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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. LKBATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVR 26, 1863. Wilmington & MncUter R. H.- Co. The annual meeting r tee etockholders in the above .... - ,H 4Va pMivt TTnaA and Compan u convened this iorenuvu m uh v-vu. ' ,0t, !,ori h .aiiino- Col. John McBae, of Wilmington, to Chair, and annotating Wm. A. Walkeb a Wm. H. " 1 Baynb, Secretaries. The Secretaries, with Mr. Wm. Booses, were appointed a committee to verify proxies and a-eertain the amount of stock represented. . , The commtiM Having reported a majority of the stock present fi person or by proxy, the xneetii g waa declared ready for the transaction of business. The Btock held by the "Wilmington and Weldon B. B. Co. fi represented by B. D. Wallack and Wm. A. Wright, Esqs,; that held by the Town of Wilmington by S. D. Wal lace. No proxy on behalf the State has yet been presented, and it is a matter of doubt whether aay has arrived. The usual reports, submitted by T. D. Walkeb, Esq., were received and their reading dispensed with, after which the meeting adjourned until two o'clock, P. M. F.om the report of the President and Directors and the General Superintendent, we learn that the receipts of the Fiscal year, ending September 30th,' 18S3, have been as follows : TnrouRh Travel Way Travel Freight and Minor sources Mails Total Expenditures $419,680 55 . . . 144,493 79 . . . 503,792 51 30,633 45 ,...$1,128,665 30 . . . . 611,963 53 Nett Revenue fCf 01 Nett Revenue previous year 426, 3ol 77 67 Mcreaae of NettBevenue $180,250 10 liio cost of operating the road, including the cost of two new engines, has been about 46J per cent, of the gross re ceipts. If the cost of these is excluded, the result will show abcut 42i ptr cent. The nett receipts after deduct ing the amount of interest which has failed due for the year show an earning upon the whole cost of the road of $20.53 per cent, and upoa the ;capital stock of 45.60 per cerd. The entire amount of the atfsetta which have passed into the Treasurer's hands for the year, including these which Le held at the close of the fiscal year 1862, has been $1, 715,082 41. How this amount has been disposed cf, the various items in his statement of the annual expenditures will show. Among these will be found one for the sum of one handred thousand dollars invested by the Board in the stock of a steamship company (the Merrimac.) The ob ject of that Company was to run the Steamship through the blockade with a view to the importation on freight of tnose articles moBt needc d by our people, and particularly by cur manufacturing and railroad iatereats. The right of im portation in this Bhip, in proportion to its stock, was stipu lated for on behalf of the Company. Unfortunately the Steamer was captured on her first voyage out and the in vestment became a complete loss. During the year the Company has made an investment of some ninety thousand dollars in Cotton, which is stowed in shed adjacent to the railroad. It is covered by insurance. A portion of it haB been shipped abroad, and these ship ments will be continued as opportunity offers. The pur chase was made daring the last Spring, and its average cost per poand, with all expenses included is about 28J cents. A sinking fund of $G5,0C0 in Confederate fifteen million loan has been set aside, and this, with the investment in Cot toa, aad farther investments of a portion of the means in the Treasury which it is contemplated to make, will, it is hoped, enable the company to meet'any conticgeneies that may arise. The amount of interest coupons duo but not presented is $109,000. The business done by the road has bees largely in excess of riy previous year, and the summing up would have been much larger but for the yellow fever which prevailed in the Fall of 1862. The superintendent reports that the track is in good er. der. There has been considerable ronewal of timber in the track, brilges and trestles, and it ia. designed during this presjnt fiscal year to do much moTe. The iroa on the road, as on all the leading roads in the Confederacy, is' be ginning to show considerable signs of lamination. It wili be necessary, if possible, to obtain at least 'ten miles of new iron. To secure new rails the Government will have to give its aid. This, it is hoped it will do. It is designed also to remedy this trouble about rail to a certain extent during the present fiscal year, by renewiBg the ends of rails requiring it. Ihis can be done in the company 's shops and at a comparatively small cost, and it is hoped that the iron can be kept in fair condition by the adoption of the above two courses. Hew wells and pumps are being put up alorg the entire Pie. Contracts hive been made for enlarging the freight ing facilities at Wilmington and Kingsville. It is also de signed to erect a new passenger house at Sumter, and a new warehouse at Mars Bluff. The fulfillment of contraots made for the erection of a wooden roof over the Round House, for th protection of engines from the weather, has been unavoidably delayed, owing to the conscript act taking away certain men engag ed on the contracts. The work, liewever, is progressing, and it is hoped this very needful improvement will aoou be completed. Difficulties have been experienced from the failure of the rolling stock during the past year. These difficulties have, to a considerable extent, been removed by the pur chase of two first-class freight engines, aad the renting, on favorable- terms, or nine locomotives and eeventy-ive freight cars. This will not only facilitate the business of the Boad, tut give an opportunity to repair thoroughly borne of the engines belonging to the Company. Notwithstanding the heavy businen done on tho Boad, and tho large number of trains tun, both regular and irre gular, but one aceident of a serious nature haB occurred. The Superintendent bears testimony to the general zeal and fidelity ol the oClccrs and employees of the road. Daily Journal, yesterday. It would seem from the appearance of things in the vi cinity cf Chattanooga, that another fierce fight at that point is imminent, and that events of the utmost moment may be reported at any time. We hardly think that Bragg, array in front of Chattanooga has been much, if at all, weak ened by the detachment of the force now under Long btbkst in Jiast lennessee. At least we see letters publish ea irom AvOnosirket s corps at tneir termer camp long af ter Long stkbkt himself had advanced upon Loudon. . The line of the Tennessee now is the theatre upoa which is 10 be enomy enacted me most stirring and important scenes oi me wnoie war. Oua newspaper brethren in Charleston have their offices not far from the Intersection of East Bay and Broad Btreet, the most convenient portion cf the city to be reached by the Bhells of the enemy, who have been dropping their mis BileB quite promiscuous all through the lower wards. The office of the Mercury is or waa en Broad street near East Bay. That of the Courier on East Bay near Broad. We see it stated that the Mercury has moved its quarters up town, and we presume that the temporary suspension of the Courier is rendered necessary to rnstke a similar move ment. A snot or shell dropping in might put the form of type, to say nothing of the human forms, into something very much resembling "pi," the latter it might convert Into mince meat. We cannot Bay that hundred pound shells dropping around would be conducive to that calm and dis passionate tone of mind best suited to the consideration of grave questions or the concoction of acceptable editorials. This is, to be sure, only a speculative opinion, sisce we havo ever tried tb composition of editorials under such diffi culties, acd would rather not try it, at least as a matter of cheice. It might be worth while to try the sensatien once in a way, but hardly as a permanent arrangement. As such we think it would not be desirable. Somehow we think they would interfere with the freedom of the press. Real Katata and Negroes Rents aad Sales at Auc tion. This ferenoon Wilkes Mosbis, auctioneer, rented the house and let eorner of Mulberry and Third Streets, lately ocupied by Col. W. C. Howard, deceased, for $5,000 a year, payable quarterly. A brick tenement oa Prineess stree't; between Front and Becond streets, and next west of this effioe, sold for $10 -600.- The let is 50 feet front and about 60 feet deep, i Jot la the rear, but occupied by the tenants of the above building, and anapproachable, pjld for $6,600. Two negro children, about three and one and a half years old, respectively sold for $1,503 Jai'y Journal. 23d. Charleston. The enemy has again been throwing shot and shell into Charleston, and has done some damage, bat sot mueh. There Is no foundation for the excited and exciting rumeurs that gov afloat here on Saturday and yesterday of Charleston having been "set on fire," rained," aad ail that sort til l)lvld and Govarn. Has been the policy of despots aad invaders in all ages and in all countries. la pursuance of this jsoliey the English have extended their rale over the teeming millions of Hiu dostan. By divisions in Ireland they first obtained a toot bold in that country, and by fomenting these divisions they have retained it. What made Poland 44 the Niobe of na tions," but divisions among her owa people, inviting for eign interference by proposing separate negotiations. And yet with these examples with the lessons of all his tory, we are paised and surprised to find some few indivi duals and newspapers at the South agitating the question of seperate and independent State negotiations with, or ad vances to. States or component mparts of the northern Abolition despotism, if not with that very despotism itself. If the States of the Coafedeiacy commence each negotia ting en its own book, with the component parts of the con solidated despotism of Abraham Lincoln, that moment the first step towards disintegration and consequent rain has been taken; that moment an opening, small perhaps, but still an opening has been made into whieh our enemies will be prompt to introduce a wedge that will be driven, home antil it rends us asunder. Does any one suppose that Likcslm, Sxward & Co,, are not watching these movements with the keenest inter est, or that they are forgetful of the immemorial tradi tions of despotism!; that tkey do sot know the necessity of dividing, that they may govern, or will be slow in avail ing themselves oi any sucn opportunity wnicn our ioiiy may open to them ? But it is gravely said that if the Confederate and Federal governments cannot approach for tho purpose of nego tiating, the people of the States or the sovereign States themselves can. How ? The question would surely de mand an answer befpro much more ink or breath is wasted upon the subject. Before we look farther into the expedi ency or propriety of separate State negotiations, let us ask how it is to be done. How will you commence ? You can not enter any Kertheratate to negotiate without a permit from Abe Lincoln. When there yen can do nothing without his permission. The Northern .Governor that attempted to make peaee, or consented to take preliminary measures for peace, would soon find that he had made a change of base from his gubernatorial mansion to Fort LsFayette, or someJ other bastile. Aad the envoy '( Well, he would be neither here nor there long. Bat again, what border abolition States would yon (by you we mean the advocates of separate States negotia tions) begin with ? Would yoa cress the Ohio river and try the Northwest ? Yon would find all the States there com pletely in the hands cf those whe out-Lincoln Lincoln him self. Perhaps, however, you would have a little friendly negotiations with Ctjbtin, the ultra radical of Pennsylva nia. Likely enough you would succeed over the left. Where would you turn? It would be useless te talk about the border slave States of Kentucky, Missouri, or Mary land. They bare not even the semblance of being sover eign States any longer, and are worse than helpless, for the present at least. But say that North Carolina should Bomehow striae up a parley with some Western or Middle State or States, and should agree upon terms to which the other Confederate States would not agreo what than ? North Carolina would either have to finally decline these terms or she weuld, by accepting them, place herself with certain abolition States in opposition to Southern Confederate States. The idea and example of separate negotiation would have bean set, distrust would be its natural consequence, and ruin its pro bable result. We will have something more to say tfpoa this subject soon, and we shad endeavour to treat it purely upon its own merits. As yet very few persons er journals of Intel ligence have given it their sanstion. We are sorry that any have, even in the remotest degree. Wuerevbb there is a knave, it appears that there will be a fool for him to practice upon. This is illustrated by the connection of the Irish at the North with the present war. They went into it with a vim, aad mixed up Stars and Stripes," "Sunbursts," and Shamrocks upon their banners, while it would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer ito discover which was the more verdant the green flag of Eria or the band or batds by whom it was carried. A considerable portion of tho Irish at the North, like Cor coran, Meagher and others, cherish a deep-seated and un. eradicable hatred against England, and cherish dreams (which to our colder apprehension seem hopeless of real! zitioD.) of effecting a separation between Ireland and Great Britain, and of establishing or re-establishing Irish nationality upon a distinct basis. It is observable that men of strong imagination, devoted to one fixed idea, are the most credulous portion of the human family. Men of the same ideas, though far superior in social standing aad ia teliectual power, looked to France lor aid daring the times of the Eepublic and Empire. History shows how woefully they were mistaken then. They were used as a diversion, and when they had thus served the purpose of their Gallic friends, were cast aside as no longer useful, and left to ex piate the faults of their credulity on the scaffold, er te fall beneath the bullets and bayonets of a brutal soldiery, act ing under the orders of a government which had been thorcugly frightened, aad was therefore utterly reokless and cruel in the hour of triumph. The Yankee authorities and the Yankee press have adroitly played upon the passions, prejudices, patriotisms and hopes of the Irish of to-day, as the French did upon these of more than half a century ago. They have led them to believo that the only thing that keeps the Uni ted States from making war upon England and giviag aid to the establishment of Irish Independence, is the necessity for crushing this "rebellion," and thas reinstating the Un on in all its former extent, with its military power thor oughly developed; And they have been credulous enough to believe that the war once over by the eoneaest of the se ceded States, they will receive unlimited aid ia men, money and materials of war with which to accomplish the dissev erance of Ireland from the ba'aace cf the British Empire. Only let thorn floek to the standard of Likcoln to help in working out the establishment of Lincoln's power over the South, and thfcn the arms of the whole country 'will be employed to lower the pride of England and establish the freedom of Ireland. Soma such notion has been instilled into their minds, and the result has been that they have formed perhaps the nest effective soldiers that the.Fedetal power has brought into the war, while, behiad ail this, looking beyond th9 present Btrnggle, pervading the Irish ranks inside and outside of the army, we find organizations fjrnied with an ulterior object organizations of 11 Fen ians," "Sons of Saint Patrick,"- etc., etc., having their ledges and ramifications throughout the Northern States and in all tho Irish corps in the army, and there are more or less Irish in all the corps and regiments, we presume. Thus the apparently enthusiastic ;coiijanction of the Irish with the Yankees is fully explained. Each wishes to ase the other. The Yankees use the Irish now. The Irish hope to use the Yankees hereafter. The Irish are to-day flatter ed and fooled to the top of their bent. When they can be no longer useful, they will be coolly cast aside, acd polite ly reqaested to take back seats as " d d Irish," where they can cotsole themselves with the pleasing reflection that they have been ' 'sold again" and that semebody else has got the money. Somebody has said that there is as much pleasure in being cheated as to cheat. It would seem se. Columbus County. This county has sent as many and as fine companies to the war volunteer companies too, as any county in the State or perhaps we m'ght eay in the Confederacy of the same population. The natural resaU is that there are a large number of soldiers' families in the county who heed assistance. Un fortunately, too, the crop of the county this year was ar short of an average yield. Tin Commissioner or Commie sionerB cbargea wiin lae amy oi relieving i&e wants or these families, uaable to procure Corn at home, have as we are mfermed. b on tit corn ia tne adjoinine districts of South Carolina, which, wo are pleased to learn were bless ed with full crops; bat, as we were Informed on Satarday by a very intelligent and reliable citizen of the county, have as yet failed to obtain any adequate amount of tran p ortation on the railroad, and, as a consequence, much snf feriag is apprehended at au early day. Oar informant spoke feelingly upoa the subject from his own knowledge of facts, and in accordance with his reqaest we thus bring the matter to the attention of the authorities of tho Man Chester lioad, confident that in view of these facts they will see that this matter is promptly attended to, even I other matters are postponed for a short time, as all must feel that corn for the suQsring is entitled to precedence over cotton for he blockade-runners. We are not blam- og the latter, nor me roaa ior carrying their cotton. That is simply a matter of bnjinees, but the other matter is ome thing more than a matter of business, and Involves consid erations to which nore can be indifferent. Whbbb is Jobith E. JoBKsrox? QeneralJesKSToir last week reviews d the troops at Meridian, Mississippi. Gener al Johnston watches and holds in check the movements of the enemy ia Mississippi while he occupies a position to move at once to the defenoo of Mobile, if attacked, aa baa been fretaentlv threatened, and is not imnrobabia &t m Tile MuvimtiK In Kut Truutustr. The mavenieiit by which the enemy has been driven out of Kooxviile, and a large pa-t of Kast lVnnessr e recover ed, with the prospect of rrgi.iiEg the balance, if not of actually carrying the w.tr in K-iitucky. partakes more .f the dash tkit characterized the cruupaigna cf Jackson in the Valley of Virginia, thau an3 thing that liaa jot been at tempted by the Confederates west, of ti e A!lf ghni. s In deed, it is the first eviJpuce of work, stratrgy, combina tion, that we have et seen exhibited in that section. If successfully cam'ed out, it will put a very different aspect upon the Westtrn oampaign, and make a glsrions and eue cessful close lo what at one time threatened to be only cue loEg season of disaster. To the gallant general who leads that movement the country givos its fullest conSderice. " JiCKSON and I.c.va- 6TKEKT were Le'3 right and left arms, audthoe beat qaal- ified to jude might have found it difficult to make a choice between these two skillful soldiers and fearless fightess. We may also look for important results to be accom plished by the powerful cavalry force under Wheeler a foroe unequalled in its way since the beginning of the war, and commanded by a brave officer, who knows exactly of what such a farce is capable, acd how it can best be ac complished. The programme has not been by any means played out, and we may look for more important and decisive masures than have jet been anuoanced. We know that such move ments are on tha caidi. Thoma?, GuihT, Sherman, or someboc!j else, would no doubt like to make an advance movement upon Bbago, with the view ef compelling him to recall LoNosrsKKT and Whselsh ; bat they are on stort allowance, and cannot accumulate a dpot cf provisions at Chattanooga, to serve as a basis of supplies on an onward movement. The game out thera becomes very interetisg. It is said that our proximity to the Gulf btream has con- siderabale effect ia mod.fyfcg our climato perhaps se. At any rate we know that it changes jast when ever it pleas es, especially during tha win'er months, being now hot and then cold without any apparent reason. Yesterday afterf noon it got chilly enough for anjthisg. People talked o saow and looked covetouily at overcoat. To day it is quite mild, Boft and misty. . What it will be to-morrow we do not know. We raaj reasonably expect to have-iccaUitr. Thk estimates of the Yankee Secretary of tha Treasury, for the next fiscal year, will, it is said, foot up about twelve hundred millions of dollars. Knoxvjllb, by the enemy's accounts, is completely in vested. Can Long stub ist afford to Uke it by seige or star vation, and with it the Yankee forces there ? No doubt the critical position of Bimnhidk accounts for tho recent activity of Thomas, who mint assume the offen sive at Chattanooga, to relieve Lis threatened partner furth er up the valley. Bkownlow published ouo number and a half of his Rebel Yerdilator, at Kucxville, and then went "howling" towards Cumberland Gap. The Kli-titmi. The Asheville JViu-.i of the 10th, after giving the result in the several districts, thas alludes to the election of Gen. Logan in the mountain district, as also to the electioas gen erally : In this (10th) district, theje was Jid vote scarcely, two counties making bo return at all, and several others did not poll more than one fifth of their strength. We obseive that the Balsigh Standard ttd Progress are jubilant over the result in the fctate, and ciaim it us a great " Conserva tive " victory. Now the new members elect are ?i her true and loyal men, or they arc not. If they are, the poplr, irrespective of eld party clasiiticatioiie, will be sathlied, and will wonder by what special prerogative tha two papeia named arrcgate to tnemsdves the right to brag, bluster and crow over the result as a party tiinmph. But if, on the other hand, tha Congressmen eletst are not loyal men, but enemies to the State and Confederacy, tbeu the papers named stand in the attitude of rejoicing over tha election of a gacg of toriea to Congress. Our own opinion Is, that with one or two exceptions, tha delegation wiU be composed of sound and patriotic meb, who will estiftate at its proper value the tlli t to distort the election into a party triumph. Bombardment of Cliarl.sfun. A correapondendent of the "Augusta Chronicle," writing under date of 17th iust., says : About twtnty-fiye one hundred pound Parrot eliella were flung into the city to-day. Old Uiihuore scatter ed them promiscuously ia the lower part ol the city, and it really seemed from the way in which tfeey were pitched about that be was trying io hit somebody. The City Hall building had a hoi 3 punched in one corner and BOnae of the marble cornicu knocked away. One struck the telegraph cilice, and the operators 'cut slick.' One BHiaahed through the roof a house in Qaeen street, and several falliog in this neighborhood tha frightened denizena "vamcosed to the tune of double quick." Sev eral fell in the vicinity of the banks on Broad street and East Bay, tearing u the streets, Broaching window panes and kicking up the mischief generally. Oae went crashing through the Mechanics' ar.d Planters' Bank, and it is evident, I think, that Oilhnora wai after ma king a deposit. Whether he will be regularly "book ed" and bfs currency taken "at par," ia more then I can Bay. Several-counting rooms on the wharves were slightly smashed; but daring the eatire shelling, which lasted from about half past nine to one o'clock, no one was hurt. Tha shells fell pretty thick on either side of the "Courier" offije, and seeing friend Carlisle, editor in chief of that journal, asked if he didn't think he'd bet ter move. "No sir," he replied, "my life i3 in t lie hands of ray God and my country ; if killed, I can't help it. I am going to stay here." Very pretty and heroically said, but if the Yankees keep up tha game I'm afraid he'll have to change his mind r get bia "locomotive" knocked into "pi." The "Aiereury haa already "trav elled" to the upper wards. "Took time by the fore lock." Thb Choctaw Nation. A gentleman from North ern Texas, says the Mobile Register, his jast left with us the annexed resolution from a series ot resolutions recently adopted by the Choctaw council. We pub lish it with much pltasure, as no people have shown mote devotion to the boutuern cause than the Choc taws. It seems, from his statement, that rumors were 8float to the effect that som j of that people were talking about the propriety of the nation assumirg the position of neutrality during the present war. Ihe comniis siooev of Indian aflairs, Col. S. S Scott, hearing the report, proceed, J at once to Armstrong Academy, the capital of the couotry, where the council wf3 at the time ia session, and made them a speech. If any dis satisfaction really existed in the nation, it was entirely removed by his statements to them. In regard to the matter of neutrality, the resolution in question which had been paed p.evioua to the ai rival of the commis sioner, show that even allusions to such a subj -ct by one of the nation are denounced by the council r 3 trait oroua : Be it Resolved, by the General Council of the Choc taxa Nation, assembled, That any person speaking sen timents of a cba.acter tending in any wise to destroy the confidence cf the Choctaw people in the ability of the Confederate Spates to su3taip themselves in the present struggle, or advising the x)ple of this nation to take any steps tending in any manner to induce the people to occupy a position of neutrality, or withdraw their united support from the Confederate States, shall be deemed and considered an enemy to this nation ot people, a traitor to his common country and intei?st, and deserving the fate oi a traitor, etc. Thk Fidkkal Defeat in Louisiana The Texas Ex pjpiTioN. The New York Times has the following intelli jrence from Louisiana : By the steamship Creole, from New Orleans on the 11th lest., we have intelligence of the operat'ona of Gen. Wash butne's forces in the Teche country, ihe reports from there state ihat Washburne's whole loss in killed, wounded and taken prisoners was tt. xne Indiana 67th was cap tured almost entire. The tOth Indiana and 9Cth Ohio lost largely. The rebel fo:ce outnumbered ours five to one. We only excelled them in artillery, by means of which, at snort range, it is inuuguw we si.iea a large numoer 01 tne enemy. It appears from our correspondent's statements relative to the Texas expedition, that Gen. Backs haa for months past been urging upon the government the necessity of re inforcing his army ia order to make that movement efficient and successful ; and that his appeals have not been heeded. With a small, and possibly inadeqaate force, therefore, ha has undertaken the expedition. With what success, under the circumstances, we shall see ; and if Le fails in accom plishing a permanent success, as other generals have done before him in other quarters, when success seemed cer tain, it is not difficult to digine upon whom the blame lies. Fbiboxkm at Johnson's Island. A letter haa inst been received by Dr. G. W. Balcknall, Kittrell Springs, from bia brother, Major O. C. Blacknall, who ia a nria. oner on Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio. Maj. Biacknall wiahes;the friends of Cola. Cantwell, Wharton Greea, Harerore and Boyd, Captains Davis and Tiir. mer, to be informed that they are all well and doing well, together With all other North Carolina officers They freeuenUy write home, but seldom receive replies. Major Crudap, he fears is dead. Maj. B. isays, all are well fed and wtll cared for. Dr.,B. request the Raleigh Progress to say that he has a few U. S. postage Btamps, and that he will willingly supply the friends and rela tions of prisoners, who may wish to write. Interitni I. titer a. TaefollowiDg letters auioDg others are published in the Norihera papers aa having beea captured at the same time with the Confederate Bt5am?rs R- Lee and Cornabia. They, are remarkably able, aJ itidaeJ is everything that procee.ls Jfom Mr. De Leon's pen. The only thing in the letter?, the publication of which there is any reason to resret is that .portion of the letter to President Davis in which Mr. De Lkon says" : " France wants money, literally and not figuratively. They are a far more mercenary race than the Englifh, and we mast buy golden opinions frcm them if at all :" Kilwln Ie I-rfon to J. P. BenJ ittlii. No. 10.1 Parm, Sept. 30, 1SC3. Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, Richmond, Confederate States of Araenc: Sir--Your despatch (No. 3) of loth August last was delivered to me by Dr. Chas. Girard, on the ICth inst., and in conformity with the instructions therein con tained I write yo'u, via Bermuda, by the first post, and ahall continue my communication by each successive stoarac-r in that port. Since your last despatch wawritten you have doubt less received my N03. 8 and 9, and it is scarcely neces pary for me to observe that had tLc views and inten tions jof the administration been previously confided to me the strength of my 1-nguage on one measure of pol icy, since adopted, would have been greatly modified, however unchanged my private opinion might have re mained. The withdrawal of Mr. Mason from London has had the good effect of reviving an interest in the Southern question, and awakening fhe public in England frem their dream of continued non-intervention. From all sources oHuformation in my power, and from express ed views of intelligent English friends, I am led to be lieve that the public feeling in England fkd true ex pression in the editorials from the 44 limes" of the 25th and 27th, which is herewith" enclosed. The greatest recoil of the measure has been against Lord John lias sell personally. Ilia speech, apologetic and vindicato ry of his own course, is the reply to your challenge, and it proves that he-will persist in hia policy to the 4,bitter end," and is even ready to overstep the law in order to avoid effjnee to -the Washington government. The delivery ol-this speech is too recent to permit me to inlorra yoi ot Eoglish siutimeat ia relation to it. The commentary of the "Times" will show that even that obsequious echo of tha ministry des not accept and re;terate Lord Russell's views without a protest ; ana should he venture to carry into execution the threat he has made of violating ihe law and asking a bill of in- dmiuity from Parliament, the experiment may coft him hi3 place, ;the sympathy ot tiie British people for us, growing stronger every day, ana in me same raiio as their antipathy lor the Vaukees. To fbster acd in crease tbt!3e favorable dispositions, I have caused vari ous publications to be made in England on the topics of cotton, slavery, the oath ot allegiance, federal fabri cations, and kept up a running tire through the English press. Some ol thts2 publications snail be Rent you by the firat opportunity which presents for seading packa ges. After the disposal of the Roebuck motion, ihe rapid increase of Federal recruitment in Ireland , attracted much attention, and I deemed it advisable to visit that country to see if anything could be done to check it. During three week's residence, chiefly in Dublin, with a visitTto Belfast, in tha North of Ireland, I succeeded in unmasking and exposing the enemy's battery, and enlisted the aid of seme powerful auxiliaries in the pres3 and the pulpit to stop this cruel and cowardly crimping of recruits, under pretext "of employment on Northern railways. Many knew the real nature ol the services required of them ; but many more were en trapped by promise cf high wages ; their contracts containing a clausa that they would take the preliminary 44 oath of renunciation " on their arrival in America. This at once would make them subject to tie draft. Another drag, put upon them was the exhortation to the women to aecempany their hus bands, as the promised wages were so high, e that the Yankees now get a good deal of dress with their good metal. The number of actual recruits thus obtained from Ireland for the past year, up to August, cannot have exceeded twenty thousand able-bodied men, but has probably reached that figure. When the harvest i3 over the Tankees hepa to make ft grand haul, but we hope their nets will not hold. The men of intelli gence, who see the draiu thus made of the bone and sinew of the country, resist it from policy , and patriotm. The priests, who are generally conscien tious and earnest men, and who live on voluntary con tributions of their parishioners, are also bent ou arrest ing the exodus. Tne only party favorable to the Yan kees is the silly and mischievous cliq le of demagogues who style themselves 44 Young lre.anders," of whom Gen. Meagher usd to be one of the shining lights, and these men make themselves busy in selling their coun trymen for the Yankee shambles. No step has been, or will be taken by tha British government to stop this wholesale deportation, for two reasons : 1. From the difficulty of proof ef actual enlistment, and 2. Dccauae cf the mwilliDgness of Lord Ru3seil to wJuod the susceptibilities of Air. Seward, of whose conduct he has " no complaint to make." The press, the priests and public opinion may sup ply the shortcomings of the government in this respect. At least the attempt is making, and shall continue to be made. Having called (o! course as a private individual) on t lie Lord Lieu . iiant, the Earl ot Carlisle, an old acquaintance, I w.. ; mot courteously and kindly re ceived, and hid a kng conversation with him on this and kindred topics. Subsequently, I diued with him, when we again discussed the whole matter. He admit ted the existence of the evil ot emigration, and the powerlccsnees Of government in the matter. - Here in France I see no change either in the attitude of the government or in he popular sentiment. In fact, until the arrival of the Florida at Brest allusions even to the Confederacy (except those supplied by our friends in the press) were becoming very rare. The Polish question and the Mexican entirely obscured ours, in which Frenchmen have really felt but little iuterest. The sympathy at first felt lor the Federals has been forfeited by their brutality and insolence, a kind of veguc admiration for the heroism of our p 3eple has succeeded, but not lively enough to prompt any ac tion, nor give U3 reasonable hopes ol it. . The arrival ol the Florida aud the questions which arose, excited an interest ; but that, too, hag now died away, and even the arrival of the Feeieral vessel Kear 8age, and her admission into the sam-j docks, have not revived it. Her visit has been important, however, in settling some vexed questioES, cs the enclosed extracts from the 44 Moniteur," 44 France " and " Pays " will show. The extract from the latter print (which is now the organ of the Minister of Foreign Allaire) threw a wet blanket over our too sanguine friends, who predicted L French intervention on the acknowledgment of our belligerent rights by r raacc, on water as on land. The. Emperor is now at Biarritz, where every year all the world are admitted informally to the reunions of the Empress, and Frencli royalty goes in dishabille. Mr. Slidell's family have pas3; d the summer there, and he himself for the last month has been there. The. Court next week will I? transferred to Com peigne, where none can go except by invitation. There the Emperor will receive the Mexican deputation after their visit to Prince Maximilian, near Trieste, and some people hope he may do something bearing on our ques tion. I entertain no such hopes. ' The withdrawal of Mr. Mason from London makes the Emperor more' than ever master of the situation, the only rivalry he feared being thus withdrawn. He can amuse us with Mexican aliances in lieu of more practical intervention, in the belief that we shall con tinue to be very grateful for very small favors. Neith er the British Parliament nor the French Chambers will meet until February next, and until then the game is entirely ia his owa hands. Plirl Russell's speech having relieved his mind of any change in England's inactivity, I sincerely hope that the intentions of the Enjperor may be more practical, but I can only judge by the lights before me. I remain, very respectfully, Edwix de Lsox. EDWIX DE LEON TO JEFF. DATI3. Paris, Oct. 1, 1S63. Hon. Jefferson Davis : .My Dear Sir : You cannot possibly imagiae the very great happinesiPwhich your letter gave me, both cn ac count of the a3fluranc3 of your continued friendship and the horeful tone which pervaded it in relation to cur public affairs. Both of these facts are fully connrmed oy my friend, Dr. Girard, who speaks of your kindness to him in the most enthusiastic terms,.and he haa relieved my appre hensions that, like our first great leader, Calhoun, yourl body might prove unequal to the burden your spirit imposes upon it. For the Base ot tte cause, as wen aa lor tne sa&e ot those that love you, it is essential that you should not overtask your strength, for every day has convinced me more &ad moic that we have no Joskui to take your place and lead - us into Canaan, if that place were lendered vacant. It is useless, to disguise the fact that the "men around you do not inspire eODh dence, and that chaos would soon come were your hand withdrawn from the helm. Military ability of the highest order our revolution haa produced ; but ol iip lomati talent it has been most singularly barren. The old men of the old regime like the Bourbons, seem 44 to have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing," and no youuger ones seem springing up to supply their places. Radical democracy, which levels dowB instead of gradiDg up, seems almost as strong with us as with the North, though not in such repulsive shapes ; and after this war is over we shall have to fight the same old foe with a new face. I may Beera to epeak bitterly ; but I see on this side so much pitiful Belf-seekirg and worthless greed in the swarm 6f speculators and blockade break ers and swaggering 'shofllers from danger, who call themselves Confederates, that my soul sickens as I con template our future. No one appreciates more than myself the heroic virtues of. our home population, and I turn my face towards them for purer air and more hopeful presages. As I ventured to give counsel with reference to an important public movement, I feel bound frankly to say to you what I am net warranted in embodying in a despatch, especially sin .e being informed by Mr. B. that there were reasons and proceedings out here of which I had not been informed. In a despatch to him I therefore have only dilated upon these "points by the lights before me, as there may be reasons beyond tny. ken. By reference to my despatch and my letter to your self, it will be found that my suggestions have been treated as were the prayers of Homer's heroes by Jupi ter one half accepted the rest dissipated aa empty air. I suggested a policy by which ytu would have. adminis tered a grave rebuke to Europe, and have appealed to the conscience of Europe. This I think would have produced a most happy effect. The isolatory action which ha3 been taken has not the same weight and gravity,, and baa been attributed more to a personal piqae against a small minister, and to impatience of re cognition, than to the calm consciousness of strength or to deliberate and settled policy. A general measure would have sown suspicion "be tween tha two great powers. Each would have feared secret negotiations with the other. Now it is an open game, and Louis and Pam both see each other's hands. I am not a prophet, and may be deceived ; but as far as I know and can see, there has been, and is to day, as little real intention of speedy recognition by France as by England. That we may be made a pawn in the Mexican game, I thiuk very probable; but the detected iutrigue in Texas, (Mr. B's denunciation of which was intercepted and published in Nc v York and English papers) does not inspire confidence in that very astute gentleman who now is au arbiter of Southern and Mexican des tinies, the retention of Mr. Mann in Belgium tot be ing remembered by the public. Judge. Host, who is here now, entirely concurs in my views, and he adds further, that Mr. Dayton declares he had never had any complaint from VVcaiiington, regard ing French inteiventiou in Mexico. If, Seward, there ftfre, acknowledges Maximilian's empire, the ground on which ou action seems to have been predicated, is cut away from under our feet.- Even should S. make pro test (for he canuot meditate a war with France), we still will be held a3 a power, and have the shadow of a favor, while our enemy enjoys the substance ol non inteiventiou. Before this letter reaches you events will have proved their correctness or falsity ; for we are all groping in the dark at this moment. God grant I may ba unduly suspicious and distrustful, and that we may get more substantial 44 aid and comfort " from Napoleon than 1 either hope or expect. At the risk of being tedious, I have exposed my in most thoughts to you. What is past is "irrevocable ; but I feel cur future is safe in your hands. I cannot volunteer any advice naw that you know my inmost ideas. I am working hard and incessantly, personally and by proxy, and am enlarging the sphere ot my oper ation 3; for the exigencies of theJiour demand. 1 abhor asking for money ; but, as I do not appropriate a penny for myself, have given Mr. B. a reminder that a small earn io treasury draffs is not a Fortunatus' purse, ever filling and ever full. At the expiration of eighteen months, 14 France wants " money," literally and not figuratively. 1 hey are a far more mercenary race than the English, and we mu3t buy golden opinions from them if at all. Such was the secret of Dr Franklin's tuecees. Mrs. De Leon was very much gratified by your very kind mention and remembrance of her. Believe me when I say that she fully shares in my feelings towards yourself and Mrs. D., and heartily echoes the wish of meeting scon again, and under hap pier auspicies. As a souvenir ot an old friend, I send Madam, for her album, the " portrait of a gentleman," as they say in exhibitions, bo soon as a gcod one 13 taken of Madam it snail also be sent. With the warmest wishes for your health and hap piness, your obliged , sincere friend, E. De Leo.v. From the New York News of the 11th. The Progress of Peace Principles. The Peace Party of tha country must elevate their standards everywhere. The result of the recent elec tions has clearly manifested that a large portion of the people is in favor of an immediate cesnaticn of hostilities, and the declaration of an armistice, that passicn may have time to coo! and reason may once more lift her voice. The election in the glorious little State cf New Jersey Ehows the potentality of the Peace principle there. The re-elections in Bergen of the gallant Thom as Dann English, and the unfaltering Dater, are glori ous triumphs of the Peace principle. Old Somerset sepds as her Senator Joshua Dougherty who from the first has been the stern opponent of the war and the ad ministration and tha brave Cary to the Assembly, who, lor Ms bold elfclee.ee ot the principles 01 constitu tional liberty, and his manly opposition to an Aboli tion war, was sent to the damp casemates of Fort La fayette. Burlington send3 Jarrett Stokes to the As sembly, an advocate for peace, and the Union and the Constitution as our fathers made them. Union sends Jenkins to the Senate, where his voica and influence will be heard in behalf of peace, and in opposition to.a continuance of war, controlled and guided by an insane fanaticism. Monmouth sends as her Senator Henrv B. Little, who, as the representative of patriotic constitu ency, will urge measures that look to acmething beyond continued slaughter and the exhaustive intlaences of debt, as a means of restoring the Union and re-establishing the Constitution. There is a large and efiec tive majority for the principles of the peace party in the Legislature, and we look forward with interest to the platform of principles they will enunciate. In Pennsvl vania a large majority of the qaarter of a million voters who cast their ballots for Woodward were Peace Dem ocxats, and no man who miDgled with the crowd that gathered . at their meetings could mistake the leeiinsr.- AU allusions to bringing about a termination of the -war were hailed with most enthusiastic cheering, and all re ttreoce to such War Democrats as Messrs. Butler, Dix, t-oenrane, lirady, et id omne genus of pensioners npou the patronage of the Administration, was received with groans and denunciations. So was it in Ohio and In uiaua. 1 ue great v tsi is urea or war, ana can see nothing in its continued prosecution, but ruin and deso lation. The rapid impoverishment of the West to feed the rapacious cormorants of New England, making the west "hewers of wood and drawers of "water" to the East, as the South were so loug before - this war com menced, ia fast causing the scales to drop from eyes nunerio Dimaea. it was only the most stupendous ex ertions, and by frauds that should make their perpetra tors hide their heads in very shame, that the Adminis tration was enabled to prevent the legitimate voice of the people from being heard. All the Peace Democra cy want throughout the country is perfect organization, and a distinct and unequivocal plat'orrn. Let every township organize its clubs, proclaim its platform and register its advocates. Lst Lcture Associations be organized everywhere, and the leading advocates of pure Democratic principles be invited to epeak. Remember that a forcible thinker has said : 4A despotic Govern ment is an inverted cone, resting upon a point and lia able to be toppled down by the smallest movement.' ' The principle of tha Abolition oligarchy is, that the people should be defrauded of the elective franchise, that they may more easily defraud t?m of everything else. Organize, if for nothing else, to'defend the purity of the ballot. " Qtr Own School Arithmetic." -S. Lander, A.' iu... iuvj nuvuui, um iwu upjy UUl lUUlO a DLU3H BCUOO I Aritnmatic, oi sometnmg more than a hundred pages. In a note to us, Mr. Lander says : " The 'School Arith metic' was eighty pages under way last spring, when a fire occurred, which destroyed all the work that had been done." Mesars. 'Sterling, Campbell & Albrigh t, ol Greensboro', are the publishers. We are glad to etc then efforts to supply our schools with suitable book, and hope that those who, in the midst of so many ob stacles, are prosecuting this work ot supply may meet with abundant Buccesa. IV. C. Pusbytcrian. TELEGRAPHIC. Jlcpttrts of ftie lr AoImJ lr. f-ntered according to the Act of (.'ongrtn, in the year 13, by J. S. Thbasiikh, in Iho Clerk' Cft'ie of the Dih trict Clourt of the (Joufederate OtateH for the Northern District of (leorgia. . FltOM CHAULK4TUN, ClIKLESTON, tiCV. 21, 1SG3. Sheliing of the city commenced at half-pant ton o'clock tc-day, ard was contir.ued tiil balf-pa&t twelve, diiiiof which time eighteen were thrown. Two more were tlrown this afternoon ; ono colored wo man waa hilled, ar d ohol wbito pertou slightly injured. Four or five building were struck. Tho ghclln thrown aro lCO-pounder ParroUa. Heavy mortar BheHirg on 8urr,t-r has been cotiliumrf n.!i day. No report from tha fort thia evening. bkcom nisrATcn. "CHABLKSTON.'NOV. 2'2, ISCkI. Last night eighteen nhellB were thrown into the city, V' tween twelve and two o'clock. Ten buildiuKS were htrucl; . no person ir jured. Tho firr on Bunjter continued lieu v. during the night. Ono white man end two nfjroeH wt killed yesterday in the fort. FltOM CHARLESTON.' (."hahi.ehton, r ov. 22, ISC'. , There his been firing on tha city. It in reported th.st Battery SinakiDa succeeded ia ni'eiicing the enemy 'a p;n Jast night. Several eight inch ard 100 pcundT l'air sh3l wtre picked up in the city to day. . A Hpirited fight between the enemy's battel ioH Oregg ai;-i Wagner, -and our bafterioa Beo and Simhins, together wi;l forts Moultrie and Johnson, took place this afternoon. Gregg opened heavily on Moultrie, and Wagr er on Joi n son. Our fire, particularly, from Siuiluns, was reniaikaitly accurate, coaipelling tha Yankees to leave th.'ir guru ' every fire. Tho contefet ceased at dark. The Unrig on Sumter continues heavy. Since tho rrcRont bor);la! meet, the number of -shot ar.d Fhella, of all hir.d-i, thrown, ia reported at 15.HW, nine thousntd of whirh s'lui'L, and atoat live thousand miBsed ; tulnl iu all, from ti:P ginning, 23,000. The number of shots asd Rljelis lired Iiom .mcdown on Fridaj to sundown on Huturday wan 471, ol which 136 misaed. There were no enfiuulf ici imr any e riou3 damage to the work. No lurtkr indentions of an assault on tho part of the ererny. FiiOM CUARLKBTON. ClUULESTON, NOV. 2', 1hX'.. No fihelliiig ef the city last night. Tha cremy kept up r, slow fire cn Bumter. The number of rilkd nhofn fin. I on Sunday was ono hundred and forfy-thrce, of whin, sixty-threo inlawed. Also four morfur fl cllrf. N c im. allies. FIIOM CUAHLESTON. ClIAKLKPTOH, NOV. 23d, 1 ' ". A vigoroua lire haB been kept uj between the enemy Y. batteries and oar own all day. Tlie enemy dM not '.oil the city to-day, bat has divided his attention between Sum ter, Moultrie, Johnson and .3nikina, and threw a number f shells on James Ialnnd. Tho number of bIicUs of all k in in thrown into Sumter List night ond to-day is 2.J, of vh; u ICi missed. There haa been no casualties in Humler. , report received from the other batteries thia evei;in. LATEST FROM CHA11LH8T0N. Charleston, Nov. 21, 1m; l. Heavy mortar shelling cf Sumter wai again kept up nil last night. The brave and gallant Uapt. Frank H. Hirles ton, while on his rounds, was mortally wound -:d in both thighs and arm by a parrott thell. One uegro wan killed. No further shelling of the city. FROM CHARLESTON. Chablkstok, Nov. 2lth, 1M.::. The enemy has kept up a 'constant mortar shelling oi Sumter to-day, occasionally openirg upon Moultrie, Kim kins and Johnson, with both rifle guns and mortars. The Yankee negroes ere working briskly in Orejg to d i y, and it is reported that they have unmasked four more -m A 300-pounder Parrott guu, at the Yankee middle battm v, was turned upon Ifou'trie this-morning, and two or thrf.-' additional mortars upon Simkias. During Monday night one hundred and seventy i.iniiN were fired at eumter, Bixty-two of wh;ch miniiod. Ciipraia Harleston died at lnlf-past tea o'clock t'.i morning. The Ironsides and Monitors hava been inactivo to d iy. No Bhelliij ef the city to-day. FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, Nov. 2.", .. The number o tints and shells fired on Tucttday end i:tM night was 283, of which 153 missed. The casualties U-t n!ght were Capt Mitchell of the 23d Georgia, lif;kt!y woii i:-l ed ; one Legro killed and another severely wounded in the shoulder. No firing on the city last night. FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA. Ohange, C. II., Va., Nov. 21, 1X 5. All is quiet ia the front. No prisoners received at tho war department to-day. The roada are heavy and tho weather cold and threatening rain ox snow. President !.: vis arrived h?re on Saturday and i Btajiag wMi (ieu. Let He will probably review the army beforo ho leavea. No!h ing new from the enemy. r FROM ABINGDON, VA. J: BINGDON, Vft., NOV. V3, 1-GJ. Varioua rumois as to the occupation of Kiioxvill ) by rci forces are coming in, but nothing official. Ten thousand Federal troops are reported to have paused Rogersville ml five rogimenta through Jacksboro, cn route for Krntu-Ky. Our forcea are very active ia front. ' FROM ABINUDON, VA. A iwNci don, Va., Nov. illh, 1m;. Rumors in rcgord to our occupation of Kno.willo m.x the retreat of the Federal forces toward Cumberland t !; i are still coming in, tut nothing official n yet u ccive l. FROM LFfc'ri ARMY. UOHH0NS il.LK, bov. 21, lCJ. President Davis and Bt&il left lor Richmond tbbj mornm,. The hulk of tho Yankeo army is ia Faqair. Their ji u ets extend to Cedar Mountain, ia Culpeper. Owing to the Inclement weather tho President did n ' review the army. FROM THE UNITED STATE 3 AND KUROlVl. L'lCHMONO, Nov. 22, lr. i The Baltimore papers of tho lyth hist., say that a o patch from Chattanooga on Monday states that the lit . from the Confederate battery on Lookout Mountain rs; ed ia no casualties. Sherman has made a junction of bia entire cr.rpj wit i Grant's right. Gold ia New York li'ii, clor-ingwi h :in upward t- dency. The steamship City of London arrived at Now Yoik o, Monday with four days later news from Europe. Tho nm ter cf the seizure of the Aloxandru i again before u Ceurt, oca motionfor a new trial. Tho hearing is p. - poned until the 5th. The Morning Pont thinks thAt from i! -cussien on that occasion, that the law tlicers of the i r.. entertain but feeble hopes of Betting asida the vetda-f :' ready given. The London Star says tht an action of divorce ha !. instituted,' in which Lord Palioerston ' correHpon!iit Tha plaintiil is a Clergyman named Okanc. It i a He;; thn.t the wlule affair ra a plot to extort money. The French Chamber has been opened. The Krnperr speech is pacific, fie proposes a European Oonferanfo f the stjtleniect of the Polish question, and hopes tho arnv .: of Maximilian in Mexico will provo advantageous to th country. The revecue haa increased, and without eKtr.j--dinary rea -urces, have met the cxpfnues of the warn f Cochin, Ctina and Mexico. Only pacing alhnion . made to the American affairs. La France asserts that Maximilliaa'a acceptar.c ; r.f ti;1 Mexican throne is no longer doubtful. Advices from Austria indicate that Maximiilinn i rmk r; preparations for his trip to Mexieo. Austria will Bend a flact from tho Adriatic to block., the Danish ports. The atate of affairs In Poland show no cl'.argp. The Bank of England has advanced the rate of discount ' six per cent., to check the export of gold. The action . ; the Bank has caused a general decline ia security. (' eu!s fell one half per cent. Cotton is dall. LusiiKMH h I ing checked by the advance in the Bank rate. FROM THE UNITED STATESYANKEE REPORT ('" THE FIGHTS ABOUND KNOXVILLK. Bxciimond, Nov. 23, 1S6 .;. The New York Herald of tha 23th says that an arrive trom New Orleans of the 11th, brings intel';gence ol t;i- operations of Washburn's forcea in the Tccho country, i' i whole loss in killed wounded and prisoners is six huadn i and seventy-seven. Tho Indiana 67th rogimnt was car tured almost entirely. , Dispatches from Knoxville, Nov. 17th, gives somo d-' tails of the retreat of Barnside to Knoxville on Monday morning, he evacuated Lenoir, but ow'ng to the energy with which the rebel pursuit was kept up he came i''1-' line of battle at Campbell's Station, where a fight ensue,), lasting from late ia the forenoon till dark. The enemy fi nally succeeded ia flanking our men, (Yankees,) drivin them to tha cover of the batteries, which opened terr il ' fire, before which the rebels retired, and foil b.k to t' f river. They aftefwarda brought up their batteries, wheu Burnside fell back to a more desirable position and again gays them battle. Tho contest closed at nightfill, ecr
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