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c: 1 or a rco. untii THK WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COM r K' KUATK STATfclS OF AMKIilCA. WILMINGTON, N. C . TBniiSPlY. VF.r. U The fc'.Uwirg cpicp cf cur ireA'l Jowmci ere nrisMnjr Cw.mMrpa'o'or which we' will pay 50 Cen'B for' J wo ropV of e & J OcTf.bt.-r Tib. ltt ." 'w March 13 b. J" IV -ft. en t;vi JiA. Tq-iaorrov i 1 bo Chrisms, uon vh'cb occasion the com-' m-rttfi i f tie srisuu" arc rne, arm are 07005- sr1 ily paid to oar readera Itrotifihont tie country, tvoma tbat re cou'd ifTa ttera ui.d?r more cheerirg circura- Ett kIoctut as the eppenrarce of ttirps is. there ii ro great d ;cr J"-i ODitcy or eeijair. We h never yet e'-'ed to br..v tt()i ,veii:g revet perUiitte,S onrsclvea to tMMtii:f,; : n r-x.t tie :c.a -l fcl'-im-te feilure. Ifce t'ttft ttJRCj ;; fci d i. vs.U foccred, tot peine 1 Dl. :h llme end in tte iratrer c--rculd h-JTe it to succeed, but (Jed's owu ood tfroe ard aa lie ?etlb bent. jr"" Tvhit an i.xp.r:ant word 13 :"f ! If Yickr.barg tad &tt 1 -we rc;gtt vow have seen the eLd cf th-a w&r plain'j h: Ve. -At iea3t ro vc thought, and bj d-d G-.b:B tbirk. tu', WcVslirg fe'l, and it U cow use-tea to p-fcc-Ir.tc u: c-a wl.fc. nJf.fci, Lcvo t'.ca l.-nt is not. Hie pa't ia goer frcn un tLe latere hes ret jet ccrue the pmeit el or e is is -nr repp. L'-t e. h ti-4 te, sod tot t euy jaoie di&ust t:m-3 lei every one r.OiO do Lis fall duty, and lie failure a of '.he r.-at Aiii le re7ieni?d Rid tLe future wiU take c3to of iteeif. Dopi- g 'lat (tch cr d ail vill rrei ii? Oay wI'hiLe fsel iotr? cf tr-'tr.'.r- j-y vl-ich t'e Mnh-dgy cl tber Sr.vior fhon'd a v " ' Y h-.I m::' 1 aiir.y pHf3ica! 'tdj.-;..jta to co: f jit L -:; j ir:Pf-s i.h ci.i.u;oiidncis wi'l permit, we W.uh tn i; hi: niCMy (;l.r:-'n.iifc!-rp iu ti e fcfjio waci tie c'in Cf W&r I."-'- 8H.;d, f.t,d f v ars e;;cs Atorc ut ilea 'III i It c J. ji'fc-.kf la i 1 1 . ' 1 T '.1 . i . C :!r. Mil: ', cl Sojth Cm V.U5? iLl-rrcd to ,.1. i t.' v. il 1 i' i .'1 t- 1 ; . 1. , ,u : rf t-.l -b.ie i 1 1 ' i i: , l i i ULt :: iili'i r 1; iu 'i . 1 ' ;-' r c-y::t er -Ua m-. O i dor-' C t.itin. 'i- i.li'lth.": 'i f.: a : vi.jc Jr.r dcri-jg the '! r-tt"-. ard 1.0 lu: t.-r. t. (J. "I hit 8i! t-fopsi co rfrtaioac ' v: :u .K'- ' niirifi-'ea b i til- i L V ' - lf li: 1 - h-r . 1 I l.-i-; ' (': - in ,1 r ','1. f.ri-. fid l- ; u & Lu.i&c'i z'a:.A.u-i. f-r 1 r 1 a ; ;r if t ot li -. i. ord-ra.i.v. j;j--. d to i- Oi f ,t Oh io t ::t t u- - j Mi .. 1 ticll, oi Ca.. cih.u: hu rnKLdriiC-nt to a'l-vj the- iiii.j- w 1, tuiud in tx-rvice to elect their com nan v ! 1 if L.i h ( 1 , l.f trv i btvlKi-' . j;'."' 'I Iu- win r , iv 1 u. ky to iiiount lnca:sc-lvts acd .i.C CaV.i.'I V. rid :o b; Ec.it to tha Corj.- :::;.-( i-t t. .in tc -r-iorrow Coi;:si will t-S'y 11: n - ?ut :.;-i 'or mm y d 2 u-it ja;-- 1 1. t.ic ; r;K-:-t ic t vi-a. i.uv hu 1 ue il v. i.X' t . f juli-i C' ( i rccrt.k coivd i.-j now bt j rt.:!i : e'utio-? o! i -: . r 1 1 j Oli 'AOO'dK ti C'llr.iK, N. C I'me: ' t t I' t :-v.'r r.t rv ftr m or !.? ;n th- s;lin.l ll. p.Mu.. i t ! ' " iumS iimi ire il sUx-:. to : J n i 'Li to v..-! 1 !. ;.:!! , i'riv.!.J. r;nij. .-! .1 N. 0. IiSTU:e t-- tii- lt:3i a- on i3' riii!!i !n'!u.' ft hr,' da; a tb 1 p.: I fi -T-;'. t f ij rnto;' rtnr,i tl!.3 ftl.- V.'.ii Pl- In- nit up i-.r r f i;; U Mx iv-i..1-, ii.ftO 1 j I lT Jo i'or l;! tf--t:.iii: y o: Vo" f di.-it.-1, tSir.'.i;;h "; ;aii ; it s 10 tli. 07 ihi'T iior ru! I dud do lars .r.J hitrlilj C3U- a.ci fa r p i:T, to return n-y ti.icere ; J. MOOKE. o tla'v, ior uai' tt-r improper ,f' f. t it-r !ii:Otv irni. t're ub-ve ! iter was vrn' t .rn 1 :r. t - iu ltv : Jr . :.til. It..; Hi i!:1.' Ci :).. . . t 1 n t it i- ;i..i vc.tj-.itiiii :-g :i: riar Ff tr, on the SiotL'ntb'J, 18C2 lcr,o the 1 a ::1 oat tv the Lit a.l: i 's; c ? ' l;!-r.il.r:;:r3 of b h (-VC?. Tht ;e i:i l-' ir g obk to wriu- f-K-Ma 1 k 'S!;1 p-. r -. v. -rat cc V- 1' '... ! 1 $ -ii T U 6-i' ii it I i rlf h a:.d :hc 1. n . -;rk ot ( y?. .1 f b--r -k. p i.j Q ; I'y '.!) . if.' !i, dis'i j: t ; r can tit H.i tO u . L'l the f -T!ii rl owa j ;-?: i- (.1 li S. i :. o't s.-.uir 0 a : . tc: 1 .. j lis;- W il: i.p- r to s o t:Bum': g .re c rc.'c'ht t.;iv.r tbc'r ii'uod, by Loluing to hKcku-dc the port. v.hiili llith- :i ti ; tT..- ti;8 I.UVt. lu il c-ftraiiot-s cl the- iast live :0 1. buppo.-s ii. 0. 1 c. vc e-r-rati.-ns Chari. s-.o:-!. v. hat :!.. ?.,..d r.l w;ll tLiViioo ill Ir & ii.t i u "Whrj 'e r.cxt Tr-i-cO rr.ni-i ,.-of ISr.t ' r a git a ii'tr.l ri. nlo.i c-, cr f(si'-tion 01 active I. j -V. 4 io the sumc to H c 1 ;.i ti e seap ,rls noith .vre ol i.:;.t ci'v 0 b'e-l tl-at ilioo'd il.c r rex attuu or 1 Mo:i cr: S waun-b, or s-.-u-h ..f ( b.oU-t Vf f v. .1. fc-i.. . to-;'ii:y eu.-t-.i-d:: vouid W na., a; vcv., lor lr.ar.j f l . cat. d Wi!;:,:". o- r.s Ono reojjii u:.i le to a jtuch &T;ater .z 'tl;i r, it:.' too.:o. i-i s. ;;j'ro.'.--. . .-:-!. -i! :-:;iiv. if'on -r Wi'i-r if to iiiiou has irdi- '..sited I c bl t.. 1 at V ot! or pc; 1 I !v t : i, V. L n -l.'V 1 oe x. a- u.u c-.nv ..a: i;.;r lr. 1:1 iaipo.!;.!.. tv vx'iA? p-.y. r.;'i- e "pr i;r.- ...... oiCv7UK ,Ul '..0.0, a..u ocr'airi inevc- tO'.VO. :y a frive ;-uiae't.iii. 0 to 11 ility to wcra to bo ( ens t;v on 1 1'"' Ce s.eai tc duoanu tL ' !iui:0'.i.:es at'er'ion l t i.rr. r oi 'L: cijts kncvii !. . i'.- r-i'-iu'y l.xing fit fed cut at tl:e 0' ij '. N y Vu-a. EiTLhx ii leprcscutcd 1 01 (1 r.ia, C, ii.d CaTi. ra;::'i;.:, llii 'j 1 mo d. Iti: : at ;.u at 1. a: k u. ' :0ro at Washington, 1 -is . dc.-'-.r. to n.bo &t.o:her attempt on the i-'--:? . i ci c mmuaicaticri with Kich-c.-ur -, y-dvi cf a.:y programa a:minc a tt;Ui point. wo tre ialoim. J. a I -nmV.PT r.f trsn-ports. say f.rty - 01 Say, some steam ai d soaic iiiJCCT ve: e"?, p..S3:J "din S'in!? Then t.m fro-n WnsfVt'.Ti!!-.. tro ns or eo. (,u! h .ve b( e.) o. so i Ji lait.t h.-.ve i n i: at!.- L;m tc e! -- ; 1. V h re rjoit-g 0r wLcilier they 1 nd r.o of, ascertained, i'ivy nvgfct lolcsi n or Tort liotal. ihey d ! 1. irLrt; ! Kin- 1 re iutun moot sbov iti. A corr.-. vot u? tjjoo Le re?riv elected mem- oers of C.'Pirrt-cs i t ikr-t! e:r ft-ats We rep'y, not Jia Docmiber, 18G4, ui'ess an s: ;. at hu present s:oa f" , r d. or 1 ho 1'je-i.i ta t s'ra ct ?s O;) Alt' IU..J Ol r. 3 Oi-J I V nfrr; 5 will cot (spire before the f n i-i rtora .ry, IS'Ji. Car DH'ST.'atirp II loo. v-as at the latest dotes, in r.ich- ODd aitend.g to his legislative duties. Yak ees correspondents writing from Charleston harbor say tbat Datilgren is preparing for a grand iron-clad demonstration against Cbarles'.on, and edl, in their oirn magniloquent style, that the iron-dads will not !rire ths wafers Of Sonih Cerolica until " tic c!d flag " vvttvta over Charleston or its ruins. Now. much of this mav be only bruteni fultivi sound and fury, sienifyin? nothing but ilnot all to be bo classed. We may rest assured that there is some - t h t j f p in If orrt th.it a dpsnorntp ottDrT :a MPtniri 4n be ra ide. The Tackces are a persevcrirg race, 'i'hey ere virdictive. They have a deeply-rooted hostility, a raiikorou3 hatred against Charleston. Their vanitv their pride their prestige are all concerned in the re" daction cf Charleston. They have committed them selves deeply" to the plan of iron-clada devised by Capt. Eacsaon, cl which the Monitor was the first specimen, thus giving. her n-m? to the class. They will cot read ily STitEiit to a result which will stamp their pet en gites of war as a most complete and expecsive failure ucfit, for standing a gale, as the recent einking of the Weebawken at her anchors in the outer harbor of Charleston goes to show, if the foundering of the orig ica! Monitor had not already demonstrated the fas'j uSt for attackicg fortifications even in smooth water, us will certainly be demonstrated by a failure to ad vance against and subdue the resistance of the defen sive works arcund Charleston. The Monitors, we feel Rssu'cd, must and will be brought to the scratch at ricy and every risk. Dahlgren will be compelle-3 to nikethe venture or be sacrifised, if, indeed, his eecri Gce be not already dstermined upon. I3ifo.-f; the winter ia over some new and determined tffj.t will be made to bring matters at Charleston to a decisive ii-sur, either by forcing the iron-clad3 into the inccr harbor, or by eendiog Buch a large land force as wiii enable Gilimore to advance upon the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, and upon Charleston by that route. If Le cannot force the position in front, he may try to turn it. Wc will see. Wir.ai.vGTOw, N. C, Dec. 10iht 18C3. Et?aa. 1'l'lton Fkice tSenllemen : In y. -ur o; ye?t?rda? yet retf-rrcxi to Etu'.n Kir.u, E-ci . .Sr;:ill ot tha County of liobeocn, a3 remsin Uonlecte ia c ci.iici'C , dud dtnjariding goid and sdver, to suti3 ly aa execution issued and levied upon tht-. property of a cit a :i ol that County. Now, I um u near neighbor J oi -VI r. Krg e, and know him to be a mn of probity and Lcaor. In the discharge of his CSetal ducies iu 1 ' vyw'-iu-y, uoiu utjture ami Htace me urt-uKiug uul 01 iui3 war, Lit; Las been known to'SufL-r much' ntcuuiurv 1- s ia his 1 So. is to save the property ot .unfortunate dcrtois wbc-n bout to be Bacrifictd by the relentltsa- ces? cf exacting credit 01s. - This u his character ia I. is County, aed tha rtcuit ia obvious in his always being aole 10 deitat every candidate, who has appearud aga nst Lim in the fiald for the last twelve or fifteen years. When the facts are thoroughly known, it will turii out that the creditor, and not Mr. King, refused Confederate money, and that Mr. Kiog (Confederate money not oaiug a legal tender,) waa obliged to act as li e plaictiS in the eae demanded. But supposing it were otherwise acd that Mr. Kiag did demand guid and sdver, such conduce is not by any means strange cor unusual. -In the very village in which Mr. Kiag iivte, tneie resides a Confederate eCicer, einployf-.d by ihe 'governmcut, who reiusjs to take Confederate money :n '-ly-iieut for dtb-s due him before the war. I'Lia fiut can be established by indubitable testimony it r:ecfs-ary, anl yet th;s man, because he wears tbe uni lotui of the Confederacy, is permuted iodo sa with im sDiiity, wiiiJe Mr. King, a friend to the poor and needy, 13 dragged like a cusprit befoie the public, for doing Uk rame rot. If this conduct is an offence, no political partiaiities ought to shield the guilty. si r lux." V, c did not knor,v when we penned the shore para .ipa ahu'Ied to, what, Mr. Kisa's politics were, and ac don't know low ; so that the reference ia the above c; in.iiUuiCdtiou to political partialities is wholly gra ta; u us. We don't know anything about Mr. King's interest in t:e matter, or whether he has any. We C-.'n'i drag Mr. Kisa up aa a culprit. We mentioned a t act, cr what ia s ated o U3 as a fact, and was taken t:r graateu that there are always two eides to a Btcry, we said that we should be glad to hear the other aide. By paoii5hiag th:s communication we show that we are willing tc hear and iet'the public hear the other side, a;;tH:ugh it will be observed that tl e writer communi cates no fa.'t wh atever, save the single one whi.-h has nut been brought into dispute, that Mr. Krxo ia a man of probity and honor. The fact of the relusal of Con 1 dci ate m.ney, which was all that was stated in our paragraph, 13 not aff .eted one way or the other. Wheth t; it is right cr srorg we nHd not now argue. V's are pleuB-cd to kaxu that Hon. James A. 8ed r on. Secretory of Wtr, haa promptly ard-.rtd the rvs:'; ra: o-. of h: ll. ur purchased by and for the town ol Witmingtoi;, bat impressstd by the Confederate Corn ifiorj a. a!bu:y. The flour was bought in good iui.'o, iur a spicirk pu-.pes , for cousumptioj. and was rot a lgiLlrca'e labjrct of impressment. Ic is to be Lopt J that CapUia Myers and others will Lereuiier l:ar bi cee in mind and b3 a little more cJnsiJerate iti U-: action. Steam fx Lost We learn that on Saturday night j or oucdy rnarmng, a large steamer, supposed to he the Antonica, got ngnTuad cn Frying Pan Shoals, and that the enemy rent 0 tog after her and took ell h&cds prisoners. It is reports! th at the enemy bad succeed ed ia towing the thip oil, but of this there seems to be no certainty. We will probably hear more to-rn&rro vr. I t ;s p-rttty certain ibat the vessel, whatever she ia, is ,000, ac-i the ppirJ.cn that it is the Antonica is gener al. rI i.p 1MPBE5SED Flctr. "We lcem from ucquestion 1? i'auoiity that there must have been a misunder icdmg ia reference to the impressment by Captain tkas, the Commissary at Salisbury, of the five hun ! cr- d burre's of flour purchased there for the Towr: of 'V,;;, I'-offr.r nr.d fnrthfr wfl lpflrn rn ihe sum nr.thntS. ihut no blarae or rtepocsibility attaches to Captain .iT. - tKs m connection wuu tbat transaction; and sua , tbat it was at no time the design of the mili-iTh'-riti; s ;o prevent the flour b.jiig brought to ,l, but on the contrary tbat from the fi.st the UjUr Gi. ,3 much flour wa3 to be tsrcci ever to the The objoci ss we learn, wa3 to prevent tyhat appear ed to be a Fir.cn'ative competition agaicst the parches i02; rgerts cf the Confederate Governme.at, a compsti tio:i, hast,, which, whether speoulative or not, had tne tt&dte.cy snd perhaps the effect of raieiog tin price f ii:ur in" the market where the fiv3 hundred barrels were bought, to the disadvantage of the Government and msasanib'y at the expense of the Town of Wil rni.:g:on. Captain Myers acted by authority, and f.-om the Crrit with the rcdir3tanding aire ady stated. Of courts while makicg this s'atemen t in justice to the Ccma issary at Salisbury we have no -wish to reflect ia aoy wry upon the authorities of the town or their a-rcntf. Mr. Foster, the gentleman em Ooyed to bay the flour is wholly unknown to us. Tne CirrsArEAKE.-Teeently captured by soras Con foJcrato and block ade-funning passengers, "while on her way from Ne w York to Portland, was one of Crom well's steamers, a propeller of between four and five hundred tons, say about the siza of the old Paikerabnrg which used to run betweea Wilmington and New Yoik, although a much superior vessel in every respect, being comparatively new, strong and of good powou . She a woo leu vessel, chiefly built and designed for ' reieht, and therefore we fear tbat though of fair speed, s oe ii not fa3t. "We will be sure to see her, if she comes in here. If she tries to, the Yankee cruisers wilj try to see her also. The great drain upon England is for specie, and this specie goe mainly to the East, c specially to India, to pay for cotton at prices, for an ioferior article, many times Ms?her iran was paid in former times for a su- perior article of American cotton. Some specie also goes to Egypt ujd other places from which smllt)t8 ot cotton are drawn. British ladia has long been a i P-ect absorbe t of silver from all parts of the world 1 acd kcow Le9 fcec0Ee of it. It has now also i become anarsorbeot of go!d About all the cotton that Ecizland now gets must be paid for in gold. For merly she paid lor it in goods lyo the amount of over a hurjdrrd rni'Iioos a year. Thia is now stopped by the war. Eaglatd is beginning to feel this pressure pretty heavily. It ia constricting her.fiaancea, and will con strict them still more. SLe will be under the necessity of drawing specie from all available quarters, and no tably from the U&ited Sutoa, upon which the pressure will act a ith increased intensity, drawing their specie, cocs'.ricting their finances, and hastening the crash which i? ! cw inevitable, and the occurrence of which is eimply i matter of time. It would bo not a little remarkable if Cotton was yet to demonstrate its tupremacy, though in a circui tous aad little dreamed of manner ; and yet although re markable, it is certainly by no means improbable, but on the contrary seems to be in a fair way to accom-pliibmc-nt. For a time natural laws, whether of life or of trade, may be act at defiance with apparent impuni ty, but we may be certaio that they will vindicate them sdvee in dae time, and in a most conclusive, though perhaps ueexpecte J manner. Il wcu'd seem like retributive jaBtice that England, which haa Eet herself up as the peculiar opponent in Europe of the recognition of our rights, should be the first to feel tbat in her apathetic indifference not only to our rights and interests, but to the rights and inter ests of humanity, she has, in her fancied wisdom, been actiug the part cf folly, and committing an act of sui. cid-3 in order to escape from a merely contingent dan ger. Size night, by bold and honest action at first, Lave caved us much distress and effusion of blood. ! Dreading a complication with Lincolx, which would ever huve come, and trucklii g to that Exeter Had cam which all her manlinete despises, she has been deaf to the ciiea of her own people, jeopardized her own fiLanef;9, and laid up for herself a store ol unfriead- j ijr ea3 on tfce part both of the Confederates and of the !T - Liucoluitts. As lor the European demand for cotton, tbat, in tru'.h, will amount to a dsmini upon the United States for epecie ; lor, at the present high water mark of Liccolndtm. immense quantities of goods will be brought in which can only be paid for in cotton or in specie. Cotton, the North has not got. Specie must go. The crash must ccme. So mote it be. "If it aint cold you may eat my hat," siid a shiver ing and shaking gentleman unto us this morning. We did'nt eat his hat, although it was a soft one. It froze on Saturday night, and it dittoed on Sunday night, and it ia going to ditto again to-night. Let her rip. It's not oar fault. It would'nt be so if we had our way. Daily Journal, 21st. Jchs C. Fi.enx, cf .New lork Sate, and Tom. Kino, of England, were to fight oa the e'gLth instant, for $10,000 a Bi.e. t Ley are boih big fellows, Beknan b6ing over six ieet one, end Tom Kikq an inch over him. Wereatlj don't care which whipped. No dcubt they mauled eech other baautiiully, to the general satisfaction of the audience He en an was the favorite ia tbo betting circles at last dates. Th3 Ce AHLE&TOrf Cockier of yesterday, (Tuasday,) says that Eeven vessels passed the bar on Monday, going South. They wfie supposed to be supply vessels. These may have bfcen the satas with the vessels which were Been some days before from Wrigbtaviile (sound. For the Josraal TkiKATMEWT OP TIIK SICfcC. Ltkchburq, Va., Dec. 19th", 183.-' aVssrs. Sailors : The treatment of North Carolina aol diura in the boepitals i& Virginia requires soms notice. For :ubtauce it may be stated that there has been clothing teat to tafc place ior iba North Carolina s idiers, and thin 0. th iag i-i sent .round to the diQ-rent hospitals where it is 1 given out to a tew lavuuntes, two tnirda of wtura e-re cot erea irom aoita I'&roima. uoi a fc.icit soldier ask for clothe, and the Surgeon will tell Liai th.it it ia positively oidered that no man stf&U draw them n.-ilesa Le isg.M&g to his commaad, but if a pet wants thtm ho caa get them. There has been money appropri ated for the eeldieis. I tuppese it is administered and dealt cat l.kj the clothing- 1 think it 14 bard that, because a sold er is r.ot ft for field service, he should be required to stay iu the rsoiul ai d go naked. I hope the authori liea of Porth Caro ioa will see to thia, and obiiga three fourths cf ber so!diei in the field. J. U. B. Mews. Ediiors cf the Journal : From yrur editorial in to-day's paper, headed " The ImiTiTKafri Fl.-iir." f am nnt in nryscRsion ot iofnrmn. tmn pr.tirfi'tj iipto tn m-. nnil in harp hnnwn whtfh ' sooner, would have relieved me, from much anxiety, and savtei me some trouble. That it was not the design of Capt. Mvers, or other military authority, to prevent tue fl jur being brought here, but, on tr.e contrary, to turn over es much flour to the town, it strikes me as very singular I should not have had some intimation of. I Duvo no wish to claim or exact sptcial consideration 'personally, but as my whole aotion in this matter was in my tffirla! capacity as Mayor of the town of Wil iTiiricton. I think I had a ri-zht to exoect from CaDt. Myers and other military gentlemen taking part in the impressment of flour, purchased by my official authori ty, for the town, the courtesy of informing me of the reasons for its impressment. The fac'.a and circumstances connected with this flour matter are briefly these: On the 19th November, flour being then, as per jour market report, 105 to $110 jer bbl., and advancing, I was informed by a merchant cf this place that he could procure lor the town, in the interior of the State, 500 bbla., at from $55 to $G5 pir' bbl. 1 ?aid, in reply, that if I could obtain an assurance from the military authorities to protect the flour from impressment, I would authorize hia to make the purchase, and pay birs such commis sion as wcuid compensate him for bis time and trouble in attending to it. On that day, 19th November, I addressed a note to Gen. Whiting, informing him faily on the subject, and asking if he wonli extend his cfli ciaf protection ovef the flour bo purchased againBt im pressment. Oa the following day I received a reply from Major Venable, enclosing a copy ot General Or ders from Adjutant and Inspector General's Depart ment, (wHich of itself I should suppose ought to have h en all-sufficient to protect thia flour,) as, also, the cssurance ol Gen. Whiticg " that within the limits of his command these supplies shall not be impressed " and that he had " communicated with Maj. Gen. Pick ett, commanding department of North Carolina, asking his co-operatiou in this matter." On the 25th Nov., Ataj. Yenab'e enclosed me the following order from Gn! Pickett, dated at Petersburg, Va., 23d Nov., 16G3: Special Orders." The supply of flour purchased by the " Belief Com mittee of the town of Wilmington will be allowed to pasj frcm this department Tree from impressment. By command," &c. With these documents in hand I did not for one mo ment suppose that the slightest obstacle would be thrown m the way, and at once closed the matters with the merchant ber., placing the funds necessary in bis bands to be deposited in the Branch Bank of Cape Fear, Salisbury, to be drawn cut in payment for the flour as received, and wrote to my friend D. A. Davis, Eiq , of Salisbury, explaining the objects acd furnishing him wiM: the authority of Gen. Whiting, and a few dajs after with a copy of Gen. Pickett's order. On the 5:h inst , (Sunday.) the following dispatch was placed in my bands " Is Mr. Foster authorized to purchase flour lor you, if so, how much, and for what purpose. Please telegraph at ones. (Signed) A. -MYERS, Capt. & Commissary." Understanding from our Ag't here that Mr. Foster was the party at Salisbury to purchase the flour, I replied on Monday, the 7th inst. "Capt. Myers, Salisbury Foster authorized pu chase 500 barrels. Have the authority of Gens. Pickett aod Whiting. See D. A. Davis." Now, in the face of all this information, and liisregarcing the authority, Capt. Myers did seize the naur' 11 ,l.Dere Da,8 Tu , I V tv. it has been on the part of Capt. Myers. But as I now hold the following order of the Secretary of War, under bjs own tacd "Tte flour purcbajed for the i&di- gent of the town of Wilmington must be released from impressment. It was purchased under express under standing tbat it should not be impressed, and" besides comes with'n the equity of the law and the orders. of the department 18th Dec., 1863 sigued J. A. Seddon Secretary of War" which, I hope, Capt Myers will not gainsay or disregard, I indulge the prospect of hereafter being relieved from this unwarrantable and gratuitous u misunderstanding." O. O PARSLEY, Mayor. December 22d, 1863. For the Journal. Secretary Stemming r'a Plan. Memis. Editors: It should not be expected that any schema of taxation, however well devised, should be free fiom plausible objections, or give general satis faction. The plan of Mr. Secretary Memminger, both in prin ciple and in detail, exhibits unmistakeable marks of great labor and -anxiety, and should not be rashly or inconsiderately condemned or criticised. . There is, however, one provision in the detail of the plan which it is thought might be slightly amended with decided bentfit to a large class of tax payers. The sixth bead of tte Secretary's detail provides tbat, " in case trV coupons should advance in the market to a premium ezcetding25 per cent., any tax pajer mayi be permitted to pay his taxes in lreasury notes ot the new issue, with 25 per cent, added thereto." Now it is not supposed that it was any part of the Secretary's plan tbat capitalists should have it in their power to lewy any tribute, in the shape of per centage, on the men of small meass. The inducements to pur chase the boods seem to be sufficiently great without such a privilege, to all 'who have the means, and those who have not the means need no inducement. And ot the latter class are a large majority of the bone and sinew of the land. It is therefore hoped that Congress will so modify the Secretary's plan as to permit all tax payers who are unable to purchase bond3, to pay their taxes at once in the new issue with the 25 per cent. added, without regard to the market price of the cou pons. - This would induce capitalists who are desirous to sell their coupons to sell below 25 per cent., or if they rslused, then the government would get the beneht the por man's 25 per eent. instead of the speculator and extortioner. A FAKMEK. Taylor's Bridge, Dec. 14th. From our Klnstou Correspondent Kixstok, Dec. 18, 1863. JZditor State Journal : The skirmish tbat I made mention of in my letter 0 yesterday, as taking place at Chinkapin Chapel, on the 0 pper I rent road, resulted in the repulse of tee enemy with a loss on their side (so I am informed) of five killed and six wounded, to say nothing or the dead and woun ded horses. The casualties on our side were privates W. Aycdck captured ; James Farkes, wounded sligh"y in shoulder by a shell ; David E. DeBrashel, badly iu face, acd Wesley ilavis, slightly in leg. The eaemy brought into the action about one hun dred cavalrymen with two six pound howitz rs. We had but forty-five men (all oavalrymeti) engaged on our side, commanded by Captain Thompson, ot Wayne, of the 43d Georgia, but North Carolina Cav airy. The combat c mtinued for about one hour, when the enemy gave way and ran, our men pureaing. They were piloted to our out post by deserters from Lieut Col. Nethsrcutt'8 battalion. There is a report going the rounds down here (and I am really tearful that it is too true,) to the effect that the Yankees have surprised our pickets on the south side of Tar river, near TafFs store, between Greenville and Washington, and have captured one entire compa ny of our cavalry, commanded by Capt. Moore, of the 6d North Carolina. MORGAN'S MEN IK KENTUCKY. The arrest of any of Morgan 'a escaped officers is sa; enough, but their arrest in Kentucky, their native State, is intensely disgusting. They could get through even rorkopclis in safety, but when they reached Ken tucky they were caught very promptly, and are proba bly by this time once more in a Yankee dungeon, and destined to be treated with tec-fold horrors and mdig nities. Oh, Kentucky, " the hunters Qf Kentucky," hunting tueir own kith and kin, playing the blood hounds for xankec Nimrods, slivea themselves, and kidnapping their own brethren into Yankee bondage.- How ure the mighty fallen 1 The old Kentucky lion exchanging places with the Yankee jackal, and piloting the ignoble beast to prey 1 servants and constables to the Yankees ! what a price to pay for the scraps that tall lrom Liincoin 3 table I Kicti. Vispatch. - Blocknurte Running. We are glad fo eee that there is a proposition in Con gress to stop all blockada running, except on Confeder ate Government account. Of course i.i such a bill an exception will be made in favor of vessels fitted out and maintained by States, which, on their own account, bring in what is necessary for their troops in the ser vice. Private speculating " blockade running " has done as much to hurt the country as desertion taid army skulking and dodging have done. Blockade running, on private accou .f. has discredited our currency, stim ulated speculation, induced extravagance, and enabled men, w ho ought to be in the army, to keep out of it by " putting money enough in their pur3,s " to enable tbem to iy men on " contract to do their fighting We know in saying thi'j, we bruise some shins and tread on some corns. But we can't help it. The " bears and bulla " in Southern markets have fought each other instead of fighting the accursed Yankees, and the com bat Btiould' be t opped, for wkat is " fan to them is death to others. Petersburg Kegister. Blatters In Norfolk. We have reeeived a copy ot the " Old Dominion " newspaper, containing some intelligence from Norfolk of interest. Butler has put his engine in order for work by the appointment of a number of officers to sit as a " military commission " for the trial ol persons whom he shall arrest The Beast was in the city him self a few days eince on a tour of inspection. Gen'l Barnes, the military commandant, met him at the boat and congratulated him on his " fllst visit to Norfolk since the rebellion began." After inspecting the defen ces of the place, among which is one fortification called " Fort O'Rourke," he went back to Fortress Monroe. An effort is being made by Col.Hazard Stevens, a Yankee, to raise the " 1st regiment of loyal Virginians" in Norfolk and Portsmouth. "A meeting was held in Portsmouth, at which " Lieut. Gov." Cowper was the chief speaker. He was authorized by Gen. Butler to say that if men enlisted in this regiment be (Butler) would take special care tbat their families were suppor ted, and that the regiment should never go out of the department. there is great mortality among the negro troops ; and the Macon House, once a well known hotel in Portsmouth, has been converted into a hospital for them. Begimeuts of negroes, numbering at their or ganization 1,000, are new reduced to six hundred. Those in North Carolina have suffered as severely. Wm. R. Houghton, a citizen, was arres'.ed for ap pearing in Federal uniform. He had been confined in Fort Norfolkjbr having a Confederate Major's com mission in his house. He " took the oath " and was released. Among the Court proceeding we eee a suit of Geo. H. Merriam, of Norfolk, against Wm.- Webster, of Newport News, for $14,100. The property of Web ster had been attached. The remains of Sanborn, the Yankee lieutenant killed -by Dr. D. M. Wright, had been disinterred and sent North. The pastor of a negro church delivered a discourse over it from the Custom House steps. Miss Susan Denin is playing at Norfolk. Papke as a Protectob Against Cold. The Charleston Couriej says : Many friends who have tried the qualities of paper as a covering and additional protector against cold and exposure to the wind and weather, report most fa vorably. . Two folas of newspaper in the shee are equal to a good cork sole, and are preferable, as not exposing the wearer equally to cold after use. Persons suSeriog from liability to cold in the chest or throat will find it beneficial in severe or trying weather to wear a sheet of paper between the inner and outer enirt or garment. Paper legigegs have also been tried with advantage by many who suffer about the ankles or legs. The sock and drawers will conveniently retain the paper in place. Two Jolds of paper attached to or stitched on the thin nest sheet or coverlet will be found equal to a good blanket. Yakess Gunboat Blowk Up Owing to the occu pation of portions of the peninsnla by the enemyf our intelligence from th it section has been very irregular. Though a little tardy in coming, it affords us pleasure, nevertheless, to state that about a fortnight ago, one ot the Yankee gunboats that patrol York river was b 'own up and destroyed by a torpedo, for which they had been dragging for gome time. Another boat waa Also badly fojured by tb twrae eiploiion. Whig. From the Charleston Courier. ': Ranute, YVI' the Brlgfct Bine ecu. XT CHABLIX WILBWOOD, I Bright bloomed the flowers, sae fresh an' fair, 8ft aa 'g the birds o' native land, -When Nannie pa'ed ber love to me, An' promised ma her wee white hand ; The flowers s milled the breezes sighed When abe ha'- named the day, my queea, Dear Hannle wha I lo'ed sae well. Sweet Nannie, wi' the bright blue een. ' II O mony; moEj weary days Ha' crept along wi' snail-like pace Sinoe Nannie's Baft wee hand I clasped, An' gazed in'her dear woman's face . -Since fa' o joy I snatched a kiss, Sae sweet frae Nannie, bright young qaeen, Since last I heard the aaft rich voice O' Nannie wi' the bright blue een. Ill O na, na, na, ye need ds blaw Sae fresh an' fair ye aweet young flowera ; Ye feed na sirg ye bonnie birds, Na charm for me ha' a' your bowers ! My ain yenng heart mast bleed an' break For Nannie wi' the bright bine een, Wha I bae 10' ed sae weel an' lacg, bweet Nannie wi' the bright blue een. iy Now blaw ye cauld. oauld whistling' winds, I dinna care for a' your wrath ! The bonnie bloom o' Joy ia garg. Sae dreary is my lonely path, For Nannie whal lo'ed sae weel Hweet Nannie wi' the bright blue een, Ha' broken troth an' faith wi' me Fans Narfnie wi the bright blue een Eulaw Camp, James Inland. Trial op a Cos fed skate Soldieb fok Mubdkr. Capt Gurley, of the C. 8. Army, who made a dash on the train of McCook, the Yankee General, and killed M c Cook himself, is being tried by court martial in Nashville for murder, he having been captured by the Yar keea a few weeks since. A letter from Nashville, da -ted the 4th instant, and published in the Cincinnati Commercial, sayp: The evidence for the prosecution of the case of Gur ley, the guerilla', who mfrdered Geo. McCook, of Ohio, closed to-day before the Military Commission, of which Co! J-hn F. Miller, of the 29 th Indiana, ia Pres ident. The court -grunted a continuance of the case until the 13th, to enable Gurley to procure a witness amoDg tbe rebel prisoners at Camp Chase. Capt. Hunter .Brooke is hz chief witness, having been pres ent at the murder. Gurley plead not guilty, bat out side the court admitted having rhot Gen. McCook while acting as a soldier ia the rebel service. It will be difficult to convince the court that Gurley was acting as a soldier at the time; for therebel papers, detailing the murder, spoke of it as euch, and spoke of him as a partisan ranker. The statement about the ffebel papers is false. On tbe contrary, it was pronounced at the time one of the most brilliant cavalry dashes of the war. A Negro Victim of the Dkaet. Hoi He Felt. The LaCrosse (Wisconsin) Democrat, speaking of the recent draft a the above named place, says : Among the victims of the late draft in this city was Sam, a peaceful motioned contraband who was given leave to leave the South last spring and become a free man " up Norf I" Early in the. spring he did chorea at tha Harrington House. Later in the season he hoed gardens, got married, and blacked stoves till they rivaled the glos3 on hi3 cheeks. . Monday he was drafted, and Tuesday he was served with a notice to be at the ren dezvous within tea days, along with his white brethren, or be considered a deserter. He took the n otice to a friend, who-read it and mada hiin understand the Dature thereof. And th;s is the way he took on : " Wat; wat wat d d ioilish ting is dis yeah ? Ise a fiee man ! Last spring dey send me up Norf and tell me Ise a free man--datde Linkum sojers bab lib' rated me. Now wat am dis d d foolish ting for ? I'll be dan gone for if Ise got to gwiue to dis yeah wah. A niegah don't stand no saow down dah now. He get shut of hesef rijrbt smart now I reckon ! If I'd knotvd what dat printed ting waa I'd frow him down in de street juat like dis, (he threw the notice into the street with a jerk) and den dey never fool dis niggah 1 Why didn't dey fet ae niggah stay dere ! or stay heah I" St. Doaiixao. A letter from Madrid in the Diario (Havana,) after speaking with ecorn of those who imagined that Spain would or oould be made to aban don its possessions in St Domingo, an Island which it saya has not 150,000 inhabitants, makes this significant addition : "It 13 not enly to strangle this insurrection that we are puttiEg on ship-board here moro than 14,000 men, with r fl?d cannon and all the equipments of a cam paign, but that, if the Republic of Hayti dosa not clear itself of the suspicion of having favored thia insurrection it will receive early aud energetic punishment, which its disloyal conduct deserves. Here no one trusts to the friendly professions of that republic, and there ia an earnest daaire that its capital should receive a bmobard ment from pur pquadron." The editor of the Diario, in a leadicg article oa this subject, says : "Spain will not abandon its possessions there, neither before the rebellioJ3 Dominicans ncr be fore the neighboring Haytiens, nor before their covert enemies, be they ever eo powerful. So says all our con temporaries on the Peninsula, of whatever politcal color or tendency." We would infer from this that there id quite a pros pect be ore us that the Monroe doctrine wall receive further disregard, in the blotting out of another repub lic and the establishing or monarchical institutions. coupled with no little defiance by Spain of her "covert enemies," be they ever so powerful. What will add to the Yankee apperance of this will be, that it will b a negro republic which will thus be extinguished. Cure for Itch. Fhat almost intolerable com plaint, the camp itch, may be speedily and effectually relieved by the acetate or copper. TMs can be pre pared by placing a copper cent, or any other piece of copper, in a small quantity (say two table spoonlals) of strong vinegar for soma twenty-four hours. Then apply to the parts affected three or four times a day, each morning washing tbem with fine soap and water. 0 , . . The Obstinate Fort. The folio wine communica tion, showing that the defenders of Fort Sumter are watched with eager interest, appears in the Mobile Ad- vertiser and Register : Sumter bund. All eyes are now turneJ to this fort. great in .its ruins. " hven in her asus live her wonted fires" It seems to me that the Ccntederacv ourht to raia a handaoine fund, to be distributed among the gallant defenders of that fort, or the families of those who may be sacrificed in its defence. To stand exposed, dav and night, to this feu d'evfer, without the power of reply ing, requires greater courage than ia required on the field ol battle. Lat them me by this substantial testi mony hat the people duly appreciate their aer-fie.. Just in proportion to the efforts of the enemv tn ink it ought to be ours to retain it. Gen. Pillow haa returned to the serving, fnr lTh tn Tit ! of September and October, from Alabama and Mississippi 26,000 men in itiiantry and cavalrv. If the whnla nf hl Confederacy could ibe placed under an administrati .'in rf couB.'iptioa distinguished by thejvigilanee, energy and intel ligence wh;ch seems to govern the district of Alabama and Misdisaippi, we shoold nave no occasion to fear trr th strength ol oar armies in the fieid, or the success of oar A good thing is told of a battle scarred North fm Una regiment, which entered Richmond cot a erpat while ago, while a company of "citizen soldiers" performing their "evolutions" in the streets. The ears of the Old North State were greeted by a good many uncomplimentary interrogations concerning the persim mon and huckleberry corps. At length one of the F. F. V.'sa-sked "what is the Btate of the tar market ?" North Carolina responded, "there's not a bar'i in the .State, Jefi Davis has bought the last bar'l we had and brought it to Richmond." "What in thed 1 does he want with it ?" "He wants it to mike Virginians stick in the fight." North Carolina was no further mo lested . THE TCFKB a AUTCMN soliloqcy. Leaves have their time to fall, And so likewise have I; The reason, too, 'a tb same, Both comes of getting dry. Bat .here's the difference 'twixt leaves and me, 1 fall more harder and more frequently." Dispbssatiok fbox Fastiho. The Bt. Sev. Bishop Qiialan, of Mobile, has proclaimed a dispensation from fast ing upon Fridays. 1 hia, it waa announced, was in conse quence of the high price of provisions and the difficulty with which many articles of diet were b? obtained. It will, therefore, by virtue of the Bishop's dispensation, be con sidered no sia for members of the Catholio Church to eat meat on Fridai ; yet it ia recommended that those who are fortunately able to keep op with the custom and the faith, should, d iot Arouse th People. " It is astonishing into what apathy and seamim, diSarence the' people ot the South have fallen r f ufc 'D' That enthusiasm and sublime devotion which seized " on them in the earlier part of the struggle appears0 most wholly to have subsided or died out. What h been the cause of this? Surely none are doubtful n J success, or willing to bow and receive the yoke of th conqueror. xxo,u ia not, m ; du ic is a loolish over weening confidence of security acd protection behind the strong arm of our defende s. It has come to ha . accepted fact that we have power enough in the iiold t defeat the invader and guarantee security to our homes and those outside of the army have learned to caS:' this' es all that is necessary, and that we are Bacceedinp well eo long as we hold our own. K It is high time that these injurious convictions werc banished Irom the minds of the people, and that thev were awakened frcm this criminal lethargy into a seti of their danger, and made aware of the importarce cf the struggle and the necessity of exerting every pj ble influence towards its quick termination. Although the President assures us that our army was never so strong as it is at this time, there has never been since the beginning of the war such a critical state of affairs, and such a splendid opportunity for sucevQ action. Could the Southern people be made to ftti the immensity of the stake for which they are battling and the perils which threaten them now, they might rush to arms and crush the Invader at a Bingle blow not only delivering their nation and themselves, but putting an instant close to a contest which at the pres. ent rate of progress must draw its slow length through years of blood acd suffering. 0 ' As the Government dees not appear willing to sicri. fice Mississippi foe the sake of strengthening the foroi in Georgia and driving back Grant, why cannot tie people themselves rise with the great occasion, and Alabama and Georgia respond to the necessitiea.of the hour by placing at the service of Hardee sixty thornar.il stalwart heroes who would insure victory to oar arms and end the war? But all seems selfishness, apathy and indiflerence, and unless the people of these Confed erate States can be aroused and made to feel the im portance of the occasion, we can have but little hope for the early termination of the war. From the popular impression end belief and the i or... of the President's message, it appears quite evident that ihose-men who have substitutes in the army oud are themselves able to perform military duty will be failed upon for their services at an early day. There will be upwards of eighty thousand of those recruits. Now, would it not be a magnificent display a splendid re cord for the pages of history if on3 half, nay, &ce fourth, of this number would now anticipate by a few months the call for their services, throw themselves into the army, and rushing with the energy of heroic cour age and, determination upon the enemy, ensure at a blow the establishment of our independence and an early it not speedy peace. Who has the patriotism, the energy, the spirit to step forward aud head this movement for the salvation ot the country and the restoration of peace? Here is an opportunity such as occurs but one? in ages to ac complish a great and sublime purpose which will carve the illustrious name of the leader in it upon the hcurtf of bis countrymen, and make the world and history resound with iis praises. Is there among millio is if men whose fi.ry blood ia of the South, no greut gcuiir who can mount above the common throug and arou-ie his countrymen with such electric eloquence as poured from the lies of Patric Henry and called a cation to arms, or uttered by Peter the Hermit who marshalled aa entire continent for the protection of the tomb of our Saviour ? Mobile Advertizer If Register. .A Drflant Memphis Woman. The following c&mmuuication from a Memph's lady, is clipped from the Bulletin of a recent date : THANX-GIVIKa DAY. The Prscident of the United States has set apart to morrow as a day of thanksgiving for our great fucces3 es'. We, in cur simplicity, supposed that the loyal people of Memphis would be pleased to participate in such a service, and so suggested. This mere suggestion has called forth the following significant epistle which we subjoin without comment : jBditob Bulletin : You call attention to Lincoln'd appointment of a day of thanksgiving for the sucoef-stg which have "blessed our cause, and you hope the day will be properly observed. By "our cause," you mean the Union cause. I wonder how you think the people of Memphis can thank God for the successes of the Union Abolition cause. You pretend to think tbat a great Union sen timent has spruce: up in Memphis, because you say ' that upwards of 11,000 persons have taken the oath of allegiance. Let me tell you, if they have taken it, they did not do it of their own free will, and they don't fir I bound by it; they had to take it under a military des potism, and don't feel bound to regard any oath force! upon them in that way. Do you believe that any preacher in Memphis will appoint services in his church at Lincoln's dictation ? Let one dere to try it, and see how his congregation will stand it. They know better. They know full well that the people of Memphis give thanks over Union dis asters with sincere hearts, but don't rejoice at Union victories, as they call them. The women of Memphis will stick to the Confederate cause like Ruth clung to her mother in Jove, and say to it, " where thou go-st f will go, where thou livest I will live, where thou diest 1 will die, and there will 1 be buried." But where are ycur great mcceescs ? Your owu papers say that Lee brought off a train of capture! spoils twelve miles long, and that Morgan deetroyid seven or eight million of dollars worth before ail 0'iio and Indiana could stop him. Pretty dear success, thia. Still I won't rejoice over it at Lincoln's dictation. But wait till President Davis' day cotafcs round. Perhips by that time Meade may get another whipping, and if you don't see rejoicing and thanksgiving, then you may well believe that you aud your officious local fail to s-.c half that exists in Memphis. Now you won't publish this, perhaps because it don't suit you. You can sny the reason is because I don't put my real name to it. You can do as you please about it. I choose to sign it Mart Lbs Thorxe. The Mortality Among- Negroes in thm Hands ov the Yankees. W. H. Wilder, the Yankee inspector of one of those abandoned or cot Seated plantations ia Lousiana, gives the following graphic disclosure of the benefits of the Phillips-Beecher-Greeley system, the success of which must place the worthy philanthropists at least upon the same immortal pedestal as the cele brated Wilberforce. This inspector, in describicg the great advantages of this sainted system, says : More particularly would I call your attention lo the Old Hickory plantation. The mortality tint haa and is occurring there is truly appalling. On White Castle plantation, out of one hundred and fcrty nine negroes, eighty-five have died and twenty-two 1 an away, thus leaving but forty-two of the original num ber. At the Old Hickory plantation there were four hundred and thirteen negroes ; of these two hundred and two have died eince June last. On my 4vieit there I found thirty-eight negroea sick, without proper nuren or medical attendance. The hospital ia a building eighteen by twenty-three feet in size, in which the sick referred to were packed. In the midst of this lazar house was the dead body of a woman who had died on Wednesday at 3 o'clock, A. M., At 5 o'clock, P. M., the following day, bo measures bad been taken for her sepulture, and the body had comaienoed to decompose. Jones, since bis marriage, hastken to talk slixhtfal- ly of the holy estate. Brown was telling him of the death of a mutual friend's wife whom "the disconsolate" had courted twenty-eight years and then married. She turned out to be a perfect virsgo, but died two years after the weddinsr. "There's luck," said Jones; "see what the fellow escaped by a long courtship!" 4 . . ... Yankee Deserters, with parole papers in their pockets, are becoming so numerous in this city that the Mayor nas determined to arrest and imprison all ot them before a Yankee army haa thus been accumulated in Richmond, under the auspices of the Confederate Government, sufficiently numerous to lay it in aehe s, or to destroy most of its important factories. His Honor takes the ground tbat the Confederacy has no right to make citizens for Virginia, she being" a sovereign and independent State, and that, under ber laws, all per sons coming here from Yankee land are alien enemies, and as such not entitled to go at large. He ha3 deter mined to bring the subject to the notice of the Gover nor and the Legislature, and has promised to call the attention of President Davis to it. Many of these pa roled Yankees have proved themselves to be thieves and murderers from the Northern cities, and it U not at all improbable that some of tbem have been sent here from the United States to perform by stealth aad under the guise of friendship what the Yankee Govern ment has not been able to accomplish by force of arms. Richmond Dispatch. The Armstrong great gun was tried at Shoeburyness on Thursday, lyth ult., with success. Shot and shell, weighing 550 pounds, were fired with CO pounds and 70 pounds ol powder. Alter sixteen rounds the gun showed no flaw. ii r
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