula tors, we cuxht not to be free. God will do rightabout it. A. C. Avery is on Dill's staff, and Tbatt. Coleman is his chief of engineers. I have no other ncqnaintaaces hre. Write nii all the news, head me the Dily Journal. I never see a North Carolina paper I read the Chat. P.ebel & Memphis A ppea'. The lit: ei- is an excellent paper. Ad dress me at Chattanooga. The mail is opened' at Chica mauga Depot, 5 mdes from here. Yen s truly, B. F. G., Jr. P. S. Au oldlidy living near lyre was ge:ounting the evi's cf w.'t a few diys ago, and wcuu up thua : " The nasty Yatkres ome runum' along here, and our sold ers was rnunin' 'em s j c'.ose thoy made a line of fbht rij;ht in my j ai d, aud ruiued my young apple tree', and tore down my auh hopper." Who waa af -er them t Borne one asked. "Mr. Forrcat'd critter ccmparry," sail she. Camp kkar CcLrEPRB, Va.,) October 22J, 1883. Our Iust AlVBi.ce Editors Journal : as to the ol ject of this move I know nothing, and if I did it would probabiy not be p:uient to reveal it if 1 were at liberty, borne say it was to give the ecmy a good tbraihinfr while others are of the opinion that it was to re move their proximity fr m Richmond, andur lines How ever true or untrue tiit.se various rnmo b may be, it is eno'-gh to know that they were moved bcE to tho Potomac loii ijf eeveral thousand piisonera, ai d it is oly ny object to L-otice tho spiiitand galiict conduct of our r,oble sol diers ; and I trust no ono will th'nk me personal when I re fer to u -me of the feats of the well known 1st 8. C. caval ry, who have done somnch for our cauaeand received such dite congrntulations If n even cur best eomiiiariders Twice on this occasion i undfist.n;d it has beeii. coaiph m.'itted hi.;hiy by i- :r gallant ard dashing conimaiid- r Li'nt. (Jea. Stnirt. 'r.ee for d ivag the enemy's h: fan try skirmishers from befc j ourtattery, and cg&in for'ebusing their eavalry in perfect. rcU'. a distance if eight miles. In the charge before the battery the gaUnt Lieut. Col Thos. Kofiiu iell mortally wounded, whose last words to hi regi ment were 44 gentlemen follow me, ai d keep clos d." Here too ot r brave fti;-.i i (Ticient cemmander Brigidior Gen. J. B. Gordun was fiigi tiy wmDded, though still kept the saddle, and is now on duty with his command. Our troops all appear to be m good spiri:s When we would lide by our infantry they wcnl 1 eny " go ahead boys, it you can't shove them we can." Bflshies this I can epeak for my own regiment, and sa? that it was and stili is ia fiuo spirits; and confident of our liual victory over the enemy. Hoping no me wiil think me pernoiial, for ail done their full duty, I must not fail fo notice smorg tha many cihers the gallant conduct of Corp'l Denry J. Jones and Euglr B K. Privett of Company H. Othernriia have ecteJ equally brave, but the.so be n; iu my own Company f am -vitnesa to their tea's. In tho varicu ch'rgcs made t:.ey did not nil to take the front, and teil their comrades to come on. Corp'i aula had hia horse shot from under him cb-ae to where Col. Kuffin, his old Capt. fell. I regret lo Htate that Lugler Privett was wounded, but not herioualy. Private Ilulua F. Wakton 5lso acted notly on ihe field. Private George f. Dewy, a member ot our Company, who waa acting Bsrgt. Maj. displayed brilliant conduct cn the field alo. His horse wad shot from usderhim at Auburn or Kaper'a Millj, near Warieuton Juuction, where Col. Kuffia fall. Please give this space m your cjumns and oblige KeRpoctfully, LAU& DEO, Private Co. H, 1st N. C. C. yours. For the Journal. To the Stockholders W. & W. B. E. Co : Gektlemsn As vour Annual Meetinc is Anni'nxtmatircr I beg to call your attention to a subject of very grave im portance to a class of persons closely connected with and dependent upon you your employees. Since the war commenced, only a email increase cf watres and salaries has beeu made. During that time, the cost of iivirg haa very greatly increased; so much so, that now ten dollars will not buy as much Bacon, Mea?, and plain clothes a one doUar would hfeve purchased in I860, The proba bility ia that all articles of necessity will greatly advance in price during the next twelve months. If vour finiMlnvpa were only able to support their families and lay by a small a.mouut for "a rainv dav" nrevinnn tn the war -mint o-m become cf them during the coming year, if their pay is not" increased? I see from the Journal that Otir filviriAnria thin yeamave oeen very urge. The probability ia that they wi l be at least a large the comincr vear. Many of vonr mn'rv. 1 t . .w uv ees ars BacriScing health, and some of them daily risking their Iivea. Most of them bavei dependent families. Their claims are strong -their wants urgent. I hive no doubt our uoara oi directory Have, and will havs evrrv Hisnnai. tion to make a liberal increase of nav. bnt tho maw hnv trome uouots as to your approval. Will you not take such action at your next meeting as will remove all doubts ? buch is the prayer of one who knows and fesls the" necessity. F or the Journal. Camp 31st Beg't N. C. T.,) Sullivan's Islad, v neae Chablkston, S. C, Oct. 27, 1863. J Messrs. Editors : Please allow me soace enouch in vonr columnB. to make a few remarks ia behalf of the noble ci tizens ot Hertford county, who have bo hberallv and wil. lingly contributed to the wants of the worthy boys of Co. G, 3l9t Reg't N. C. T., who have been so long contending for the rights of our much beloved country. lo K. O. Cowper, Esq., Capt. Jam; a Barnes. J. B. slaogn ter, Esq., Jae. A. Dick, Bey. T.jW. Haysy W. C. Jenkms, Esq., and David Ha-eil, Esq. Gentlemen : Through your exertions in beha f of my Company, we have been indeed blesssd. I have been ap pointed by the Company to thank you, and through jpa every individual, even for the very smallest donation. V7e have never been in a atarvin? condition, but we, in connec tion with all others, have suffered and do aufler for whole some foo l. We do not complain of the government, we have nevtr compi&ined and never will, but though we have suffered fcr food, yet we have an abidiDg confidence in our administrative officera to bejieve that it waa beyond their power to make n8 more comfortable. We entered into the service, for patriotic purpoaes alone. We have encouatered, and are still willing to endure any hardships that may come, that at lest we may have a clear con-' scienee that we have done bur duty for our grieved but gloriooa Confederacy And gentlemen, let ns assure yon I tl,a?nvlK;n. In ln.h nn tdan'ritlff tr.flllAnnA nnOTl the DOOT soldiers, tar from home, exposed aa they are, at te have the indubitable evidence,. such aB.you and other friends at home have given na. that you feel an inteest, not enly roT is individually, but it proves t j ns that you are h-art and bc ul with ua in the great struggle for Scuthera Indepen dence. ItprOvesitoostbat ell Henford. ope among te first to respond to the demands upon her for delendera of Scu'hern homes and firesides, ha- not grown wery in well icing Ml of her sons are ia the field, but few conscripts hava been taken from her Boil, and tha aged, who are at hom , ate ever ready and wiilirg to help the aoldiera who are chee fa'dy fighting yonra and our battles. When the sacn .n shall cease to roar ; wnen me leraea iia-u auan evacuated; when the time worn soldier shall letu n to MB hnmA rrnwiftd with laurels of victory: when ur glorious flag eh&n float in triumph from every hiiltop in the Confed eracy, and the rights ot freemen securea to us, we win ro turn to old Hertford to bless each nd every one of jpu Please accept our most heartfelt tMnkB lor trie provisions sent to us, and we wi 1 ever be yours, greatiu jy, ' Capt. Co. G, 31at Beg't N. C. T. for the Company. The following U the names of the donors whohivo cheer 'ul y contributed to the wana of rav company : Win Vaughtn, Mrs Dr Wheeler. Pipkin Vaughan, Miles Laurence. Lewis Patker. Mr JooSouthail Mrs Jno 'oore, Mh Jno W Harnee. It E 3 -a!e, David Parker. Mrs Doerry Jenkins, Mrs J is tiil!, Ords Parher, Ma hias Vaughan, Wm Danning. Mrs Lswiff K; leis, J A JacKSoa, mm iomp son. Jno P Lee, Mr .VP Bearman. Mra W N ".fmith, ttj J J Yeatea, F M Capehart, R B Pa ker, P 8 il lama. So d era' Aid Society, 44 "pars socks ; J J Vaughan, L I Speirs, Capt E D Brett, Waiter Woyrick, B T Speir", WI Bynum, W hi Datightrey, C C Furgason, Ja A Wotre-l, Al-x Bre't, Mrs E M tverette, Jacob BatneB, Jaa Bames, B G Cowper, J H Gatling, J R Dardcn, S D Wiab rn, A Keddick, Capt 8 Moore, Wm Porter, Mr. J Furgason, I DVann, Mrs Julian Pcicot. J H Jernigin, Wra Hays, b jifcin Ken. V l.wi. Han. J J Soul1. Jacob bkirp, II Hays, !-.. T V.' I nria I R Harp, W L DAinl. otfttkeV Plllilld, A 3wis, J B Harr, W L Daniel, otarkey fiiana, Askew, Mrs Mary Joae, D Morrig, J Nusoni, J i, H G:iffith, P Jordon. J A Va.in, Jos Harre.l, E Wilcn Harrell, Col J P Howell, W T No:hcut, Evans, Z As r- S.f, .. Baker, sen n tBM-ri .1 Geo Vallen-iae, G Baker, or J W Gating, L B Jer:.iar, S ... . . t , i . T f ' H . . , - I I U i t t . a 3 tlarre i, j j jorjnu, jod roirce, j d aj o, . di David Harrcll. J D Hhaw, J It Doughtie, J 8 Slaughter, MraJ A MezzMl, L MorrU. ii Nowell, J A Mezzell, A Jom.is, J J Perry, W W fcpseoous, Capt J T Mabaue, K oh irp. H T.iyl r, Thos Cullen. J Downing, A O 'I odd, w f. Parker, Kichard Rjuatree, W H fcley, Lieut D Parlter. Jno Bakfr, Moses Tdd. Lieut ike v,Lient W P Tayir, J W Evans, T Perry, T' II Evaoi. Henry C h irp, W Peale, D V btssoms J B Pe man, Mil's Eumrer, W Brown. N B Ad kin3. J S Godwin, Jno Laesiter, Ch;u Jenkins, G LT Mitch ell, J W Jernig-.n, J E Jenkins, Kindred Hollomon, Geoige Askew, W W fiiitcheli. as Ncwuoin, A S 88'Otn, Austin Cook, W K iardea, J J Parker, A J Hol!o:mn Geo Hc-1-nnufn . .Tilon H.illr.rnnn. m.-ustai BaPS. M E Newaim. J Li Jenkins, j a kioukk, jaj Kincneii, Sewell, I W Hays, W o Jenkir.a. Taylor, i'l -jqjas From the Macon, Ga ..Telegraph Tlie Ntxt Wli-Ht Crop. FPAKB THE 1'RODUCTIVE LABOR. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier makes grievous coiiipluitits tbat the wheat prospects for next epriDg are exeel:iis-ly gloomy, on account of the db senceof planting lbor, tLe State draft having placed too larsre a portion o! the productive population in tbefa2!d. Thia is a moH interesting topic, and demands the at tention of s'attsaitn. The production of focnl is ns vital to the eouae i3 eucess ot arnn. The food re sources of" the country must not be diminiaLed ; and yet it i3 clear from tbe clamor rajstd by many of the newspapers about, puttjng everybody able to carry a gun . iu.to tha army," and iVoai .the talk of the new Congrissmeu in their addressee, to tbe same purpose, that thtre will be great danger of overdoing tLis bnsi nei3 of forcing producers into tl;e army, and eo, from lack of food, the count y shall be more tff.ctually sub jugated than Lincoln's armies could 'do.it. Insure us pleaty 'of good lood to sustain our armies in the fbld, and their families at "home, and there ia then no fen.r cf aubjugatioi. But witb inadequate supplies cf food, oar causo ia certainly ruined, although ytiu should double' her armies. Tbe favorite talk ia " strengthen the arrrnes, and conquer a peace b fore spring." That is a schoolboy's dream cr it is'te dtsperation of the gam:ster who hazards his all on a single cast of the dice. We certainly hope that the day of peace may not be very remote, bat it i3 the dictate of the inost ordinary ptudnce to prepire ar.d keep prepared for a protracted war. The ti re is coming when the solid men of the coun try must set their faces against a ruinous drain upon our population for war purpose?. The proposition to conscriba men over forty five is suicidal. To get one good serviceable soldier of that age, it will probably kill four or Gveof the most valuable of our productive population heads of large families small thrifty plan ters and farmers, whose piace could not be eupplied. Few men of; the settled physical habits which common ly attach to tLe age cf forty-five and upwards, can be taken from home and txpo3ed sud.lenly to the vicissi tudes of camp life, without ruining their constitutions or killing them. We hope the press Kill bs careful in their couns Is upon thi3 subject. The Amkkican "War as a Sporting EvaXT. When John Buli is particularly interested in any sub ject he maks a bet upon it. It ia a national peculiari ty, and therefore this paragraph from an English piper is a natural illustration : An immensj number of bet3 have been ma 'e hi Sou'.hamptoD, during the American struggle, bat ween the eympathiz:-r3 of the North and those who are for the South. In fact, bets have been made upon every particular struggle between the belligerents. One of the most amusing wagera was a new hat that - the Ftdtrala would ent r JRichmocd before the Confederates entered Washington. As both parties have hed cf the same s;z3, a nev hat was at ence ordered to be made and kept until the bet was decided. When Lee crcsics to the north of tbe Potom u, cr the Federals crcsi to the South of that rivr, the fiJe of the hat excites the great est curiosity. The scige cf Vickaburg caused a large number cf translations, tie southern sympathiser b;t tiog freely, owing to the confident fctaiementa cf the Time3 and Standard that the town could not possibly be captured. A buahel of ripe apples of a new sort, grown at V00dlacd3. iu the new Forrest, was laid that the great fortress of the Mississippi could no be taken, and the winner has jast received the "Vicksburg pip pins," as they have oeen named. The current odda are tbat fhe steam rams will escape .from Laird's and get into the hands of the Confederates. Execution or Dr. Wrlgd. A Federal Surgeon, who arrived at City Poiiit Sat urday, on the flag of truce boat,) brought the announce uirntcrthe execution of Dr.- David JMinton .Wright, by ordf r of Abraham Lincoln, at Norfolk, on Friday last. It will bc recollected that Dr. Wright killed a Federal Lieutenant of a negro company who had order ed three of hia negroes to arrest him for expressing his indignation at the company being marched through the streets of Norfolk. The Petersburg Express gajt : The Federal Surgeon says he witnessed the execution and that the Doctor died with heioic lirrnnets The exe cution wa puplic, tha scallold having been erected Liar the Fair Grounds, on the uuburbs of the city. But a few d&js previous to his execution there wa occa sion to remove him from the Jail to the C'nstnm Hc.xun. where the mook trial which unrighteously condemned Lieu to death waB held. Be was carried through the streot3 in irons, but thia ignominious treatment did not suhdue his spirit, nor did it lower him in the e-teem of his fellow citizens. He moved with a li ra tread and noble bearing and every mm that he met lifted his hat in tok?n of re spect. Dr. Wright waa about 35 yeawofege, over six feet in haiht, wf l proportioned, and of most coinmandicg pres ence. He leaves an interesting family, who have no pang of ie?ret, fave the severance ot the tie which bad so close ly linked thsm to husband and father in lite. He die) a mar tyr to tho noble cacse of Southern independence; for in slaying his insult ;r, he dii only what the noble Jackson d d at AlexaLdria, and what many others have done in other portions of tha bouth overran by the ciuel and insolent op pressor. lie was a nativa cf Eastern North Carolina, but had res-ided m Kortclkior twelve yeara perhaps longer. We had no personal acqaaietaace with Dr. W., but those whe knew him long and intimately tpsak of him as a hi?h toced, honorable geatlennn, courteous in his bearing, hon est in all his dealings, benevolent to the highest degree! nd universally rtspeoted and beloved. Col. Kuffik. The death of Col. Thomas ItufSn.of the First North Carolina Cavalry, ia again repeated in Northern journals. It will be recollected tbat Col. Ruffia waa wounded in the recent fight at B'ristoe Station, and fell into the hands of the enemj. A cor respondent of the -New York Commercial Advertiser, writing from Washington, Tuesday last, October 20, says: (jol. Bcffia, who was wounded at the Bristoe flht and died, rid was buried at Alexandria Euoday, wss in Con gress frcm North Carolina at the time the war broke out. He was never a violent partisan, and' opposed Recession, but like many other good men, followed the blind ambition tbat led him to an ignoble efid, because "h a Htate went out." . We trust that this information, like the first, may prove incorrect. It will be recollected, however, that the Northern dates which last contradicted the rumor of his death, were to the 17 tb. The above ia several days later. Besides, the positive . assertion that the body was buried at Alexandria Sunday, would scarcely have teen made,- we imagine, without good authority. Let no man delude himself with the hope that he mat escape by investments at high prices in real estate or otherwise, the calamities which will' inevitably attend a failure of the South, financially or in the field. Every citizen is necessarily an endorser and supporter ol the Confederate Credit and currency, and cannot, if he would evade or transfer thia responsibility. THK FINK AIMS IV ' FRANC K- VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF TUB LUXKMliCURO. Paris (Bept. 11) correspondence cf the IiOnd'on The Mnseum ot the Luxernb urcr, which is con S?dered as, a place of passage for mod th works of art until the are placed in the Museum of the Louvre or Vc-s.Mlks, or in th! imoeria! r. sid-suctH, La3 witbiu tin? last tbirtet'n yerr received the greater number of ibe paintings acd statute a purchased by the Uoven.ment. Near the works cf MM. Ingres, Delacroix, pd oroche, Ary ScbelTer, my be fiecn those of Mf... Ilaudnn. Hebert, Ron?!n-reau, together with twenty-eix newer paintings placed there within a lew d:.ya, and some of which weie exhibited ttis year. Among He latest arrivals the most remarkable are, a Spring, by Daabiny, valuable for its coloring ; a pro menade in the Tuilcr.es, by Kau.i, and a Veiew ot tbe BDsphorus, by Sabutz . merger . 'ILe-o pa.ntiogi are in the northeast gal'cry. A view of Fonia.ncoui, by Decaen ; an Episode of tho Involution of I80O , by Delacrcix ; a Study, by fcitaub ; a Caravan, by lid ly ; and the Death ol (iericault, by Ary bchelLr, uie pmc ed iu the eastern gallery, and are worthy cf, notice. A Pilgrimage in the wQoaacr awre, j ton'Wedilng, by Adolphe LIuel ; and a Glass Lamp, by Desgcff J, are to seen iu the lower gaikry, va tho middle of which is a bust ef Arindne in tears, Anne Millett, and two statues io brot.Z2, by Daret; cue np reE3ntin" a fisherman dancing the tarantella, and a N u palitan vine drccsef rtlatng a comic incident. In the rotunda, between tbe Extern ar.d Vestcrn calhrics. are several new statues ,-ac:org ;htm Uw "Ivl ucalion ot Bacchus," by Porrault, a group which ob tained the medal cf honor this year, occupies the centre. the infernal re! ioi.s : Agnrpm.i holding young iNe.o in her a:m?, and a statue of ruth, occupy the Niches: - The alignment group 'ot Gona lina and her sons, ia p'accd at the sid-j ol the roiuri.l, aud at the Eaa'eru cm rune j uwy be s en tho bustb ol theGraehi, execuiel in brorz. by Gudlaumo, nuvl ti.--bust c Eembraudt, by Oiiva. In tte gullcry to tn right hand, fthieb is d.vido.! iu to.four compartments,, are La Utrouw, by Jul-s lire ton ; the -Review of the Taileries, by Bthange ; sev-iul landscapes by Franks aud Dpcrti; a painting by Beaume, representirg. Charhs X. latiotj the brat bior, of a monument ou the Place de la Concord,', ded:c;itel to Louis XVI.; the waiting room ut .the Monte d.' Piete, by Ileilouth ; the Gatherit g in of the l y Crop, by Laugie ; two landscapes by Lino ie a;i.i .U zan ; a Vitwor Manchester by Jusf'm Ouvner, hud Arab Horsemen, by Fromentin. In tlit ga'lery are also placed "The Weeping 11 . g gar Girl," by Hugue3 Merle, and tbe "Return 11x111 a Festival ia Alsace," by Mareclml. Oipo.site are t wo email painting bv Fiehel and Obevvt, which are vuy much admired. The first represents a wine ebop a:,t tbe othf-r a soinnicg girl asleep. A procescion at I'.i lesmo, by Coubrrtio ; a Hawking Party, by Fromr,, tin ; a View iu Morocco, by 7) ; and ti e interior u! . convent dispensary, by Lelcux, are ia tbe fa.uj lery. It is much to be regretted "that the last tneiUioivd lour compartments are so badly ligbtc j that tioin..' v tbe paintings are searct-ly vicible. W'heu tbe Si.nal waajpstalled iu the Luxembourg, during tbe first tin pire, the greater part of the magnificent gallery, dr." rated by Rubens, between the years 1G21 and ltJli.:. with twenty one paintings, representing the fu'toiy ol Mary de Mcdicis, was destroyed, to malio room for the grand Eiaircase constructed by Chalgrirj, an 1 wliat re mained was arrange! os it is at present. Ia 1801, Chaptal, Minister cf the Interisr, decreid that a museum, of which the gallery of Rabins should form the richest ornament, snoulJ bj established, in tin; eastern galiery of the Luxembourg, and Naigeon w;-h appointed conservator of this new museum in Bui after the return of the Bourbons in 1815, a royal order removed the collection in the Luxembourg t-i the Louvre, to 11 the vacancies caus.d by the re moval of a number of pictures restored to the fon ign governments from wbk-h fbey bad bren taken by N:i pokon. Subsequently, Louis XV11I, not wishing tlnf the Palace of the Chamber of Peers should be dfpriv. 1 of a museum that contribute to its importance, com manded tbat the most remarkable productions ol ti c living artists ehould be collected there. For this p im pose he selected all that was valuably in the royal re-si dem-es and in tho storerooms of the Louvre, and he tn:i-! restored the gallery of the modern French echcl. From the Richmond Wbij. 'In cne of his letters, attempting to jus'ify Li Emancipation Proclamation and the sc cf negro troops, the President cf the Yankees usei th; followoi,' onguage: "3nt negro jfl, like other people, act npoa w tiwc-.-Why shoiiid thy do any thing lor n if we will dauo'liir;; fer theni? If 1 hey stake their lives lor na they mint lb prompted by the strongest iaties, evoa tin promise ,f irecdom." It is needleES to pay anything abut the violation of the Federal Constitution involved in tko Emauc'pa tion Proclamation; neither Lincoln nr his subjects care anything about that: cor ths violatio;i ;f .,i inanity in the u jc of slaves against their masters ae.d mistresses; nobody now looks fr humanity at the hnna cf so brutal an adversary. 'But the lacjuare of f -'n-coln suggests a po?sibi!i'y wbieh might well iiave ni hi3 hand tremble while penning these wordi", und v. i i h may yet make the whole ruffianly race ever wJc'u i rul'-s q-iaka with dread. Linc61:i proclaimcJ ti.'r.u.i pation, and began Cilisting nero troops witb tbe hot.r of so appal.'ing us with tha fear of eervil j iisiurre.-f ii . aa to drive ns to accept tha alternative cf nubmi-i i v. We did not believe that our djmestica could be b.wi-. i fo the diabolical work he iatcndeJ Ibem to do, ar.d v. determ'ned to stand the hazard. TTe j i:lgcd and acU 1 wisely. But Lincoln's id'ja that tbe cejro ra;, ce'e'd upon and kfluehecd by.such sti.uulants as, und.c l circumstance, maybe applied, would te c.p ibl-j tf de;d. at which tbe civiliz:d world wonld thud.Jcr w:. true enough. He was only mistaken in thichintr i o had it in his power to apply those stimulanfs, and tL.t the ptep'.e who were resisting Lioi could be rnudet!" victims ef tbe atrocities .he meditated, l.v.-n ii.: powerful "motive" he mentions, "tha promise of b. dom," could not be supplied .by him, hecau' ti. negroes who are within his reach, aud io a siunh .. which enables them to "stake their lives" for thj Vur. kre3, are already as free as he -can mfeke them. T.. ; have, therefore, no motive to fight. Bat with f more than tbiee millions that remain in i-lavery a subject io be disposed of as their n.a.crs tbiijc p; : 1. the natter is very different. Tbe promise of u-n would not be to ihem an empty and snp.rfi icu.i eil'i. Nor would tbat imagined boon be the only ii,c .:t. . tbat e-ouid be lurnislK-d to induce them to &tak... tiu r Iiv 6"or their rnas'.C'S, or lor the still strm ger n .i.v of grati'yi-jg Juits and passions, the fi.ic;; fi.-i.-j which, acting upon th'r semi savago natures, v .d make tin in orr.oi a of detractions, the very cmisj.i'-l of bell to the Yankee race. x Hi's fearful possibility ha3 not -scaped the a?v . tion cfa writer for the London Herald, who d;:t .3 fvi ew York. That writer says: Let Mr. Davfa arm 100,000 or 350,000, and mirth tl. North tell thorn that in New Yoik tiie bnkM r lu i gold, the women bntifo!, aad tliey can te iree nUn. well as hare a irood tirn generally when Ihey r?a;h . -Yorlt or Philadelphia, and I will wager my ha l Unit if will reach Ntw lorfcand, leavinq tract of b!oo ) m '. fire tnrifh Washington and Oil'imore. Et ill, I am nfr 1 ! there U no m.n in the Houth eqnal to the truer ncy. ' will not do now to tritti with Bnch a determin iti n a- i tht.of tho President of the North, iie has iho fower u 1 til the 4th of March, 18G5, and if ha is as shrowd ant.; ought to be, be will bv it fonr yeara longer, or n-,til 1- '. "If 'Cromwell' Jackson wereelive, ho would pray i. fore hit whofe arm7, ard ask Heavenly advice, and it wr.n: . be given, ncq'iestiooably 'Arm the elavrs,' and ii..i. h tbem Worth iu immenee and nicocqaerabla bol i. Ti."! imnic woald be fearful. It ia difficult to get no!iJier- n . When the news came that Gsneral Lee had been rdinrr.r. 1 by 100 C09 slaves, and that he was driviogthem North, ft panic would bo no universal tht r.ot a noldier of tif - ' 000 would go back to Wkhington, and the iucitsion w, :: . be bo dreaafnl, that the mnsUhojking barbansrj of .ic i : times would be baby play compared to it. of cjur-m. i such a programme was started, it would never be p- rrn t to be carried out. The North would rise a ona uiau; L:: coin won!d be hurled from power, or be told to say to 1 . South, as the Fgjptians said to the Iaraehtss, k(io, ye. jn 1 leave ns to peace." Fortunately for the reputation and character of the Confederate States fortunately for the credit of tl;. age in which we . live, and more fortunate than eit!:.. for tbe Yankee raca, we have scarcely had occasion vt to think of the possibility of being forced at s ;ui future day to turn loose among oar enemies sottnibv an element q! destruction. I h'i3 far we have been ab!1 to defend ourselves without resorting to means unreel niz3d by the code of civilized war and unjustified b; humanity. We confidently expect so to be able to the end. But it is well enough for the enemy to know that we do not mean to be conquered, aud that, if it shou! i beccm3 necessary to save ua from such a fate, there i ; no power of earth or the regions below that we woul 1 not invoke and hurl against them, though it should smite their race with annihilation and sink their whi !'. accursed land beneath a sea of blocd. Ivjt tbtm n t delude themselves with the ida that we do not It now our power; that we do not understand tho potency of mean mora destructive than avenging Furies iu our hands; dci is it safe for them to conclude that there ii
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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