THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
CONr fil- KHATE STATES OF ABTHIBTCA.
WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOT'R 12, 1863.
Vox ropull, Vox Del."
We hardly know who ta entitled to the paternity cf thli
8xprf on, but this we do know that many other catch
worda and cant phtaees, it is totally nntrne, and not far
from being absolutely blasphemous.
Tho TOice ot the people is but the joint expression of a
number of frail, sinful, fallible creatures, and as It is evi
dent that the aggregate of the people cannot risoabore
the average character and abilities of the several individ
uals composing ttis aggregate, it is folly, It wwtkM
foUy, ta liken the voice of this aggregate to that oi u
omniscient, infallible and immutable Creator.
Bo far are even the demagogues who are fond of paying
court to the populace from bellevi that the voice of the
people ia the voice of God. that they have no hesitation,
yj hfle submitting to a popular decision, to express their
diaent from it, and set to work to have it reversed.
If Mr. Demagogue supports A, as the advocate of a cer
tain measure, and B ia elected as the advocate of an op
posing measure, what does the aforesaid Mr. Demagogue
do? Does he quietly submit to this action as final as the
voice of God or does he go to work to have this action re
versed at the next election. He says the people were mis
taken, they were misled, they were not fully Informed in
regard to the facts of the case, etc. This wou'.d strike
people as a strange way to talk of " the voice of God."
II as God two voices which contradict each other ? Has he a
voice in 'he North and another in the South ? Has he one
voice in Massachusetts and another in South Carolina ? The
voice of the people in New England is totally contradictory
ot the same voice in Georgia or Alabama. Can both be the
voice of God?
Now it ia evident that the people are not infallible and
that tteit voice is nut the voice of God. But if the people
aie th as liable to err, how much more so hereditary mon
aiebs and aristocrats. The people can have no interest In
conspiring against their own liberties, nor against the liber
ties of their country. A whole people cannot easily be
biifce3, save by flattery and large promises, whereas the
minions ol a monarchy, being few In number, may easily
be brought over. A republican form of government, the
goTernment of tha people, where the people know how to
place certain checks upon themselves, and to respect these
checks, is no doubt the best human agency for the pur
poses of government; but after all it is but a human
agency, asd therefore weak and fallible, because depending
for its working upon weak and fallible creatures, whose
voice it ia folly asd blasphemy te compare to, or to eall,
" the voice of God." It is no sach thing. It Is the voice
1 man a voice too that is apt to veer around like the
wind and change its tone at every election.
The fulsome flattery and errant falsehoods of demagogues
Lave done much harm perhaps we might say all the harm
that has been dose upon this continent. The people the
mere majority, were told that they could do no wrong that
their voice was the voice of God, and hence the reck
less disregard of established Institutions and of vested rights
both of States and of individuals. Hence the aggression
o! the North hence the necessary resistance of the South
Lence all onr wees.
riain talking ia what ia wanted. Neither we, nor our
readers, nor the people, are perfeot, nor anything'Iike it.
Let this be kept before us all, and we will be less Inclined
to dogmatic assertion of our own views, and more willing
to make allowance for each other.
Captuie of lh C. S. Steamer Cornubla.
Itie C. S. Steamer Cornubla, Commander Gals,
was driven on shore about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning,
the Sth int., about 13 miles above Fost Fisher, by the block
aders, who boarded her and succeeded in towing her off
between three and four o'clock same morning. Comman
der Gale, the 1st and 2nd cooks and one passenger remain
ed on board, and were captured with the steamer. The bal
ance of the ciew made their escape, and most of them have
arrived in town.
The Cornubla was from Bermuda, and had on board an
as30itgd cargo for the Government.
Narrow Eecaps. This morning about one o'clock, or a
little after, the blockaders made an effort to capture the
blockade running etsamer Banshee one in her wake one
abreast, and the Si in the Banshee's front. Several shot
ware fired at the B., but no attention being paid to them,
ill t made her way, as rapidly as possible, for Foit Fisher,
aid arrived up to town this morning ab,at 9 o'clock, with
a cl ot hole ia her aide, about IS inches above water, some
distance aft cf her wheel house. The ball lodged in her
hold, where it yet remains, the cargo not having been
remcved eo 'z to get it out. Her foremast waa also cut
with grape, and her rigging considerably damaged. At
one time, we learn, one of the blockaders was within
about 30 jards of the Banshee, and hailed her to stop, but
the indomitable ceurege and perseverance of the B's com
mander was such that he bid defiance to his would-be-captors.
Tho rcEult was tho saving of his vessel and cargo,
and bringing all safely into port. Daily Journal, Oth.
Wa are indebted to the Chief Erglneer A. Hkistand
who made Lis escape from on board the Bteamer Cornubia,
yesterday morning, for & copy of . the New York Tribune
of the 24th nit., ihe Bermuda Gazette of the 3d, and the Ad
vocate of the i'.h inst.
In the Gazette of the 3d, we find the announcement of the
arrival of the Confederate Bteamer Advanoefrom Wilming
ton, at that port. It may not be amiss v to state that the Ad
vance is not a Confederate States Steamer. That is, she
does not belong to the Confederate Btates government, any
more than car printing ofS:e does. 2). Journal, 9th.
11. McGbkal, chief cf police, has been doing effective
service in recovering Etelen property. Yesterday he re
covered several valuable articles, asd some of them, to our
knowledge, have been restored to the owners. He, at
least, detervB tha thanks ofdhe owners of the property
for his diligence and perseverance in such matters. We
have no doubt Kr. McGreax will be properly appreciated
and well rewarded fcr hia untiring efforts.
Daily Journal, Olh.
There is evidently just gronad for complaint on the
part cf the citizens of towns on the lines of .Railroads
relative to the present mode of supply of food. Parti
cularlv ia this the case in
the town of Wilmington.
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The Bcarcity of food and fuel has become an object not
to be ignored by tbe most wealthy. If things are suf
fered to go on much longer as fat present, we know not
what cur people are to do. There ia something wronj
scmewhGie, at:d if the evil can be remedied it is time a
move was made to that end. The following commnni
cation states facts which ws know to exist, and we re
tpectfuily call attention to what it contains :
Wilmington, N. C, Nov-tti, 1153.
Messrs. Fulton A Price :
Will you allow se, through you, to call the attention of
the Confederate amthorities to several grievanca fcom
which our people will probably suffer severely. First on
t he list is in reference to flour. The Government p:iys the
farmers $5 per butbel for wheat ; the farmers will not in
this State Eel to outside parties for less than $10 per bush
el, and if that price is paid the Government impresses the
wheat. This action of the Government has caused the only
Flour Kill in this placet stop work. The reinedy for
tkis IS : the Government Ought either to allOW Killers to
" j " .-c ici uia luc kuu, ui vuuBvnjii kue I
iarmers, wno reicse to sen the people Wheat at II per
bushel.
ine sGcona grievance is tne monoply by the Government I
ot tbe Bai.road transportation are causing our paople ta
ic-3e uaavily by the manufacture of salt, which will soon
break up that business and causj a short supply of bacon
rer me uovernmeit as well as the people. I
ine tnira grievance is the prohibition of the exportation
ef the article of spirits turpentine by the Government an
tnoiuies. Tb!s, gentlemen, is like locking the stable door
after tbe horse is etolen. The Yankees have long since
arranged to get all the turpentine they want for the mans-
Jacture of Greek Fire, and if not, the ports of Newbern I
ead Washington, N. C, as well as the French markets, are
cpea to them, while our people who have turpentine for
?' , cr export, must suffer a heavy loss.
JUSTICB.
Ora friend Dark, of the Bumter Watchman, is down on
me -txprcBs Company for the non-arrival of a box of ta
per. Bear what he Bays, ye Express Company, and hW
up 1 6 IUlSSIEg DCS
what's become of it.
wnat the thunder la tha matter with
pan?
' A of PaP.er. dipped for H. L. Darr. by Canrh- I at
not vtt rcSVtl
man
their bill for the same three weeks ago ! Where is it and I
what is tbe matter with the Express Company ? Is' that tbe
m"j . , oujr uuw. uu leu nut ourexchan-1
JothaTtKnllt
-- - r -- uu iiqbu Mutr emu Kat aionflT una I
way by the time the war ends. Such dispatch will electri-1
m w
The situation of affaire in Northern Virginia, do not
appear to be as bad as we had feared Tfce telegraph in
forms ns that our loss on last Saturday was not over UCO.
The Bichmond Sentinel saye "our less, in killed wound
ed and prisoners, is estimated by some aa high as 1,000,
while that of the enemy, in killed and wounded, is said to
exceed our whole loss. Our men are represented to have
fought with great desperation, using their clubbed guns af
ter their amaaonition gave out.
"The ambulance carps has been ordered to tha f oiit, and
a general engagement ia locked for."
Th Cokntjbia. We are glad to learn from an officer
who made his escape from on board the' Cornubia, that it
was from so want of "resolute determizai'oa" on the
part of the commander of the Cornubia, or any other offi
cer, or the crew, that the Cornubia was not run safely into
port. All that was possible was accomplished every effort
having been made to save the ship. She was not ran cn
shore by any order, but she grounded in consequence of
being hotly and closely pursued by three blockades ; and
those who escaped bad a narrow chance. Commander Gale
is spoken of as having acted with great coolness and de
termination, tnd the loss of hisBhip ia more mortifying to
him than it can poasibly be to any outsiders. We have
made this a atement in order that the public mind may be
disabused of any allusion we have' made in regard to the loba
of the Cornubia.'
P. 8. Sinee the above was in type, we have received the
following explanation from the officer alluded to, and we
have implicit confidence in his statement. He was the
last man who left the ship. He says :
" Capt. Gatls, when hemmed in by the blockaders, re
solved to run the gauntlet, and so ordered. In endeavoring
to execute this determination, and pass between one of the
blockades and the beach, the Cornubia grounded, and they
were alongside insUntly, while lhe crew were escaping
from one side, the enemy ere boardisg the Cornubia on
the other."
Thb Salisbury Waicltman of the 'Jth inst., gives the
names of eight persons in Bowan county, N. C , vtha have
had patriotism enough left, to sell to the government their
surplus Wheat, Flour and Corn at government prices. Tha
Watchman gives their names as follows : Hon. B. CraLre
sold his whole crop of wheat to the Government at the Gov
ernment price. John I. Shaver, 1000 bushels ; F. W. Hair
ton, 400 barrels flour ; James E. Kerr, all the wheat he
had to spare; Wm. Powe, Capt. Wm. McNeely, Dr. J. W.
Hall, (flour,) Jos. Henderson and Jos. Black well.
The Waichmar. adds : And this we believe, ia the entire
list ! whit a theatrical would call a beggarly ahowicg of
empty boxes. These eight names should be multiplied by
25 at least, for Bowan alone. And what ia true of Bowan,
Is also true of the adjoining counties.
New what is to be done in this case ? Our soldiers can
not li7e and fight on water and air. They must have pro
visions. Will the people at home Eupply them cheerfully
and of their own free will, or will they compeU the Gov
ernment to send out its officers to impress previsions ? One
or the other they mast do. Commissaries have already re
ceived orders to impress, and uoless they obtaia supplies
without it, will in a few days issue notice to those who are
supposed to have surplus provwions, requiring them to fur
nish them to the Government. Sorely the farmers of West
ern North Carolina will not eubject tho Government to tbe
unpleasant duty of this lest resort.
Th situation at Charleston remains in statu quo that is
to say, tho enemy continue to bombard Fort fc'u inter with
no effect, except tbe waste of powder and ball, lhe fol
lowing from the Courier of the 10th will give an idea of
the siege during the previous day and nigbt :
Bombardment ef Fort Suuitcr.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY -SECOND DAY OF
THE BIEGE.
The enemy has kept up a slow fire since our last without
any perceptible eflact on the fort. The accuracy ot his
fire has also materially diminished. Oat of fifty-eight shote
fired Sunday night, sixteen missed.
On Monday sixty-one shots were fired from Greg?, twenty
of which failed to strike.
The number of shells thrown lathe sains time bj the mor
tar battery at Cummings' Point was twenty-five, ot wbich
five missed. Two Monitors were also alternately engaged
Monday, aad fired some twenty-five fifteen inch shell, seven
of which missed. The whole number of solid (-hot and
shell from sunset Bunday to sunset Monday, waa one hun
dred and sixty-nine, of which forty eight failed.
The following is a resapitulation ot me number of shots
and shells fired during last week : Rifled ehota from the
land batteries, eighteen hundred and three, oi wbich four
hundred and eleven missed ; from the raorars, fourteen
hundred and sixty-seven, of which three buadrcd and fifty
nine passed over, from the Monitors, tour hundred ami
seventy-one, nineteen only of which missed. Total for the
week, three thousand and seven hundred and forty-one, of
which two thousand nine hundred and filty two ttuuck, and
seven hundred and eighty-nine missed.
Total 11. ed during the previous week, five thouttuau seven
hundred and forty-eight struck, and eight hnriiied and
seventeen missed.
The aggregate number of shots and shells fired ernes the
commencement of the present bombardment up to Monday
morning, Is nine thousand three hundred and f i x ; ssveu
hundred of which struck, and sixteen hundred and eix
missed.
The rifled projectiles fired from tbe Monitors, Mentioned
in a previous report as six and a half inches ia iliametar,
have ceen found upon examination to be eight inches in
diameter and twenty inches long.
Five negroes were wounded, two severely asd three
slightly, Sunday, by the explosion of a mortar itkgll and by
bricks thrown up by a. rifled shell at night.
No casualties occurred Sunday night or during ho firing
of Monday.
The following from tho Bichmond Enquirer cf tie y:h
inst., will take many by eurpriss. It is a little etr.isge that
so important a fact should have been kep 1 from tfie public
until it was published in the Bichmond papers, find even
then not allowed to be telegraphed to the press :
THS KUM0K3 OF TK3TEBPAT.
Sunday, at all times fertile in rumors, was particularly so
on yesterday. But we tear that the miners of yesterday
are too true, and, unfortunatelv, too disnracefu'ly tree. It
was reported that Gen. Echola had been disastrously de
feated near Liewiseurg, Virginia ; but more than defeat, a
shameful, unmitigated disgrace was permitted to Hei'al cur
arms in the boasted army of Northern Virginia. Two whole
brigades of the army of Northern Virginia were captured
on tiaturday. we learned this not as rumor, but sb a fact,
from sach a source that ws cannot queatioa its accuracy.
We cculd not learn whose brigades they were, not even
whether they were cavalry or infantry. But it matters not
who the brigadiers are, not whether their comm tuda are
infantry or cavalrv, the honor of the army, tbe interest of
the cause, the safety ef the country alt unite to deniund thojr
dismissal rrom tbe army upon wbicn their neglige nce naa
brought sach irreparable disgrace. At present writing we
are not able to give any other particulars. The rumor of
this disgrace comes to us from a source that derailed cur
oredence, and its serious and abamelul character leqmroa
that all publicity should be given to it.
rr i, .1. - - . . . u . :
hope it may be no worse than the foliowiag bat we fear
it ii
Passengers by the train from Frederioksburg, yeeterday
evening, state that a large force of Yankees crofted the
Rappahannock, on Saturday evening, at Kelley'o Ford,
drove ia me uonieaerate pickets stationed tnere, end cap
tured a few prisoners. At last accounts heavy tin ag wa
said te be going on.
The War Department received intelligence yetterda;
that a large Yankee force had landed at Wintou. on the
(jaowan, about lorty mues rrom weldon.
Thi Richmond tsentinel, ot the 9 th inst., 'has the
following :
From tbe Rappahannock.
We learn that on Friday evening, the enem ?, sup
posed to be twenty-five thousaad strong, attacked two
of our brigades Hokea' and Hayes' and after a gal
lant defence, in which the X ankees Eoflcred heavy loss
in killed and wounded, ttey succeeded in flanintig tha
two brigades, capturmg a considerable number oi men,
and several pieces of artillery v Tbe nght took: plojce
north rf the Rannnhannnok. It is nairi t.hp V tibppn
OTOtltd at Kelly's ford and Rappai annock bridge Fri-
T.ninr anH it in inna.1 MMd'K whn'p l:,rn i.
advaQClB7.
gtirrinir ntwa ma w InnlfAil fnr frnm that n-jrrfpr -
for if Meade desires a reneral cd pavement he will no
doobt b accommodated and with the usual result
when the two armies come in contact in Northern. Yir
ffinia.
The enemy are reported to have disappeared from the
lower part Of Stafford.
The Richmond Dispatch of same date saya that it is
certain that Hays' (Louisiana) and Uokes (North
Carolina) brigades constituted a portion, if not all. of
our force. Aftr a hot fight nearly all of theie brig
ades, except, it is said, about COO, were captured by
the enemy, who had managed to surround them. The
forcu of the Yankees was estimated at from 10.000 to
14,090. They also crossed in force at Kelly's ford.
We lost four pieces of artillerv. We have a report by
the Central cars that Gen. Hoke waa sererely wounded.
An officer who came down yesterday says that the
two brfjadu Hays' and Hoke's did mtt lose more
tban 9(A) men in the affair, all the rest escaping.
It is evident that the Army of Northern Virginia
is on the ere of a treat battle. Whether Gen. Lee will
fight Meade on tha Rappahannock or RaDidan is not
certain ; b at it is most likely that he will give battle
the latter point,
Anis advance oi Meaoie is tore
shadowed cn the Northern news we publish this morn-
am we nQderstand that it was known in our army
fit part. of last week that he had orders to attack
uen. Liee.
Passenrers i)T the Central cars n&ma Pose
rj . J -
(oreT1) brigBAie asamODgthe troops in the fight,
ne-uayc bv vvaurBaiigzr oj tne rcpori.
Fortleru I
The f V t i i puninary tf Northern DfWi has beu fur
nished by (be aent o te Associated Prss, as taken Horn
the New Votk Uerali cf the 4th ires :
1'flK SMCTI0S AT THE NOKTfl.
The elf c inn in New Yok. t'nesday, re'Blt-.i in an
overwh?lm:ng Abj'Ui n raajirity. The city of New York,
which last ergaire 5-eynKor l,0Z0 msjoriy. now gives
the AbolUiotis't 15,C09 majority. The Republican Sate
officers olectefl ere : ' baarcey M. Depew. Secretary of
State ; I u -.in Kobinsou 3omptrcller ; Jao. Cochrane, At
torney General ; Gee W dc oyler. Treasurer ; Benj. F.
Bruce, Canal Onr issi ner ; Jamre K. Rites, Inspector of
Prisoire, atd Henry B. Selden, Jodga of the Court of Ap
peals. Gov. At drpwa (Rp.) has been re-elec ed la MafBachu
setls. Tho Repnblicans made a clean sweep n the State,
carrying the State almost usanimously.
In Sew Jersey, tbe returns show large Democratic
gains.
In Ma tee and Wisconsin the Republicans carried their
State tickets
MUDS PRKPABIKO TO ABTAMCB.
The r.ewi from Washington indicates the irameniate ad
vance (t Meade. All able-bcdied troops under the com
mand of Gen. Martirdale. tbe military governor of Wash
ington, Lb ve been r'lisved from duty and ordered to the
field, their place to be fi led by the invalid corps. The
157th PenT-sylvaa'a has already left to joia Meade.
A telgrm nas, " It is reported tbat considerable in
forinatiu has recently been gleaned of the enemy's
strength, pegitioo, etc., which will enable Gen. Meade
to take active measures" The cars now m to War
renton. Eom half-dczeu csoke hocMa bavs been broke opan in
Danville within twe weeks. Persons who havvmeat must
guard it well. Ealeigh Progress.
Perhaps the best guird a person cculd plaee over his
smoke house, would be to dispose cf his Burplus to the
needy at a fair price.
The Value of a Husband's Sawl.
A liqaor dealer's wife, whese conscience was ill at
ease in relation to the traffic in intoxicating liqiors,
availing herself of ' an auspicious moment, said to her
husband :
" I do not like your selling liquor ; it eeems to ms a
bad business. You do not, I suppoee, mske more tban
one cr two hundred dollars a year by it, and I should
be very much rfjoiced if you would give it up."
" I know," answered tbe husband, "aa well as you do,
that it is a bid business ; I should be as glad to give
it np as you would be to have me, and if I did not
make more tban one or two or ev?n five hundred dol
lars a year by it I would give it up."
" Bow much, then," enquired the wife, " do you
mike?"
" Why," rep'ied the husband, " I make from two to
three thousand dollars a year, and that is too much to
be relinquish'."
" What you say," she rj i: ed, " brings to my mind
the remarks of a l.curcr I once heard, who, having re
jjeated wi jX Walpole said iu relation to every man
havii g bis price in politics, added that it was much
the same in religion. Sa'an, c-jutioued he, is a broker.
Not a wheat, or cotton, or mouy broker, but a soul
broker. Some can be prooured to labor, in his Bervice
for a hundred, seme f r a thousand, . aad some for ten
thousand dollars a year. Aly husband, look well to it ;
tome it se-ens iven three thousand dollars a year is .a
paltry price f r what i truly priceless."
Oa the. mind of tbat husbaod sudden conviction
flashed, end liberal as vas his portion iu those rewards
of wretchedness which Satan proffortd , he resolved and
avowed the resolution to receive it no longer.
Are we not all m: rally chargeable with whatever
evil we have the power . bat have reused or neglected
to prevent ? This wile did her whole duty on th
great and important question now before the public.
If all the women in tbe State would do their whole
duty, Satan's brokerage in this department of his trade
would be destroyed.
Bambaicfiuent of fort Sumter.
OKS nCJ-D.tED A. B MSK1EESTM BAY OF THB SIEOl.
The enemy's fi:e on Fort Sumter is gradually de
creasicg A brisk Se, lasting about an hour end a
half or tw.i fcems was kept np Friday morning by
three Monitors and Battery Gregg tbe fire of the lat
ter being directed mostly agaicst the southwest angle
of the fori, and that of the former upon the eastern
paneone. The falling debris now eerves the excellent
purpose1, as we learn, of very maferislly strengthening
the "defences of the fort.
On Thursday night General Beauregard and CoIoqoI
Alfred RaeLt visited Samttr and made a full examiaa
tion of the condition of the fort.
During Thursday night, fi;ty eight rilled ehota were
fired from Battery Gregg, tweaty-cne of ihich missed
the fort. The ODly casualty Thursday night waa Pri
vate Larecdcr, of tbe 27th Georgia, who received a
eevere fln wcur.d in the back
shell.
from a fragment o!
The number of bhote Iked to e in3et on Friday was :
one hundred end St'ty-thrce rifled from Battery Gregg,
one hundred and ninety-ibree mortar shel.3 from Cuai
miegs' Pci&t Battery, a--d eighty fifteen inch shells
from tha Monitors ; makirg a total of four hundred and
twenty-s:i, peventy-nine of wbich .'niesed cr passed
over.
The flag eiafl was cut awiy during the day and re
placed, under heavy fire, by Sergeant W. D. Currie,
Company E, and Corporal O. Montgomery, Company
C, 2Gth S. C. Yoluuicers.
Cue cf tbe enemy's shei'3 uaforturately exploded near
a group of tbe 27 th Georgia Friday moruiDg, killing
two meii, wounding two men severe y and ten slightly.
Tha Ironsides still remains quiet.
Fore i'eultrie rrpiied throughout the day Friday,
making s-.-nie splendid shots Chat, Courier.
Vies FnEfiDEXT bTEPHENS. Through some iying
i ret-ponoeat ol the rsew loik Herald, an imprtssion
L .3 prevailed in some quarters that Vice President Ste
phens has gone on a mission to France. There is not
a word of rrutli iu such a statem- nt. He is at homa,
and met President Davi3 at Atlanta, a few days ago.
This 13 but another evidence of the unreliability ot eve
ry things we tind ia the yankee papers about our af
fairs. Of tbia gentleman, the Southern Watchman says:
"We lock upon Mr Stephens as the man who, after
these evi s shall be overpast,' i3 d stiaed to lead his
cauatiymen ia thai great civil strife wbich will imme
diately follow upon the he; Is of the present revolution.
After the war is over cur real danger will begin. The
war having unsettled the opioious of lagre numbers of
men in reference to thi science ol Government, there is
great dacger of running too far towards t-xtremes. Go
the one side we shall be th.-eatcced with an aristocratic
form of Government, tending towards Monarchy ; on
the other extreme, v.iih Red Republicanism, tending
to Anarchy. Tee medium ground between these ex
tremes is the only grounds cf safety, it is the position
which Euch man as Mr. Stephtni wiii naturally tall into
as he is-strictly cjoservative. He possesses the intel
lect, the practical wisdom and the confidence of the peo
pla to such an extent as will enable him to ride the
the storm successfully, and from the chaos in which we
shall probably emerge from the war, reduce everything
to system ana oratr avoiamg sgrarmnism ana anarcny
on the one hand, and a militaay despotism on tbe other.
We look to him, therefore, (under God) as tbe future
political savior ol his country."
The Actual lltsnlt of tbe Late Draft at tbe North.
According to Gea. Fry's report to the U. S. Secre
tary of W ar, dated u:e iytn instant, the conscription
brings only one of the cocscripted men into the army
for every nineuen at awn. ine iew xork World
eives a synopsis of the statement in bis report:
For every 100 men wanted 150 were drawn, in order
to make sure of th3 hundred. Gen. Fry says that of
those drawn 80 per cent, have reported, that is 120
have reported for every 150 drawn. Of those report
ing, he says that 30 per cent are exempted for physical
disability and 30 per cent, under the second section of
the act; leaving 40 per csnt, who have been held to ser
vice. Forty per cent of 12 J is 43 and of these he says
one-half have paid commutation so that the 150 men
drawn are reduced to 24. Of this small remainder Gen.
Fry states that about one-third have gone in person and
two-third3 have furnished substitutes. The substitutes
are of couree vcluateeis ; they go into the army not
by compulsion, but of their own accord, induced by the
bounties they receive; so that the net result of drafting
150,000 men is to bring 8,000 conscripts, and no more,
into the army. Could there be a mors striking proof of
the inaptitude, bad judgment, and vant of foresight
which direct the proceedings of the Administration.
If they had reaily understood the machine they were
putting in operation, instead of adding fifty per cent, to
cover deficiencies they would have added 1.800 Der cent.
The draft bringing only one conscript in nineteen into
tue army, the Fresident, to get 300,000 conscripti ought
to have ordered 5,700,000 men to be drawn.
Good News from East Tcnncssar.
A private dispatch received by a gentleman in this
city, from Bristol, dated yesterday, brings the informa
tion tbat n Saturday a detachment ol Gen. Robt. Ran
som's cavalry captured eight hundred and fifty Yankees,
sixty wagon?, a thousand horses and mules, and four
peices of artillery, with a loss to us f only ftco men kill
ed and eight wounded. This ia one of the meat bril
liant afiaira of the war. retersburg Register, $th inst.
BY TELEGRAPH.
R porta ot tbe Pre Aaoletln.
Fntere aecordiag to the Aetof Congreae. In the year 1161,
by J. b. 1 BBAtBKa, in the Clerk's Offloe of the District
Oort of the Confederate Btates tor the Northern Diatriot
of Qeorgia. ; ;
FROM BABTEBN NOBTH CAROLINA.
BALiiea, N. C, Nov. 8ih, 183. ''
Advices thi evening by the Weldon train state that ten
Yankee gnuboata arrived at Win ton last Friday, filled with
troops. It ia thought that another expedition of two thou
sand cavalry and fifteen piece of artillery is designed for
the same point. An adequate foica has been s&nt to check
tbe vandals.
PRESIDENT DAVIS AT UOLDSBOBO'.
Golpuoko', Nov. 7th, 1863.
President Davis arrived here to-day by special train, at
11 o'clock, A. M., and was enthusiastically received by the
citizens and soldiers. . Being called for be made a few re
mark from the p'atform of tha cars. He said that North
Carolina had nobly done her cnty from the battle of Bethel
to Ch:'ckarnv.:a, and would do her duty in the future; and
that the grcmblers who sat around their firesides finding
fault with the soldiers, and thus dampening their ardor,
would be remembered hereafter. Be elosed his remarks
amidst load cheeis, expressing the hope that peace and
prosperity would soon smile npon us as a free and indepen
dent people. Tha train moved off; audist deafening asd
prolosged cheers. The President seems in the enjoyment
of good health, his fatigued toar notwithstanding.
FBOM CHABTjSBTON.
Charleston, Nov. 7th, 163.
The epraj'a fire has been very slow to-day, meeily from
a monitor and two land batteries. Fort Moultrie and Latte
ries Marion, Marshall and 81 kins, opened a brisk fire on
the enemy, doing some excellent shooting, frequently driv
irg the enemy from their guns. The number of shots fired
by the enemy for the lst twenty-four hours were 357. Pri
vates Howell, Jones and Vann, of the 28th Ga , wer.e killed;
and privates Btaubblefield, Benton, Butler, Lawrenee, 8il
lut, No well, Lane, Enney, and Wood, all of the 38th Ga.,
were slightly wounded on- Friday. No casualties reported
to day. The firing continues slow. The numbar of ves
sels iaside tbe bar is 28, including the Ironsides "and four
monitors.
r-ROM CHABLE3TON.
Charleston, Nov. 8th, 186S.
The neinj' fire on Sumter continues slowly, with a still
further gradual abatement. 285 shot and ehell have been
fired from sundown on Saturday to Sunday, of which 89
missed. Lieut. Watties and privates Watts and Page cf
the 29th Georgia, were wonadod to-day, besides two ne
groes, one dingeromly. Maj. Elliott is in geod health and
spirits, and declines to be relieved. A large number of
Yankee shells from the fort have bseu sent to the city.
The enemy are evidently getting weary of tbeir ineffectual
FROM CSASLE3TON.
Chablsstak, Nov. 9, 183.
Noth ng new to report. The enemy's fire on Eumter
has fallen off, asd only an occasional gun is fired. The
Monitors were not in action last night or this merning. No
casualties. A very heavy blow prevails at sea.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Charleston, Nov. 9th, 1868.
There has been slow flrinfi on Eumter all day. Fifty-eight
rifled Bhots were fired from Gregg last night, of which 16
missed : all of them were directed at the Southwest anrle.
The number of rifled shots fired to-3ay Is 61, of which 20
missed; mortar sbelhUi, of which ft missed; monitors 25
of vh!ch 7mis8ed. The whole number of shots and shell
fired at the fort darirg presnnt bombardment, up to to-day,
is 9,436, of which, 7,700 struck and 1,60S missed. The en
emy's firing from Gregg and the mortars to-day, was very
poor ; one monlfor only was ia action to-day. No casual
ties. FAOM CHARLESTON.
Chalbstow, Nov. 10, 1863.
Tfce enemy coitinues firing slowly. No report from
fort Sacite:1 this morning.
FBOM CHARLESTON.
Charlhstox, Nov. 10th, 183.
There wa BriEg from Greg g on Sumter to-day .at inter
vals of half an hcur. Two Monitors cam up aud fired
some thirty shots. No eew movements.
FliOM CHARLESTON.
Charleston, Nov. llth, 1833.
Tha bombardment of Samter oontinuss. The eneiay
have for the first time eince the openiag fire, commenced
mortar shelling by night. Their rift? practice, with light
pieces, has also become mare frequent. The "heavy guas
of th!j land batteries have ceased thIr fire to a great ex
tent, and the dF fkiug has given way to night . This is
thonght to indicate that their heavy ammunition has been
mush reduced and their heavy guns endangered. Private
Brwn, onth Carolina Volunteers, wounded slightly in the
fcor, ia the only casualty reported.
FBOM VIBGINIA.
" AniKonoK, Va., Nov. 7th, 1SSJ.
Nothirg further has been heard from East Tennessee.
No n!ws received from the rafd on Lewisburg. Gen. Jno.
S. Wilb"am3 has been rcliaved from duty n this department
at his ewn request.
liOM ABINGDON, VA.
I
Aiikgdon, Va , Nov. 10, 1863.
fell here last night. The weather is slear
Nothing heard from the frotit.
A slight enuv.
aad cool to-day
FROM ABINGDON, VA.
Abingdon, Va., Oct. 9Lh, 1863.
Taos White, pioi ristor of the Abingdon Hotel, was shot
and mortally wounded in a difficulty with Col. Clarence
Prentice last night.
THEJ CAPTORED YANKEES IN BAST TENNESSEE.
A BIKflDON, Nov. 9th, 1S63.
E'ght hanlred and fifty Tankeen, captured near Morris
tovn on Saturday by Jones and Gilmer's Brigades, passed
here this evening, en route for Bichmond. They belong to
tho 2nd Tennessee aud 7th Ohio, Carter's Brigade. Four
pieces of artillery, 1000 horse3, and 60 wagons are also re
p arted captured.
CAPTURE OF YANKEES, ARTILLERY, 4c, IN EAST
TENNESSEE.
Richmond, Nov. 9th, 1663.
The followiug official dispatch was received at the War
Department yeeterday.
Nakkows via Dcslix, Nov. 8th, 1863
Tie following dispatch has just been received from Ben
nefavilla ; Our cavalry uader Brig. Gen. W. E. Jones and
Col. Giiinier, on yesterday captured at Kogenville 850 pris
ouers aud 4) pieces cf artillery, 2 stands of colors, 60 wag-
oiiB, and 1C00 arms.
Our less 2 killed and 8 wounded.
Signed
R. RAMSBUB,
Maj )T General.
FROM THB UNITSD STATES.
Richmond, Nov. 9th, 18S3.
The New York Herald of the 4th inst. has been reserved.
The election in .New York has resulted in an overwhelming
Abolition majority. The city of New York gave lS.Q&a
majority.
Uov. Andrews has been re-elected in Massaohasetts. The
Republicans made a clean sweep ia this State. Jhe Dem
ocrats gained largely in New Jersey. In M&!ao and Wis
consin the Republicans are triumphant.
The news from Washington Indicates an lmmsdiate ad
vance of Meade. All the unabled bodied men tinder Gen.
Morton, late at Washington, have been relieved from duty
and ordered to the field.
Advices from Charleston say that the bombardment of
Samter ia preventing the contraction of new batteries and
covered ways in the channel side of the fort, by demolish
ing the gorge wall and levelling th? foundations to the wa
ters edge.
Gen. W. T. Sherman has been ae sainted commander of
the army of Tennessee.
Oold in aew York ia quoted at 145j.
NEWS FBOM THB NOBTH.
Richmond, Nov. 9, 1868.
PsuasBtraa, Nov. 9th The New York Times of the 8th.
has been received. Gen. Thcaas officially announces the
eapture of Bragg'a forage train, with its escort, and its
arrival at Chattanooga. The train was seized ia front of
Brsgg's position in Lookout Valley. Various unimportant
skirmishes are noticed in Tennessee, ia which the Yankees
claim the victory.
Three out of fire Liacolnites are elected to Congress In
Maryland.
THE RECENT FIGHT IN VIBGINIA.
Richmond, Nov. 10tht 1863.
There seema to be no doubt that Meade Is advancing
with his whole force, and a battle on the Rappahannock is
daily expected. Our loss in the late affair at Kelly's Ford,
in which two brigades ware engaged with fifteen thousand
Yankees, has been greatly exaggerated. Oar loss ia killed
and wounded will not exceed three hundred, and the loss in
prisoners from oix to eight iunirtd, including CoU Pens,
of the 7th Louisiana. The Yankee loss was heavy, 'nc lu
ding eeverai prominent efficeis.
r L ATE NORTHERN AND EUROPEAN NEWS.
i'l J-: Richmond, Nov. ICth, 1863
Ihe fUg of truoe boat arrived at City Point this after
noon, having on board Col. Chandler, heretofore exchanged,
and five chaplains. ;
Northern papers of the 10th contain accounts from the
Army of the Potomac, aid are very exultant at tbe result
of the fight on the Rappahaarock. They claim twelve
hundred prisoners aad eleven cannon.
, - The French government has - seized eix iron clad flips,
building for the rebel government at NaaUz and Bordeaux,
on remocstrances made to.Napoleon by Dayton.
An expedition to Texas under Gen. Dana, with a large
fleet of transports and gunboata, hd started from New
Orleans. Its precise destiaatiou itnotkno&n.
An arrival at Philadelphia oa Baturday brought there
port that Fort 8umter had been storm 3d and captured,
wbich caused great jabilation in New York.
Nothing of importance from Grant's army.
Captain Geary was killed ia the late fl,?ht near Wan
hatchfe. 1
Dr. Rucker arrived at Gauley bridge on th 7th.
The Federal forces under Steele occupied Arkaleiphia at
last accouats.
Energetio measures will soon be taken to Btop the block
ade running at Wilmington by iaGieasiug the fleet off that
porL
The steamship Adriatic, from Galway oa the 27th, has
arrived. Lindsay in a letter, had decounced the ccurs of
the English government towards tbe North as inconsistent
with neutrality er honor.
The Paris Moniteur reports the receptioa of the Mexican
dsputation by Napoleon. The Emperor did not allude to
Maximdlian.
Marshal Neil had left Paris for St. Petersburg cn an ex
traordinary French Mission relative to Poland.
Cotton continues to advance in Liverpool.
Gold in New Yoik on Monday was quoted at H5A.
Nothing later from Lee'd army to-night. It was reported
that there were 4,000 Yankees iu New Kent couuty on jes
terday. FROM ViRGIN-IA.
Ltkcdbceg, Nov. 10, 18C3.
lhe special correpondence of tbe Lynchburg Virginian,
gives the particulars of the late tight t went y -six miles west
of Letsburg. Five thcuiand Yankees, under Avcrill, who
Citce from Beverly, attacked Jacksan, when the Litter fell
back to the point named and waa joined by Echols, acd a
severe fight ensaed. Our losi was heavy. Amount the
killed are Maj. Bailey, commanding tho 22al Va., whose
body J In the hand of the enemy ; Capt. Reeder aud Capt.
Henry llafiner, ef the 8am 2 regiment ; Capt. Thoaipsun, of
the same regiment, with ail of his company officer, were
wounded ; Lt. Rand of the same regiment, wouaded and ia
the hands ol Jhe enemy. We lost, one pi ce cf artillery, bat
saved all our wagoLs Echols hearing that their force,
supposed to be under Fcamwcll, ws approaching from
Kahsaha to cut him off, fill back towards salt pond
mountain, and passed tbroogh Lewisburg on Friday eve
ning, and the force expected from Kanawha arrived there
next morning.
PROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Nov. 7, 1S6G.
Advices from the front afford nothiog important or inter
esting. The enemy are slowly thellirjg Lookout. General
Cheatham arrived here yesterday on leave of absence for a
few days.
INAUGURATION OF THB GOVEKNOu OF G120EGIA.
ITlLlEDGliVILT.E, Eov. 7, 1PG3.
Joseph E. Brown, Governor elect of the State oi Georgia,
wes inaugurated here to-day at two o'clock.
Tins BInlae Iocor An lx4t!i.g S;oy.
It muit be confe8d that it is a very provoking thiug
to receive a letter calling you two hundred mile away
on "immediate, and important busmefs." Yes, it ia a
wj provoking thing, indeed at lesf, I found it,
both id anticipation and in very deed ; bat there wa3
no help for it. Snooks, my lawyer, wrote &ad told roe
that if, on the 26 th, I was cot at O- , I should prob
ably lose never mind what, but something thui indu
ced me to pack my portmanteau in all haste, send for a
handsom, and drive to the X. Y, Z. Station. When I
arrived there, I found I was too late for the train I had
wished to catch, and that the next one did not start for
three quarters of au hour. Inwardly cursing my ill
fortune, I went to the waiting room, and endeavored fo
make myself as comfortable as I could ; but despite all
my attempts, I think I never knew time to pass so
slowly in all my life, except a certain twenty minutes
about which I am going to telL
Although, as I said, time went very slowly, revcrthe
hs it did go ; and, in process of time, I found myself
snugly ensconced in a first class carriage, which hd
but one cocupant besides myself, a cheerful locking, lit
tle old man, with gray bair and a strange, rcatles3 looli
about the eyes. Directly I got into the carriage he ad
dressed me iu a familiar way :
"A merry time to you."
"The same to you," stid I, rather gruffly, a I was
not in the best of harncr, and did not feel inclined to b3
cheerful and neighborly.
"Why, bless me, sir," ssid the little old msn, renew
ing the attack, "you have not anything wherewith to
keep yourself warm on this cold winter's day; allow
me to ofier you one of my travelling wrappers. I alway3
take care to be well provided with such things when I
go upon a journey." And my companion took from his
side a rolled up rug, unrclied it, and taking a enaal
mahogony box from rhe folds, threw the rug to me
"Thsnk you, sir," said I, feeling in spite of myself a
shade more cheerful.
rOh, no thanks, no thanks ; I do it for my own bene
fit, not yours, l assure you." -'
How do ycu make oat that ?"
"Why, I like to have a ccm for table face opposite nie
and, besides, tbe grand experiment, you know."
"What grand experiment?" I said, somewhat start
led by the man s excited manner.
Oh, nothing, nothing," said he, coloring violently.
"only that is to say exactly ; are jou a I reeraa
eon ?"
"No, sir."
"Not a Freemason ? Why, bless me 1 you ough
most certainly to become one."
"Why so?"
Because you would then know that tb?y have got a
sort oi that is to say in ract, a secret."
"I know that already."
"Really ? I declare you are the most extraordinary
man I ever met. Well, I've got a secret, too, and that's
my great experiment.
"As it is a secret, I suppose you will not tell me what
it is?"
"O yes I will, though, but but perhaps I had better
not ; never mind, I'll ted you ; it is simply this, to dis
cover what are the different faslicgs of diflerent ptrsocs
on ainerem oecasions.
"I shomld hardly call that an experiment."
" Wouldn 't you, now ? Curious, that : yes vary cu
rious, for, to till yon the truth, I don't myself know
wnether l am jusimed m calling it an experiment. Bu
enough of tbat matter for tie present. May I aek
where you are goice to ? '
"To C
"Have you any friends there ?"
"None, I am sarry to say. I am called there on some
disagreeable, though important business."
" Then may I have the pleasure of your company to
inner wnen yon arrive there i '
"Thank you ; I shall have the greatest pleasure in
i! ir
accepting yomr ama invitation.
By the by, do ycu know how many times we etop
Derore we reach u T"
'Only twice, as this is aa express train. Once at
M at 2 o'clook. and second at F , at 4
o'clock."
"And when are we due at C- r ?"
At half past 6, 1 believe."
"Thank you."
Thru, for a time, oar conversation ended, but we of
ten renewed it again, and I began to Kgard my com
panion a a clever, kind-hearted, though rather accen
trie old man.
Sometime after we had passed 31 ray eccentric
friend composed himself for a sleep, and was soon snor
ing, and it was not long before I followed his example.
My dreams were troubled. First of all, I dreamed I
was hung : then that I was being hand-cuffed : and.
last, of all, that a crreat weight was npon me, and that
something was pro nog heavily npon my chest. I then
woke, with a start, to nod myself bound hand and loot.
with a rope passed round my neck, and fastened to the
umbrella rack behind, in such a manner that if I strug
gled in the least I should inevitably choke myself ; and
my ieiiow-iraveier was si&naing over me, with one kne
on my chest.
What are yoa doing said I : but mv sentence was
cut short by a gag which my eccentric friend thrust
into my month and tied behind mv head. He then
stood away to look at his handiwork, with eyes glaring
- srr-"-T "T"" , ILUBgyj
like these of a wild beast, and bis whole frame lreujl
ling with excitement.
' Now," he said, with a wild laugh, " odw 1 ahull .
able to try my grand expciiment ! Now I shall be ab!?
to find whether the heart can be extracted while a mau
is alive, without killing him 1 Twice 1 have failed, but
tbe stars have told me that a third time I shall not fail
O, fame, glory, immortality, I have you in my grasp
What, pitiful fool I do you turn pale and tremble ? if
you die, ycu will die a glorious martyr to science ; ati)
if you live, you and I will share the glory cf this grar,,j
discovery I"
From this ridiculous rbodemoatade, I perceived u,at
my p'eisant eccentric traveling companion wasaravitj
maniac. AVhat waa I to do ? I could not move LirJt
or foot, or even pp.ak, and the madman wa9 arracgiiil?
on the as.it iu front of me a collection of bright sve:
instruments, wbich he took from the mahogany b'j
which I have mentioned befo 2. Was tbere r.ny Lelp
for me ? I tried to remember how long it was after L.
left M - - bifoie I went asleep, as I thought if we got
to F- , tha maniac would be discovertd, and I eho'i!
be relieved from the horrible death which now seemtd
imminent ; bat es I had been dozing Bocie tirm b.fo
I wont regularly eff to sleeb. I found that 1 ecu! J n;t
in the least remember what time had passed.
After cma tima spent in preparing his icsrura.?tr.e.
my prosecutor began to prepare me by unbuttoning mv
waiscoat and bearing my breast. At leogta cycijtnin"
seemtd to be to his satisfaction, and he took up a sharp,
keen-bladed knif?. I shall never forget my senpat:ot s,
when I saw tbat little glittering instrument, so sojiit.)
be dyed with my blood. I felt a cold elmdder ru
through my body, and I ionged to close mj eyes, bu:
they seemed to keep open by c sort of horrible faicita
tion. After trying the eige of tbe knife, and prrparirg
a cloth, and givisg ODe final look to his instrument,
my ecceatric friend pressed his flcger close aboT.'
h( a: t and said :
" This is how I am goiDg to manage it, ruy fricud , 1
am go:nr to cut a circle in the flesh, above tbe ln-art.
with this knife ; it will not hurt much, as I shall oiJv
just cut through the skin, and the knife ia txceidinj'y
sharp. I shall then proceed to dig deeper with thu in
strument, aud fioally extract the heart with this."
The readtr may imagine my sensation duriuj this
cold, bloody recital, for I am utterly unable todtsoriiic
them ; but when tha fhnrp steel fimt pierce 1 ny fi ?d,
and I ft-lt the warm blood flowing out, aad my j,ai!
life seemed to pass before my mind in a moment ot tm.s,
only to make my desire cf still living, nod the fcorro.
of an ignominious death, tenfold greater.
Slowly the shsrp knife plowed in my fieah, making
my blood fretz-f in my veins, and my eyeba'Is burn at J
seem ready to burst from tneir sockets, end now 1 icl;
my reason gradually leaving me ; the strain upon my
cerres was too much I frit they meat give wcy ; u"
I considered lhat if they did my only hope would I e
gone ; for if I moved I should be choked wirh tbe re;,
arouQd my neck
iSlowly the sharp steel, impelled by a s'civly !i i j.
continued ita deadly course ; and no.v th.- circ!-1
nearly accomplished when I Ht that, the speed ! t:,
train wa3 being gradually diminifbed. A riy i ! !;
illuminated my breast, I looked into my eomia' i ia
eyes to sre if he, too, noticed that we were iiv.wv
F ,but he was too intent upon hid liumbl.' wt r
At length he leaned back and said :
" There, now, only about an inch mere end 1 ?'u!:
commence the deep cutting."
Only about an inch ! And the station wns yet non :
way cif. Only about an icca ! Aly lifa hung upon
tbe merest thread.
It was not long that the experimenter odmir A i
diabolical woik he soon fell to it egain, tut 1 iuw tie
lights of F station flash past the windows vt tin.
carriage ; I saw a strange arm seize my tormentor ; 1
hc-ard a loud and appalling cry like tbat of a L i !
wild beast, and I became insensible.
Fcr weeks after this I loy between life rnd dra'h, in
a brain fever, brought on by the intense excitement
fear of these twenty minutes.
I afte wards learned that my pleasant compitLi u ! I
been a doctor and surgeon, but that when he ne u
young man p.cd just married, having performed an
operation ro extract a cancer from hia wife, of which
6he afterwards died, he went out of his mind, and lt
ev;r since been attempting to escape, in order that !.
might perform the dreadful experiment which eo nrlv
resulted in my death.
' dattlon Ilclurns.
Carthage, N. ('., Jfov. 3th, 1;;.
Deer Sirs : Tbe cHicial vote for this county h in j M
been aiuonncsd asd is as follows, to wit :
HOORE COUNTY.
COKQBES).
AfeLe, , ?:i
Christian, 4
COMMONS.
Kitt.er, W
Mclver, W
Plosa
n&rriaerton,
The voto in thy army to hear from.
tJ. B Tha election ia tbe tlcmmons wan to il 11 the v,i u
cy caused by the resignation ol Alex. Kelly.
For the Journal
Messes Editous : Tho election bag pnened off qaidiv
here, and I fear that. Democracy is, for tho fi:st time, .io
feated in the third district. Jfno, it will be the renu!t -l
our own imprudence. rVe ought.to have learned fron our
sad experience ia this featfal fctrajgle, whica we are bo
waging with the Vack:B, that to conceat.rate our force ii
to secure stretch and yiatoiy, while to dirida aad sct'f r
them, brirg weakness acd disaster. We hive failed to lonrn
this lesaon, aod with three candidate! in" the lielJ ajrainit
one, I apprchEl that he BO-called "Coueervativeb" ure tor
the time tri-zmrhav
Bat I t;ini f rom thM to a more pleasant uabpet. I Woli
to bring to Uip notice of your reader an instance of purr
ouu hnmiii;Iy aad jiatriotiam which is worthy of corauieB ! i
tion and iiiji'aUja. As it ia rare ia these times wh sn nor
did, grasping avarice rales tho heartB r.nd coLdatt ot
many men, Col. Edward W. Fonville, han Lever d-u.ani ' I
or received more thaa a dollar per bushel for the eom
which he ha sold ia Iwge qaant.'tics to the poor atd to
faaiiliea of tbe poidieis.
He has also sold other nressary articles of tub listen
at corresponding rata. He has done this, although it
wonl-l have been a easy far hiua to obta u much li k' ''
pricea, witfaou. yielding to the spirit cf the tinien or iixi
tiac; the extrcple of tUoio who attempt to aiiidid 1 heuihi.lv.
from tfco odium justly attacking to extortioo aud njiPta'i
tioc, by talking of the depreciation of the currency. r;u
dis'ji erested patrfotlsai and each generous benovol; r es i.r.
worthy of all praise. If he that withholds ooin from ti
poor, orwhieh is the same th ngsella It at a price wh;.L
places ii. beyoDd their reach shall be cursed, so ho viio
thus opena his barns to them ia t time of trial shall ho it
ed. Tha soiditrs in the field and their autlarin? vrive r, i
children at homa know how to appreciate such conduct -Verily,
if atl those who remain at home, ex5rnpt by Uw ci
by snbititutes, would pursue a similar coaree, oar ton i .
saccees and udependsuce would bo eare, eHy end h -h.
GOUELMlb.
Wolf Pit, Onslow co., N. C, Nov. th, 163.
For the Jou'Dal.
Camt eicT N. C. T., Ecllivan's Ihlavd, B. C, I
November 6, J83. J
Ma. Editgk : Allow me to acknowledge 1he rece'pt.
two hundred and forty doI!ats from the pupils of ti.e Paj
tist 8'eniiatry at Warsaw, N. C, for the bici and wocnJ 'a
of Gen. Ciingraan's brigade. The money was sent to rn y
Miss F&zny Wallace, who, though not connected witit li '
bm:nary, took an active part n .retting up tbe Tablea.ii,
tiie proceeds of which amounted to the above uwl
sum.
Bo long ai the young ladies and the little fitla and b j
at hone Betd the soldiers such evidences of kiud ienj'-.r:
braneo as this, they will continuo to endure the toils
war. Tours truly,
W. B. JONEH,
Chaplain 6Ut N. C. T.
For the Jonmr.'.
Nobth Caholina Hospital,
Petersburg, Ya., Nov. C, 18GJ. j
Messrs. Fulton & Frice: Gentleman : Pies si allow v.?.
to acknowledge in your columns the receipt of Threu llnu
dred Dol'ars through Mr. Allmand M cKoy, of Clinton.
This amount was realized from ene performance ia T.it
leanx and Charades by the "vounir ladies ia and nrou:. 1
Clinton," and while it is at evidence of the attractions
the exhibition, and of the good taste and eclat with whit, 'i
It passed eff, it serves tho far nobler purpose to remind i)
sick soldier away from borne and kibdred. that he h
forgotteB, nor oncared fi. r by thoae whose youth, lo
aesa, aod virtue are, at the same time, his support a: J :
ward ; and the treasures confided to his manly keeping.
The donation thankfully reeeived. shall bo appropriate
to the want of the sick and wounded of this Eoapital.
vary respectrauy, your od t servact,
W. U. UAL1.
For the Jonrnal
Messrs. Editors : Allow me a short space ia your valua
ble paper, to say eia word In reply to ths 2nd and 3rd griev
aaccs complaiutd of by Jastice " in yesterday's Jour
nal. Jastice" is mistaken ia tnppasiBg that er.r Bil Ba-s
are iaoaopolizsd by the goverament. They are monopo
lized by private blockade rcaners transporting th:ir WLis
key, Calico, etc, , into the interior, and bringing frcra the
country Cotton, Tobacco and Naval Stores to kkip to Van
keedom to pay for them. Gen. Whitlne; hai taken oce
grard step in the right direction, and if he will folio r it up
by prohibiting any vessel leaving this port with Cotton cr
Tobacco ca private account, and thereby stop th? iw.poi
tation of Yankee goods, and their sales at auction, he will
render a service to the government which will be inealeu
table in its benefits.
If any speculator has lost, or is likely to looe money t
Gen. Whiting's order in regard to Spirit Turpentine, ho
has oo right to complaifi ; for J" is not to bo prcioioed tfcjt