Newspapers / Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, … / Jan. 7, 1864, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
ut FWMroar & potk, proprietors, I55B? TKR-MS Or ADVBRniHHO, . Tj aom il I(ri on hvein4st must b$ addressed. JA. PULTfX, Bditor....A. L. THICI, Associate Editor. 1 square, of 10 lines or less, foMt Knd every l. sertlon, $2. Bpeaial Notlcss will be charged IS per square tut 4ek and every insertion. All Obituaries and private publications of evsry akarao ter, are charged aa advertiMments. rNo advertisement, reflecting upon private charter can, nnder any cikccm8tacs8, be admitUd. Terms of Subscription. tVcekly, sii wtk9, iavariably la advance,. .u eo 9 nailr er. 6 raoaths. isv&riably la advance,. .$10 00 2 mouths " 6 00 No fbscriptioa will be received lor either paer, for a Ungtr period than six momis, and tone lor the Weekly VOL. 20. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUAI Y .7. 1864. NO. 15. paper for a shortsr time. Kirniry u h -'u in h o a 3iQ M KO jlOHH WASTED. s WISH to tire for the Virginia and Tenesfiee Railroad J. Company three hnadred able-bodied NB5E; MkN, for the year ltd t- cat cor1 wool and cress ties, and work on the re,, airs if track. Having on hand a lull tupplr of rrov:ior:d acu c o.nxg, -JU pcmcjj t..v.u on uj nt""" Lirtd to ibis Cuuan. bhall at all times ba well fed atsd ciethed. The toad is located in a healthy section of the c ui.try remote from tteeieBaj's lineo, t fhrrinr asusa! inducements io the owners of negrce to hire them to me. lut bo hivirg negroes to hire wili do wel to so me. My I o. Bddresa is. Clint n. N. O. I would 1 ke to bear fr.m tbobe of flora I have hired negroes LeretoJore. J. V. PETER-ON. Dec. 11, 1SG3. ?'1LL be a-ii 1 at the (.curt House in Smi!kvi:le, on tl e first riot-Jay in February next, nine bkely NEGROES beioai'!; io the es Ha oi Mrs. Elizabeth Min's. deceased fail negroes will be Bold tor a divi-ijn ra:ng tbe heirs, ii-iiua ca h, KCFUJ GALLOWAY, Ccmxioci.ner. Ike. llih ' 12-7i Si'AiK Of NOItTII t.Aiiti.lNA. HAMFAX CjCNTY. inc N. Falcon and others i pgamft V M. T. J. A'tou unl wife 2tarba. .) re MH-S is a jf-.tmoa ti!ei at November Term, A. D-, 183 X. oi the Ocurt oi Flei and P larter .Sessions tot snid ouity, by sm N. Fuulcon ea-i otLeH aa;!i.-.t .4. T. J. Als:u iui re ilarths, praying ftr a divii ju of slaves, a 'id it appecaria? to the Court that M. T. J, AUton ana wu'e AlArfn, r b do beyond the lanitb f the State ; it, is orckred tut putiica'i'jo bo rnue lor nx weka in the wil M.Lgt -n J-iiinil, a weekly tewspapor i.abiiihed in the t w3 o' Wilmington, l oiifj icg saiJ dv.fiiidnU to appear at tae rifx. term 1 &aid Court to ba h at tlio Court ilocse in il&it.ctx, on the third M."n3ay ot February, A. D., 1?G1, thea ur.d tb r to 'lead - answer or oeisur to eai J etiiion, ciouni-.o jjd, ;:et pro cor ft isa will bo rendarcd againt them Witrtsa. J'.s. II. Wh!taker, C lerk cf sa'J Court, at office u Urfl:iJX, thi;d ilcuiay of Noverohor, A !,, 18G3. J. II. WulTAKEK, Cierrf. Dec. 10 h. I i' 3 . Pr adv 2i 11 ft iTATii Oi-' r.OKIII CA.U01.1NA HALIFAX CUl'HU. J. u.j' 1'ai.iel c:;d t'-ntrcj Eiiz 1 oth cVr'tarpLnr; J r'-.liii la A riJsJi'loi.4 likd &t Nov; mber rru, A. l. j I'OI, t.f thj Court ot P.ca- u ji ynrter fttssiona for 5i d t cu ity, bt JaJy Daniel ai:d others agaicbt Kiizibeth C -.rLharvpr 1 ; r partsiioa or r :ra tciia, ana a ap rejord iiini;s oi llm fttite ot Monti Carolina, it la ur (ie;ta ibt in ...licatijn be uiidi lur tix w,eks in the Wii nur p-ion Jouruul, a weekly ter9.iaper published ii the t ,-.vn of Wiliair.tou, ootitj iu said d jfeiidar.t to appeal at til's text term ot said Court, to br he. J at rlw Court House iu lld"ii.:x, ca tha th.rd Aiojdav of Febrovy, A. 1. 18C4, tljj 'Ld ;!iti'e to answer, pkad or dtmar to s.a':d pet tinn, otr.orv;-,o j tduatjro confessj wi'.i bo ien.Icred isgiiLst ht.- Wiii.ca. " i in Uaiiiii, tiij l D o. 10. is;:;. I. WS.ltik r, Clerk of said Court, at cfSc ii:d aoci.iy cf ovoK.ber, a. D. 1m;1. JAS. ii. viHliAKi-.K, Cleik. rradvl-'i ll-Gt. oJ A'tri OK rvOIlffi CAiiOLl'SA, HALIFAX COUNl'Y. 1j.zo.-z il'. f au'cja ai:d o'beis, vs. fj. T. J. Aibti-n and wife. ) . .t'iS ii a puitition liind al Kovcdbr Twf.ni, A.d) , 1.C3, of the Cturt of Pieab and Qaj,ricr tesaloca f ;r Haid coliuty, bv I.-aac N. Faalcoj and oheis. a;aicst &! X.J. Airp.a aii'd wild Martha. p;ajing for dia:r.bucion of Seal Katate ; ad it ap;;eiUDg thit"M. T. J. Aibtaa and wito JI irihA rttiile wu'iont tue l.iuiis ot" tha btito, it in oidtred th it pub i :a i.m be r.udi for bix wctkn fa the Wilinnigtvu Judrndl, u wetkly be Wd paper, puriiLhod in the town of Wuut:Ktjn. i oti. iur eaid defeadaatt to appear at the ntx: m ot Said Court, ul thi Court Uo-na ia Haiit-x, ou the u.i'd ft-oa:)y tf Februaiy, A. D , 1&04, then auu tin re to pk;.id, taivrr or dc-uiare'w saii pfctmou, other ioe j idg uit-jt j i d tvnfeS6 wid bo rtdTcd agiinrt them: tVucota, Jai- ti- 'Wtitiilier, Cltrk oi eiiid i.oart, at tCic in liaaisK, the 31 Holiday ot Noveni er, A 1)., 1SJ3. JAS. 11. WiJU AKKU, l Jerk. Deo. Oib, 1SC5. i'r advl 4 11 61 HOT1CE. T. ' :::r.?j'lNS bavicg cl.-ifci3 against either the estates oi Hrs. JL II. J- Lhm::s, ceo'd, or Jmes H. ULinita, dee'd, wiii pi-;-' o pt esiiit t'.fcia to tiie lor pa;.ment, ad tltuse indebted K-rt-ri; q iHted to eettie the earne, it beicp cetiry tha'. fcut-.h claims should be edjusied by the 1st day cf. February u- t. WM. BLANKS. L-c. 17, 15C. S3tW: STAlti Or NORTH C.WtOLlSA, Kto Uanovtr l'our,:j Court, Stpiember Term, 1SS3. Ceaa Aldercarj, Tho Miit lr,v cf rctitIL.f.,.-Iowcr. i)v!d A'dcr.":t:n, J I'T appeal i-jg to tli5 Coutt, that e:-ne of the defendants JL are TH)E-re.idctit3, it is ordered chat publication be nnde in the WilaiiLgtun Jourr-al for bucti defenaacts a3 lire be yond the ii nits cf tha Btetc, to appear at the nest teim of Uiis Court- to pi id, aujrcr or cour, or judgnieiit wiil be tttken a3 u 'Juki. Test : AIl'L P.. UUXTISG, Ork. Dec. 'ii-.h 13 Gt W.LiMXtii OX, X. C, Dec. 31, 1863- tutfr Cp; rait jits. Bay i hat Gf.ant arrested for the whiter, and tv:il -attfrapt to tuv&rce upon Georgia tt-fire epring huB fairly cpehcd, and add to this that Me adk's airay in Nortkm Virgicii mast t!sa go into winter quarters, and cau atfcapt nctb'.og of importance before the sea-' sou opecs, and ia all probability jou will bj corrtct. iJut if you go farther, and Eay tbat bseause r.otb;ns can be d -ne in X'orlLcrn Georgia or'Ncrthern Yirgin ia, ttat thcrtLre cl! tLc .intn cf Geant's and Meade's armies will remain qalesceot duritsg the winter raOBth3t you will moot probably b3 rnistiiken. If the field in the interior ii iound to be impracticable, tbat on the coast may be resorted to. May we not look for re tewed activity, with largely increased forces, oa the coasts of Xorth and South Carolina ar.d Gtorgia. And, iedted, there are idicationa pointing to Euch re newed activ't'y ia the fsteni part ol this State. Be yond nil doubt thj Luaibers cf the Yankee forces iu this 6 rate, in both the Pamlico and Aluemar c regions, have Lte'n largely increased TritLra a shcrt time, though their a j:cts and plar.3 have tot yet been developed. Evidently scike change of prcgrinime ia being cf. fe2ted at (ihailcstou, ?L:ch may iud'eate cithor the a loptiou cf a new iiLe o! atiaek,t,r the diveniou of their fo.ee to soma otLer point. Thcyh iveetlCiuiiiy mjsked that city in front, and as tffjctuaily cljstd iia port a3 though lh2 cily iUelf were in their possession. Apart from &e prestige ve see little core that they could gain by being enabled to land, Ttu3 cue by cce they eeeli to mask cur tcaboard cities ar.d eiooc their poite, and eorne prople in the iuierior, acd even here, think aod say that the thisg ia all right. They wish the blockade had been mads effective Io;g ago, evea by car stopping cp ail the ports ourselves. Iut for the thing brought in through the blockade; what wcuIJ be the condition cf cur arrr.y ? Bat :or the cotton teat abroad, what would be the condition cf cur crtdit what cur chas.ee to get many ol the goods wherewith ear army is clotbe.'cr the rccaitietf? cf war with which thf y are partly supplied ? But we have deYiat-.u freni the subject with which wc commenced this article, namely : the probable ope rations of the enemy during the present winter. These operations wiil most probably be on the coast, and prin dpally oa tle coast cf Xorto Carolina, South C iro Iina, possibly U,orgia and i'exas. Suppose the enemy to effict aloJgrjiect here-, may they not close our port Ei? they have done lhatol Charleston ? To day the clouds hang low and ths physical ascccbj of nature sympathise with the gloom that pervades the political atmosphere. The present year bids fair to go cut in darkna-3 and dep rssion. But the sun j3 stni iD the eky, although we cannot see it, and i s gkd rays wiil ytt dissipate the clouds that now darken our hori zon ; so to the eye of faith ia the sun of hope yet in our heavens, and bright days cf success, and long years ot pace and independence are yet before the Confedera cy Even as we now write (it 12, noon the sua casa fitful gleam, portent of future brightness, soon again to b3 overshadowed by many storms still to be experienced before nature rejoices in the gladLesa of Spriug, or the Confederacy reposes in the light of peace and indtpep dence. But Bhall we therefore despair of Spring .t peate aod independence ? Conftrieiatc Congrts. The matter of greatest importance on Tuesday was the presentation of a communication from a number of commanding effiaers of the army of Tennessee. Of this aa abstract was given in cur telegraphic columos yes terday. The following is the document in full which waa referred to the Military Committee and ordered to ba printed : Abmy of Tennessee, Dec. 17, 1863 To the Congress cf the Confederate States: In the existing condition of tfhu;?, it ia hoped your honorable bodies will pardon the variance from cuetom Cl addressing yen from the army. It is done in no ep:ritf dictation, but under the conscientious convic tion that the necessities of the couutry demand the voieeB and rubers of all, and that delay, even for thirty djs, in enacting proper measures, my make present disorders iv.curale, and the dangers of the moxeat om nipotent for our destruction. In our opinion it is essentia! to retain, for the term of during the war, without reorgaaiz ition the troops now in strvice ; to place in service, imaiediatfly, lor tne same Urra, all other white malej between eighteen and fifty years of age able to perform any military du y ; to provide for placing in service, at the discretion of the President, for the Eame term, all white males between fifteen and eighteen and between fifty and sixty year3 of age ; t prohibit substitution ; to prohibit exemp tions, except for the necessary civil tffices and employ ments cf the Confederate States and the several States; to prohibit detai.'s, except for limited times and for car rying on works essential to the army ; to prohibit dis charges, except in cases of permanent disability from all duty ; to prohibit leaves and fnriougls, except under Imiform rules, of universal application, based, as far as practicable, on length cf service and meritorious con duct : to prohibit, to the greatest pos-ible ixtent, thc- detail ot able bodied officers and men to post. EospitaJ, or other duty ; and to place ju service, as cook;j, labor ers, teamsters, acd hospital attendants, with the army and elsewnere, able bcdied mgroes and muiattoes, bond and free. Ihese measures, we think, if promptly exacted as laws, so s to give time for organizing and disciplining the new material, would make our armies inviccible at the opening of the campaign of next year, and enable us to win back our lost territory, and conquer a peace before that campaign shall be ended. We beg further to suggest that, in our opinion, the dissatisfactions apprehended y existing irom short rations, depreciated currency, and the rctectkm of old soldiers in service, might be obviated by allowing boun tics, with ui&criniinatioDS in favor of the retained troops, an increase of pay, the commutation to enlisted men ot rations not isauod, and ration?, or the valae thereof, to efficers. We have the honor to be, very respectfully, ycur otndient servants, W. L. EI ABDtti. L!ou. Geneial. C h. TbVENSON, 5f'j or-U-U. B. .F. HK"iAK.Major-Gin. J. C. BBsctiMHiros, fr'BjSr-Gan. on. V. Beown, B.-i.x-Gbu. I'lKi'D. W. PuTTCi, Plig-tieB. A. W. Reynolds, Biij.Cea. T. C. Hikdman, jjr Qu. Jos. H. JLHW'H, Bn Geu. JvHN. K.Jackson, Br g-Gen. 1 siga this with the reeervatida that I approve the President's proposed system of permanent consolida tions. P. R. Clebusxe, Mfjor Gen. fn addition to the above names, there are some dcz en others attached to the pap'er, some cf them witb reservations and explanations. What was dene yesterday will te found under the telegraphic head. The Senate hta paseed the Houce bill to put in service those who have furnished sub3tr tutes, by a vote of 17 to 2, Messrs. Obr, of South Carolina, and Jonxsox, of Georgia, alcne voting in the negative. The IIou35 would seem determined to stop ail exemptions, the press included, by which means they will get about fifty printers out of this State,-more than half of whom would have to be detailed for public work However, if other people can stand it, we can. No exemptions Ehould be granted on merely personal grounds- It appears to U3 that the hielory of cur respected Congress presents some features that the unbelieving might mistake for weakness of mind or of purpoae, or both. IJp to the present hour it has shrunk with the nervou3 timidity of conscious feeblenesj from the en. actment of measures of a financial cr military character adequate to meet the requirements of the country or the emergencies cf the crisis, until cur finances are in such a condition that they are creating distress throughout the country and are at the bottom of our military diffi culties for it is not want of men that is the great evil. It is deficiency of snppliei?, and the terrible extent to which absenteeism has been carried, two-thirds of which ii chargeable to the state of the currency and the credit of the country, rendering the soldier's pay valueless and entailing -distress and ruio upon his family. Now, Congress, like a weak man scared, flit s to the opposite extreme and seems inclined to pluDge in over he-..d and ears, going it blind to salvation or destructien a3 t he case may be. Gcd ;end tLe former. There is lit ile drubt but that Corgress iill go far enough in the matter ol the conscription law, as well es ia the matter of the currency. "Whether -it will, go equally far enough, pr indeed any distance, in the right direc licn decs not appear quite so evident. One thing it seems determined upon. It is iesolved to secure itself against criticism in the future by v-irtnaJiy puttm;- a stop to the newspapers pestilent institutions and cot to te eidur-d. The Cnrrenr y Question. The following bill was reported in the Senate, on Monday, by Mr. Skmmes, Chairman of the Finance Committee of that body. It was accompanied by an intimation that there had been consultation with the House Committee; The Congress cf the Confederate States do enact, 1. That no treasury cote cutstandin-j at the time ot the passage of this act shall be receivable in payment of public duea, or fundable after the day of , ia the year 1864, east of the Mississippi river, or after tho day of , west of the Mississippi river; but uaiil the privilege of funding is taken away, as above described, all treasury notes outstanding as aforesaid shall be fundable in bonds payabia teroty years afier th.ir date, ar?d bearing interest at the rate cf six per ct-nt. pr annum, payabia semi annual!-, the said six per cent, bond to be taxable es other property ; Provided, however, that nil holders cf eaid treasury notes shall be allowed until the funding privilege cecssa at the times and places chore piescnbaJ to luad the same in bonds ot the Confed erate States, payable twenty years after their date, and bearii g interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum, pajablt! eemi-auoually, and the said tour per cent, bonds sl-all never be taxjd by the Confederate States on principal or interest ; and ait holders of bocd3 or stock pf the Confederate States, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, or more, shall be a'low td to exchange the same at par for the said four per cent, bonds. 2. That after the passage of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall proceed to issue Treasury note3 to the emouut of two hundred and fifty millior.a of dollars, whicH shall ba payabia two years after tht ratificotion of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States arid the L cited States, and receivable iu payment of all public dues, except the export duty on cotton, and su;h otter daes as may be declared piyable ia specie only ; and the said notes may be converted into call eertiticatea as heretofore, the said certificates to bear interest at thf rate of three per cent, per annual, and to be convertible tt the pleasure of the holder. And tne lauh of the loverment is hereby pledged that ttV i.-uo of Treasury notes and cU ceitificatts sha.'l not exceed the amount of two hundred at d fit. y millions of dollars darirg the-year 1664. or the sum ot two hundred raiiiior.8 ot dollars during the ye-r 1865. or any 5 ear thereafter during the war ; and the Sec tary of Ice-Treasury is hereby directed to cause fifty millions of said Treasury njtes to be cancelled after b" ing colkcted for taxeB, rr by the sale of bonds during the year 1864 ; but tie Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, re-issue said Treasury notes, or replace them with new notta, eo long as the whole sum out standing shrill not be increased there y bejond the lim its herein preeoribed : Provided, that said Treasury notis ehaii not be fundable at tho pleasureof the bold er. 3. Tha; all Ovll certificates outstanding at the-time of the passage of this act shall ctae to be reconvertible after the day cf , in the yfar 1864, east ol the Mississippi river, ajdall call certificates not recon verted within the periods and at the places above pre scribed, snail be deemed and considered four per c-ut. Bonds, payable twenty years af-er the drfte of thr passage of this act, the inttrtst payable semi annually 4. That any heJier of treasury no-.es outstanding at ine passage of this net t;epfsiticg said notes the pur pose of funding them, in compliance wih the provis ions of this act, shli be allowed to t-ik? one-teurh ol the amouot so deposit. d ia the new iceue 0 treasury notes hertinbffcre provided for. 0. 1 hat if any b ink of deposit slia'l give i' dejosi tors the aaid four ptrceot. boniJs in exchange for their deposits, and specify the same 03 the baads by s ra;3 distifictive mark or token to be agre?d upoj with tjie .Secretary of the Treasury, thea the said'depesitor shall be entitle to receive the amomt of ead bonds iu trees ury notes, bearing intcrest, and custand cg at the pas sage of this acS : I'rovided, list the said bonds are presented before the privilege of funding sxi-i notes s'lali ceas?, as herein be-fore prescr;b.d. . 6. Toat after the passage ot u.is act ail authority he e tolore given to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue treasury notes. saail be, and ia &?rcby repealed, so far as they may cocmet with tne provisions ol this ac; I'rov ided, hcwever,that nothiog herein contained thail bj so cof'Str ued as 10 apply to thi treasury notes of a deuom ination less than five dollars, wnich have b en-or may bs issued according to lav. A SrSAXGE CIIAflACTii PiiOl IiaCT ABOUT TIIE Will. r"Ia the Yalleyof Vrirginia, is a towa whic'i has felt sorely the tread of iav.is;co, we know enfold gentk-mtj who w&s greatly given to diearoing, ond saw many word:r;ul things ia h;s vissions, or 'wisious;' as he was pleesd to term them. The most rensarkable fct with reference to tifese visions, as campared by thcs3 wko took the pains to listen to their narration with the de veiopement of events fubsrqgec, was their fu'fiilment nearly to the letta. Wheu our army lay at Harper's j Ferry, in tne bo-ginirg of the war, the people ot the Valley gcneiui;y beiieved tbs.t a fiot in that sec tion was inevitabl-?, and alter the evacuiifon ol that point, end the army retired to Honker Hill, u col lision between Gen. J aims ton's foecea and the enemy tnder Patterson was hourly looked for. Onr friend insisted that no fight would take place ihtrf, farseeiog ken of the real prophet forttold tnt rhe field of VTa nAfas va3 to ba the theatre cf the first great collision, and that the armits of Juhcston would there be consolidated io resis sioi. ne pictu euxco v aney overrun ancr iaia waste, and the blooJy tcsnes of the Chickahomiuy passed ia panoramic view before him twtlve months before they were enacted. " After the Mttle of SharpEbug,, and whilst cur army was still in the Lower Valley, the writer m;t whir tbi3 remaikb! dreamer, and to while away an T T a . 1 if. . tT II .. I - t hour, a'mogt in the presence of i he enemy, devoted a brief time in hsteniog to thi. prophet's recital cf what wa3 in store Lr the future. With much more than prophetic minuteness, he detailed the Irtinsac.iona whk-h afterwards occurred oa the Rappahannock the successful repulse and slaughter cf the enemy at Fred ericksburg, .the appointment of a n;w corn-minder of khe Federal forces, the long interval of quiet until the spring campaign 6hould opcu ; and r en a second fight on the Rappahannock wa3 to cccar, in which the enemy would be defeated, but on cur side we would sustain the loss of a great commander, over whose full the whole land should mourn. IL3 did not name Jackson. " The second invasion cf Xcrthefti soil was ck-arly foreseen and vividly pic?u.ed. Dar troop3 would ad vance further into the enemy's country ;h.n "they did in their first attempt; and Harrisburg an: pi rhaps Baltimore were to fail into cur bancs. Bus, still the secend invasion would be attended wiih disaster, and ourfo:ce3 be compelled to withdraw to ihe boid-rs of Virginia, where a winter campaign would p."'! without much heavy fighting. In tie spring of 861, cur troops, victorious oa the s)il of Virginia, werj again to turn their faces Xrtbwa-d, ana march into tht country of the enemy. 1 his third invasion is to be successful, and a treaty of peace, granting ali for-which we have contended, except the State of Alaryland, will bs dictated on the cntmy'a territory. In th;s fas' inva sion, the people of the North are to be much tae kindly disposed towards our troops than ever b:l rc, and opposition to the further v-restcctio;) of t u war ao violent as to compel the Abolition utttbcritks to grant our demands. " With rtftreoce to what has sii.ee urir-sr-in o iu Mexico, our prophet predicted the fo iowi; g early in the summer ot '61 i I'bere was to be a lripr..i;e al liance of three European Governmtni?., wh of j-ci was to be the redemption of Mexico IVom u:tu.tehy. Two of these Governments wtte soon to wiihdruw noai ths alhance ; but the third, aid greatest if tin. tbree, would pro; ecute the objects lor which the tdliuuce was formed to t. guccec&ful lssde. Then a European j rir.ee was to be placid upon tne throve, acd the world weild witness the inaguration ot a .mwif.rchy on tais conti ntnt, and no arm ra:sed to oppc-sd il." Th3 wrifer cf the tbove is t n inteil ge.it'g; u'lem.- n, and what he writes i? known to several nighty r.spfccta o!e residents of Eichmcnd. With this esp'auatioa,-we sunesder the superhuman depurinicot to the next Oom r, ad turn our chair towards " the spue g of '64." We fid this wiiheut credit ia the i Vrrnbia S-.-v.th Cniclinian. and cannot f?ay in what pap.-r it fi:st ap peared. We gve it rather aa a curiisity, than aty thicg else. It has no other value in fur opinion. We are requested to say tbat thi addrees of the K;v. Dr. Deems, Finaiicial gent of the North Ceroliaa Eadoment Fund, wiL hercef .er b' Kaleigh, H. C. For the Journal. Messrs. Editors: Although nothing, it, ia to be hoped, could odd to the loathing with which toe people of the South must ever regaid Benjamin F. Baiter, it may be well, by calling public atttotion to thi sysiero of brut;. lity inaugurated by Lim ia Xorth Carolina, to remind the people ot this Sta'e of his presence, and oi what may be expccied if bis authority should be ex tended over mora of our termory. In the X.'E. por tioa of this State the Federal 3oldier3 many ol them beiog n?grot-s,--are dev-tSlatirg' tha country, burning down bouses, carrying away all the slaves, killing &if thj fat caule and hog, makiag the whi e wom;n cook ior the negru soldiers, (ho insult trtm in thy grossest raance ,) and committing cvry coariiv;ible c;ime. Bntltr has prohibited tte people from making any con tract fer the sale cr transfer oi any kk.d ot property, and therefor, compels every pcrsoi; of both s-.xea. to laoor with his or her hands for a livlih--od I bve heard of offences commicred by ihsnegrosol iiers which wili make Southern blood boit. In one icstanc? a m?n'8 wife was taken from his hou3, and he was in formed that she would be held as a hosfa-re for a n?ro who had been captured, ond the sstne fate, even to harming, would be awarded her s to tte negro ! This is no Eensation story. I have the man's nae, acd his wife, as far as I kuow, is still a captive Shall the history of Ne. Cleans bo repeated in this State ? Aud wiil tho& who hare es caped all the burdens of this war heretofore', and those who ate accumulating weaLh, became " refag.e3 " at the fi bt advance of the enemy, a.d seei, iu tne interior, that secuii y for their pet sons, wnich a .oag-indu gence baa rendered so dear to them ? We wili sat;. And, finally, aire, do you think that any loy al 'and rtspecrabls Southsra man cuga ia case ol a fije, to j help gr ve the e property of one, who, though a resident 1 y, r.void-! ti e da'y of defending it airaioat ( J of tan count invasion, under the piea of foreign papers r .1 would hardfy ih;nk it my duty 10 aid in rescuiag each a per sea from the fitmes? ' W. For the Jour n ft L A Tru Story. One bright Spriusj naorning, when birds were singirjg sweetly and ali nature was seen ppnncr;D? into life, lit- 'le Alice was goio? out in?o the garden to stetbe beau- titul n iwers. It waa full of violets. Oh, cries Alice, mil rt deJ gbt, what sweet, prttty little Sowers. I will ,iHther my apron fIi and make a pretty bequet for my mother, bos soon gathered ter apron unhand then sattd herself uoder an apple tree and mtde abandsoxe bequet. On, I am eo glad, I will run and carry it to my dear mother, I think she will kiss me. To increase the pleasure of her mother, she wept te the dining room and took a plate to pat the bequet on. She then went on down stairs to find her mother. Alice soon stum bled, id I and broke the plate and rcattered the flowers. Her mother leard the noise and ran to the child, when f-ho saw tte plate broken, she seized a rod and chastised her severely, without inquiring a word about the man ner ia Wasco, the plate was broken. Terrified both by the. fali and on secoaat of the accident, the dear little fe-irl could only say dear mother dear mother, it was f ;r you Ytu little forwent, said ber mother. I will brstfe you. You will rsin me if I let vou alone. How erud how unjust. Li i tie Alice sever would carry her mother anymore flower3. She says my mother does not love ras The child was treated with great icjas tic, and do d.raot will never forget the rashness of her mother. Parents ruin their children by such mis-edn-cation. Mothers shoud enter into all their joy a and sorrows. X"o parent should punish a child in rashness and haste. They should correct, but never in anger. l'ake a part in the pleasures of your children. Show kinontrs and leelicg to them and you will make them love and fear you. M. A. BU1E. For the Journal. Kinsto.v, Dec. 26th, 1863. Messrs. Editors; Yesrotday was Christmas day at this place, and hav ing nothing else to flo, we .were reckless euoach to ven ture ourselves within the limits of the town of Kipston itsc-lf. . . The unusual quiet which pervaded the city waa no doubt attributable to tho coldness of the weather, and tho Very inflaVtl price of 'liquor. The two dollars a glass for brandy, together with ths indefatigable exer tions of the Procwt Guard, kept partial order through- out the day. Ia some of the principal streets, ho vever we noticed a tendency to vjnt enthusiasm which was barely ex aresscd by a combination of the agencies men tioned, but up- to a la?e hour, no iaformati-m of any dii-LStrcug result was received. v The different partus, balls, frolics, s-jirees and Zfodaugocs were q iite sufficient in numbr aDd charac ter to satisfy the mest t. variolous and please the most 'frssi iious. The colon d population was assernb'ed ia oae house in opposition to the elite of th-3 white ele ment iu another, ar d oa whose Dinner the victory final ly eettled is a nutter for discussion. The violin and fife at the one were balanced by singing and shouting at the other; and "catena" and "simmon" beer at the former vjtrs cfJset by snuff atd apple water at the lat ter. . From observation it waa evidant that Terpsichore n and Beauregard I herself became generally disgusted with her representa st the erarca of inva- f tives in both classes, and left as the night waned. Our sympathies were also aroused in her behalf, and we re turned to our quarters to spend the remainder of the holidays at roll cali and juard mounting. Smce the capture of Capt. Moore and his company the enemy have kept quiet, and it is to be hoped that Buder will allow us respite till af;.er New Year's Day at any rate. Respectfully, J. M. R, Lclt--a t oIliers An litddtnf. The army corrpondent of the Atlanta intelligent r relates the follonicg incident to show how welcome a latter from home is to the soldier, and how. depressing it i3 when those at home neglect to write to him : I witnessed an incident yesterday which goes far to show how welcome a letter ia to the soldier, and how sod he feel3 when those at home neglect to wrii him. As I waa ridiDg to town I heard a man on horseback hail another in a wagon, and, going up, banded him a letter. Another man in the, sama wagon inquired if there was no letter for him, and the reply was "none." It was at toat, moment I noted tbo feeling between the two men by their ci!i?:d coantenariCfa. The features (il one lit up with pleasure es'he perused the epibtle in his hand doubtless thS letter of some dear wife or mother and as he read it a smile of joy would illumi- nate bis wcr.tho-r-beater face. This was happiness. It waa aD oasis ia th;. desert of f?h life of danger ar.d suffering,, and no doubt 1. jelcom 3 by him as the dearest gut a relative couldTf?ud. With the other the 0-iposii.e effect was observed. As soon as the word "none" had passed the lips of the man addres sed, ths look, of anxiety with wok h the question waa put ftiried away, and an appearance of exirtmo sorrow cordd have been seen piain'y stamped oa his features, wlr.le a feelirg of envy at hia fortunate comrade was viry apparent. This was uatlappin: ss. The song oi hope that had iliurmoated his heart when he inquired if there was uny letter for him had died away, and a feeliug cf loneltDcsa ar'd regret at the neglect of tiiose at home took possession of him. Happy are they who have horn; 3 and loved onea'to hear from. While it is the dullest of negket not to write to tfnse relatives in the army it it makes them sd and unhappy, how much m ire mus'. those feel whose homes are in posse sion ot tl;e enemy, and they iaonot hear from their re lativ. s A Yankee Lie A Washington correspondent of tire Baltimore American says-thai letters have been rece ved in Wahini. n ctcy from "conservative mem bers of the rebel congress lrom Xorth Carolina" asking upon vibat ter nan the Sou'hirn States will beTtceived back ir.itu the Uoion We do not believe that any such let'CM have been written by any one elect ei to tte CoLiiederatc Cor gre?s, thongti we d think that the cars and c nduct of some of those who were elected Lsi Xovoinber have led the Ya kes to believe that they were in ftvor ofn-naiou. The memVr elected I ,;.n th:s D stricr, Dr. R".m?ey, expressly fdeclired du ricjg the cauvasa" that ha was opposed to a re-union under a-.y circumstances ; aod while wo believe he was hon est in m iking such deciar;!oD, we feared that the tone of his tpeeehds and circular would deceive the enemy into the b.hef that he fas well ts certain other candi- i?tep) was in favor of some sort of terms ol re-union.; Ilere at home the course pursued by the so-called "con eeNrative" candidates was looked upon aa merely inten ded to st cure an election, while at thi ortbit was viewed ia tha1 light of opposition to the Confederacy. It iray be that some traitor ia this State has writ ten to Wa3b;ngto.i to kaow on what terms a re union cou'd b sJlecied, hut we do not believe that aoy ra?m b. .ot . ongr. s-, or any elected member, would dirace him elf by nuking sueh an inquiry, Any one who who vr aid do s d serves a felon's death, becase itmia leids the e-Amr and encoun-ges him to continue war asfiiwst ns Western Demooat. Tlie Llie of Oliver Cip:nwll. Ihe other Cr ris'raos bocks for gale in this Amor,'? civ is ih-i life bt that noiy mtrtyr and beatified saint, Oliver Cromwell. A most devout and edifying book fvr the readirg of Constian children I We are sur prised that this choiee volume is not accompanied by the Lite-of Abraham. Lmcoln aod the Life of the late lamented John Brown, whose bo1 ia now marching on in the track of Cromwell. Ibree kindred spirits, Oil Noll pre eminent of the three in those qualities which dis'ingu s'j them froai the rest of the numan race. Tory ought to be united in the mmery of their ad mirers, is rhey'are hkdy to be i-i that shining immuta biiy which awaits sueii characters in another state. -Io nil s b n.ess, have the Yankees taken R:chmond, th-it the life of that h;ueeu3 Puritan, Oliver Cromwell, is to be thrusr. into our tieea at this season of "the year ? In The name ' f aU tr-at is pure and merry in these holi days, keep the our visage cf the Puritan fiend out of our wuy till tihnrneo is over. Richmond Dispatch. Tie fcuth'.'iir-ies -f a number of towns in Magacbu eetts propose- to fill Ibtir quotas of. volunteers by re cruit ing con ra bauds from Virginia and other Border Skitce, and arrangements to this end hare, ia several cases, nearly reached completion. TELEGRAPHIC R ports of tr Pre Ao.clatlon. Entered accorditie to the ictof CoDfrrep. ia the year 186 by J. S. Thrashes, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. THE f 1NASCE COMMITTEE. Richmond, Dec. 30tt, 1863. The special oonunlttee of Finance appointed by the House at the commencement of the session has not yet reported. Leave was granted them early after they were appoisted te hold their deliberations during the lesaionc ef the HoQse, and thy have, not been in their Beats in the House many days, but are constantly engaged in the committee room trying to agree upon a plan to remedy the financial embar rassments. It is not knewa what progress they are rnak-e ing. FROM CHABLE3TOS. Char-lewoh, Pec. 30, 1883. "feeven shells were fired at the city this mornisg ; nobody hurt. The firing beard in the direction of Stoeo waa an en gagement between our batteries at Sec5sioBTllte and thn enemy's on Light House Inlet and Black Island. Gunboats were also shelling JohnBon Island. No CJsoaUies reported. The Yankees are throwing up a heavy work opposite Be cefisionville, and also laeding more guns at the Inlet. They have cooera-fsccd dragging the channel East cf "Wagner with two barges, supposed for the purpose of raising the Weehawken. Tho enemy arc again workisg upon Gregg and re-epened the eixbrazure with ten inch colorubiads bearing on Fort Sumter. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. SrcHHWD, Deo. 30th, 1863. The Serate has parsed tbe bill to put Into service those who have furnished substitutes, by a vote of 17 10 2. sen ator Orr, of 8. C, and Johnson, of Georgia, voting No. A sl?ght verbal ametdnent was made in the bill, but it will not affect its pro ibices aa it passed the House. Also passed the bill to repeal the law author 'zing th distrnc" tlon of property under m litary necetseity. The President has s;gued the bill to j ay the tax on sweet potatoes, and to authorize .q",aTtertRaster8 to takesalt.pork instead of bacon for the tax in lsfrd on slaughtered hegs. Tha President has sent. to the House the correrpondecc) ai.d orders be tween tno departments and Generals Johnston and Petbr ton; which were ordered to be printed. The Honee passed a bill to punish any one loo ting, aiding, or harboiisg de serters, or purchasing soldiers' arms, equipments or cloth ings by a fine of not more than $18,089, and imprisonment not more than two jenrs. Also, a bill to grant a copyright to General Hardeo for his infantry tactics; yeas 41, nays 17. A resolution was p.dopted instructing the Military tkra- mittee to report a bill to repeal all exemptions sow allowed by law between 18 acd 45, except for disability, for State or Confederate officers, ministers of the. Gospel, and Gov ernmeat employees ia the Ordnance Department, and to report a bill to regulate details. Tha Chairman stated that the Corcmittee had already nearly matured a bill of a sweeping character, and would soon report. A bill was passed to abclishthe efflceof Assistant Secretary cf Stae A reaolmion was adopted to instinct the Military Commit tee to inquire into the expediency cf providing some re lief for soma classes of persons who had furnishad subati tutes if they be required to go into the army. BURNING OF A YANKEK GUN BOAT-FEOM BICH MOND. Richmond, Deo. 31st, 1663. The Ya&kee Steamer Crusader, carrying twelve guns, was recently destroyed by fire near New Point Comfort. The City Conned held a special meeting to-day and adopt ed a resolution authorizing the Mayor to tender the hospi talities of the city to Gan. Morgan, who will visit Bicbmond In a day or two. The Council also adopted resolutions highly complimentary to Gav. Letcher, waos9 term of ser vice expires to-day, aod a.so voting him a swerd, te be presented in tha name of tha oity. Bain has been falling here without Intermission to day, and a serious freshet in J.mes river Is anticipated. Gov. Smith will be inaugurated to-morrow at the Btate CapitoL. AVEttlLL'S LATE RAID. Brc.HMOKD, Deo. 31st, 18(3." The Lynchburg Virginian learns that the result of Jack son's operation against Averili was the capture of a Yan kee ambulance train, about two hundred prisoners, witb their horses and equipments, forty or fifty negroes whom the Yankees ware takicg off, eight ef Averiil'a effhers, in cluding an Adjutant an-1 Lieutenant Colonel, and AveruTs horse, servant aitd baggage. Another account says that Averili made a narrow escape. Jackson's loss was email. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. PiCHMOKD, Dec. 31st, 1863. In the Senate to-day no business of importance was trane acted, and that body adj mined until Saturday. In the House the Special Committee of Finance reported a, bill, and it immediately went into secret session to con sider it, so that its provisions are not known. Tte secret sefsian continued uiitil after three o'clock, when the doors were opened. s Tue bill to place io service all who haa lurnishedXubs'i tutes was taken up, and the slight verbal amendments offered by theBecate agreed to. Tbe rules of the House require that all billa pasbed lie on the table for tw days before being sent to tbe Senate or President, as the case may be, to move an or portnmty for reconsideration, but this tula was suspended to day after -agreeing to the Senate amend ments, and the bid will go imaieCiitely to tha President, whose approval it orly lacks to neccme a law. Prepara tions have been already mad) to lest its validity in Court should the President ap prove it. Tbe House refused to adjourn over, ard will meet to morrow. ; From the Agusta ConaMtutioDCilist. Ictti-r front CiiAi-t UmIIjcIc, Kq. We take pleasure in laying be?ore our readers the following manly and candid le-ter from Cnarlta Hillock, E-q., in reference to his departure from the South. We have before signified regret for the injustice done him in these columns, and it would afford ua espeeil pleas ore to welcome Mr. Hallock to the South ugain, where we assure him he would find a reception mat would more than atone for the injury resulting from a hasty judgment of his plans and principles. We commend bis letter to our readers, and to those of our cotemporariea who may have copied the com ments on bis departure which appeared in ths papers of tbie city f Halifax, Nova Scctia, Dec. 3, 1863. Hon. Jamits Gardabr : Sir : I have read, witb no little surprise and indignation tbe published charges against me, aa being a " Yankee spy " aad " a deserter to the enemy "t be more so, because s. ntence seems to have been pass d deliberately, iu dicect opposition to the evidence to the cucirary. Had I gone to the South a perfect acranger, or bad my actions while theie given the slightest ground lor suspicion, I should acquit the South ol a bogie in pass ing judgment that waa neither kind nor just. Bat my an ti cedents were well known. I waa persoutlly kuown to many Southern people. I bad made myseil obnox ious to the Lincoln Gove-Ement by my pcliiical oarse and my persistent drfgtse of those gitat principled for which the South has taken up arms, acd tor the sake ol which (when the great test came) I sacrificed a lucra tive and enviable position, left my wife ind family be cmd, and at considerable personal risk and- expense mode my way intj the Confederacy, by and" with tbe previous knowledge acd advice ot leading Southern men. I reported myaelr immediately, on my arrival at Richmond, and waa there advised to take tbe identical course which I thereafter pursued txcepung that, for lack of printing materials, I wus eompeued to accept a subordinate editorial pueitioo, instead ot starting a Dew enterprise, as I had proposed to do. X bop d eventually to become a' citizen ut the Confederacy, aud to remove my. family thither. My record at the Sen. a is a public one. It is all in black and white. My BbOlimerts, iaierests, hopes and wishes, are all as I wrote them in lb 2 sincerity of my heart. During my residence among y.u, i stuitoua.y avoided ail conduct tbat might excite usph-iou in 01 so recently lrom the enemy'a country, I traversed uj portion of the Confederacy except the route bctwesu Richmond and Augusta. I visited do eeaport or for tified place, althougu repeatedly invited to do so. I passed more than a month in Richmond &rj Uttve never 6een its defenses. For five 'months my travel was restricted to the spac? between my office and my lod? iegs offjrdiog bat small opportunity to practice the vocation of a boj." Nevertheless, the wia.-acrea of of tbe press are lolly convinced of cry guilt I Equally so with regard to my being a de;rter.to tha enemy, al though admitting that I had the best credential and all proper passports, and well aware that no person without such passport could pass the vigilant guard at Wilmington. Surely they make me out a sharp rascal, or else give little credit to the officers cf the Govern ment for vigilance or shrewdness I made no secret of my intentions or my movements. " They were stated frankly to tbo authorities at Richmond, oa well as to private individuals. I came to the South of my own choice, aDd left it aa freely, aa I had a right to do, with the sacftion of the authorities. The Bou.h bad no especial claim on me ; hundreds of others have come and gone, and excited no comment. The outcry against me, I feel aseared, originated in the malice cf some prty who cried " stop thief I" to cover his own shortcomings. My only surprise ia that tbe Southern pros, haretefore sa em nently jnsatatd cu tious ehonld be so ready to join io the cry. After granting that all the evid:ait: was in my tavor, they vote me a spy, and then affect astonishment tbat every body should have been bo deceived a most remarka ble reductio ad tbmrdum. My reason for leaving the Confederacy were partly of a domestic nature, aud partly to purchase printing materials, acd tb -n to return immediately, as 1 f teted upon my departure. II lama deserter to the f nemy. why am I compelled to remain here under the erotic. ion of the British fUg, an outlaw from tbe United States States and from all fellowship with those whe.m you have been pleased to term my " frierds," but for wi ora I entertain a very ind.ffereat opinion and very lit tie regard? Here I shall probably remain until tne cloee ol the war, for tke South baa unkindly shut the door upon my return, acd I have no use whatever for Yan- keedom. You will erant that I no'd both horns of a dilemma. ' 1 Now, I ask no thanks for my pympathy cr my Bacri in behalf of Southern princip'es, but I think it hard to be kicked for my t Carta and good intentions. All I ask i3 credit for sincerity and honesty of purpose, and tha privilege of defending (without oape sion) those principles for which 1 have fo losg labored, and for which I am now laboring. I shall not fire in my ex ertions in the cau3e of Southern independence, aod re joice that I have here a fLld before ma where 1 can be even more serviceable than if I had remained ia the Confederacy. The difficulty of communication with you has delay , ed this letter, aDd therefore my defense may seem tardy. But, since the basest criminal ia always granted a bear ing, I feel assured that you wdi cot dduy me tte privi lege of makiog this public vindication of myself through t your columns. And if there ia ono Son hern journal which ia willing to give the accusutlon against mi the the benefit ol a doubt it willuO me the jm.iice to pub lish tbe Jeadin g points in this statement. I am y mra very truly, Charles Hallock. Napoleox and tub Blockadb The Ya&kee pa pers are pubiisaing a number of private lettera address ed to Col. C. A. L. Lamar, which were found on board tbe steamer Ceres, recently captured of! Wilmington. Several of thtsa letters a:aert that the French Emperor consents to and patronizes the Matum.jrus blockade running, ihey are Bign.d by Mona. Picquetdu Bdley, dated at'Paris in Octooer last, aud relates to a " cotton contract" at Matamoraa. M. Picquet says hia friend " baa seen the Emperor m person." In another letter, three days later, (14tfa,) he. w rites : " My friend baa seen the En per or duriDg the eveu iDg. He is authorized to proceed at once with the business, and is prcmhstd the full pr election of tht Fienchflag. The only condition imposed by ihc Em peror ia that the operation Bhall be kepi profound secresy." We copy these extracts as we find them. How fir the assertions may be true, the reader must determine for himself. Stasistics 0? Mexico. From ihe Paris correspon dence of tbe New York Daily Acws we give the aub- jjined interesting extract : Aa all eyea and thoughta are now directed towards the new empire (Mexico), the following lac s and fig ures will not be without interest to your "business com munity." Ia 1866 the imports of Mexico are set down by Se- . nor Lerdo Tejada ut $20,000,000, acd ihe txp rra it 28,000,000. Ol tbe loiuaer, England buppiltd $12, 500,000, or nearly tbe half aud oi iba total exports aud imports Bhe engrossed 35,000 000, I lie liabilities of Mexico are aa nearly as possible as i'o.lows : The bonded debt and arrears of inteaeat $;0.001C00 British Couveuiion 6,fjO'),eoO tipaoiih Convention ad arrears 7 O.O.eO Frewh claima 12.ieU,Uou British cUims... II O koUO Spanish claims 11 000 00 American and cthoi clainiH. . v (l,.C)J 000 Lnguua, ti cca, and (Japuohicea robberies 1 000 lOO Total $li7 AM,J0 It the: dure appears tbat Ejgland is loI oiy iaier cs'ed to aa great an extent as a. I tho real ot th; win Id put together iu tLe tiadeof Mexico, but mat out of a debt o $17,000,000. She Is entitled to rmite, at the very host, $10,000,000 'I'heae are s.artling fuels. Now, we bud that uuder the Spanish, rule the reve nue of Mexico averaged about $20.00!) 000, which was applied in the lolloping, manner, viz: $10,500,000 iu dctiayicg the expeus.a ol tbe government, $3 000,000 towards tha bupport of -her Spanish CjIuoiis, and ihe residue waa remaud to tbe roval treasury at McfTid. Senor Garay, Minister of Finance iu 1834, mates tbat tbe maritime! custo-cous' in bis ihne, proper y administered, have: produced $15,000,000 aonu i;y tbat is to say, Vera Cruz, $8 000 000; lampico arid Matam'ei as, $4,000,000; Aivuad-j, Uainp aeoj, etc $1,000,01.0; and te 1 i-tititf poits, $2,00U 000. Such being the pieaeui ot Mexico, let us cjuuidcr what might oc her tu.ure. It ia a weil-auuvvn tact, cor rob: 'rated b tne b.gUsl pessioie autbrrity (Buxm Humboldi), ibat two-ihirdij of tLe eilvtr ever iu circu lation, or azure's of $3,000,000 000 bus be. u the produce of .klcx cn mines ; aod Wuin it is niu.iidfrcJ that tbe mineral weaitu ot Mexico cau seurctly bo Sai 1 to have beevi explored, and that ihe rich's;, po; tion of tbe Kingdom, viz : . Souora, Sfuaica, ar.d part of Chihuahua, still reixjaics a terra incognita, wo may al most be excu-ed for iudu.giug in a itur expressed many year back by Uuaibold-,, that " should vbe mineral wtaiib ol Mexico bt ever tboioughly explored, Euiope would be inundated wita tne precious metals." Besiies the lnexbiumbie wealta iu precioni "metal, the agricultural products of Me;cj are nt only va ried and t'uridan, but they embrace the m bt lonpjr taut and prtfLjals sitpiea in tte world, bielu ling cot to.), c. floe an J tobacc-'o; aud to thtBt may b h1 ied cochineal, indigo, jalap, vafiilla, and nuaib.'rusoiht r ur icies ot great etrnmeicial value. Mix.eu, with a popuia'ion of 8 ..000,000, impore at the rate ol a uttie beuer lhau $3 per beau; when it lsvouHide ri trat the Brezds import at lb rate ot $9 96, aod Cbi i at $12 70 per head, joae idtt uij oe ioraed of what me tnde witu Mex;co migtit becoae under j-mper inackisiCiuent. With importaus at tbe same rate as tbobe ot CU'li, she would con-ume $105,000,000 anmd!;; and with a mining population, naturally given U d spiay, and pro verbially 'lavish ol expenditure, bupplietfby a pre per Uevetopeineat ot fie resources ol th country, with be mtaoa of mdalgicg their prepecsiti',' there is no rea son why Mexicj an juI J nor, oecjra. a gr3i.ir consamer thau eitbcr of tle cmhtr e ab )ve ftlladpd to. Ekforcb thk Laws. 1 ntj t'tesiucut aaM four moutba ago, that il Hit ubsente s would retain to c jrap we 6hou;d (qul the eoeruy in vixjibai m T.ni e:scc. It is now sta-ed that 3 xty j r c".r. i G-u. Bigg's army was abaeut when tbe recent fiht occurml. A lameutabltf btor j, truly, e'9 the Aogui;a Ch o-ii le Whose Laalt is it ? ib" d.idf aad tud uiaiia d, a eick and w.iun'ltd, are fi'-c S'nfy absnt. hut Dy are thers any otb r abseu e-s ? Smip'y twean rr: las ol war are not euforced. E icirce .t&eui vig irualy und to tbcir utmost extent, aud ih- army w l1 le greatly in crrtru d It is no ua to ut more niej tne u. :uy, uQtei measure tue auop-tJ ij.Diiug .o-ck ad 'i ip iu i ne ranas ihoee x:t j utrady beion llice. Il vur Gov erctuut was only prompt iu ix catjug 4 u ia ' en forcing i5 threats, maittrii won . .aove at ug uucb better and much more eaiojibiy. A law tea. 13 uct , etrictly enforced ii worts than do lw at alh 1
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 7, 1864, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75