THE WILMINGTON' JOURNAL
COrgi-HBATE STATeV OF ABIEWIC.
miMJXaTOX, C..-THUK8PAY, FEB. 11, 8C1
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March .win, issa 1
26th, 1SC3 2
Pfstrtvtivr Fire Heavy Lobs. Monday night, a
. iittW before 0 o'clock, a fire broke cut at tbe
Northeast corner of Ann end "Water-streets, in some
eheds used by different parties for the stowage o
cotton. The sheds, with their contents, and indeed a!
that was ia the yard, were completely destroyed. A
stable in the "roar of Mr. Fowlers' residence was also
destroyed. It wa3 of little value in itself, and i3 only
contents were some harness. At this point the fire
was cheeked.
The main lc?, and indeed the only one worth men .
tioning, was that sustained by tte .parties owning the
cotton, as lollois :
Chicora Company, 00 bales, partially insured
Consolidated S. S. Co 424 " Not known.
J. It. Murchieon. ICO " No insurance.
.
Total .'.7. 1025 bales.
The bales would average tt least 450 pounds, worth
here say $1.50, making the loss in cotton above $CD1,
The other property destroyed would probably
bring the total np to over seven hundred thousand dol
lars. We have cot bean able to ascertain the origin of the
fire, but there are not wanting grave suspicions of in
cendiarism, to which, as they are so faonly suspicions
we need xot further refer, especially 03 we presume
pleasures wili be teken to ferret cut the perpetrator or
perpetrators, if, indeed, the Cre wa3 the result of ic
cndiariGm. The extreme frequency of fires during the
last lev; weeks, contrasted 7ith cur long previous im
munity from such visitations, forces us to look around
for a cause, and this came ve are-usable to discover
without nlucU nUy yicldkg to the belief that there are
dangerous character;; in our midst, rind fLt some, at
leact, cf the.-.:- h:Li.y fias must bo their work. There
is certainly every rerscn lor the CA(re-i?2 of the utmost
vigilance on the part belli of cur authorities and of cur
citizen?.
Vfc u;u:t not clcee this notice without bearing testi
mony to tic zeal, energy and intelligence displayed by
the firemen in tLtir efforts to prevent the flames from
extending to other buildings. To save the sheds in
which the Hie cttrlcd, or their contents, was plainly
impossible.
Tiiu r?iOpit3 Kit ttie Cuiiiliig Cainialg!i.
fcloui: of our eotcmpor&rie3, speculating upon the
prospects and probable course of lie war durirjg the
present year, lean to the opinion that it will witutss as
many and as gloricua victories for the Confederate arms
as did ihc opening campaign in 1861. This view is
based upon tLe ccleiiiatiou that, whether by draft or
othvrv. I.--., the Lincoln, crjnics will be made np to a
very considerable extent cf raw levies, wLIeh of course
cou'.d not, fh their first campaign, cope succccssful ly
with the tiied veterans of Lek or Johnston.
This, we think, is true to some extent, but rot, we
fear, to tLc.txtent which our rr.OiC ssnguiae friends cal
culate upon, ior the reason that nearly all the regular
forces ot the North, some forty thousard, are composed
of foreignc:', and are, even more than the so-called vol
unteers in tie jsame se:vic?, essentially mercenaries ;
mere Lire-u soldiers, who are in a jicat measure unfitted
lor the pnrs'its cf civil life, and apt 16 be attracted by
the targe bounties, in some cases brought up by local
impropriations and subscriptions to the neighborhood
of u thousand dollars, liven the so-called volunteer
army much the largest portion cf the Northern force
is mainly composed of this clement, cr of natives
bimilarly situated. Besides, the hope cf p'under is
b Id out, farms are promised, to be carved out of the
plantations from which
the rightful
owners arc to be
driven. This v.iii not bo withcut its effect in inducing
rc-cnlistments. and, combined with the bounties givent
and taken in connection with the act that the last
campaign closed wish the jo-fsigc of victory for the
Northern ami, that eflcct may be, and probably wilj
be, greater than we are prepared to admit or willing to
con template.
Still, in rpiic of there things, ihc Let that tbe
Lincoln Government dec3 not rely ciiher upon enlist
ments or re-eiilistmruts i3 evidenced by Mr. Lincoln's
recent proclamation ordcrirj a draft for five hundred
thousand men to be made cn the 20th of March. This
movement dciivi'3 its main significance from the fact
that this Is the year of Lc I'residential election at the
North, and that Abraham Lincoln is well known to
be a candidate for re-election. Ucdcr these circum
stances nothing hut a pressing necessity, which could
cot be evaded, could have indeed him, or rather forced
him to resort to so unpopular an expedient cs drafting,
just on the eve of the assembling of the diCerent politi
cal conventions, cr at leart in the midst of the agitation
and wire-working which form the .preliminaries to the
meeting of euch conventions, when It is known, too,
that not only i3 lbs re a party, cowed for the time, but
strong in itself and likely to be strcufstneced by eircum-1
stances, anxious to oast Mr. Lincoln and all others of
bis political stripe, but that, even in his own party,
there are wiicy at.d ambitioiu military and political
leaders on the alert to supplant Lin, and vault into the
seat bom which they fjadly Lope he is to be deposed in
their favour.
Whether, unCr tii.so tircuraslanccs, the draft can
be, cr ;i'.l be rigorously en force J; appears to U3 very
doubtful. We should think that it would not. The
limited success cf former drat' s is well known, and must,
have convinced every one, Mr. Lincoln included, of its
unpopularity. If ucpopular r.t Crst, it may fairly be
presumed to be odious row. and this consideration
leadj us to rcgaid a resort to it, especially at this time,
as net far removed from an act of desperation. This
draft laiiing, ia the first place, in i!s enforcement at the
iu .L..ttr iiiu cLtiau numoer ct mcn,cr
, finally, in the field at the South ia cr curing the deside
rated military advantages, will probably end the whole
business cf drafting at the North, lor we doubt if the
present cr CLy fulure Northern LxeeuUvc would ven
ture upon a repctiuen of Ihe rrocess.
We haw then tte fact that the Ncr thorn armies
will be exposed to a considerable extent cf fresh levies,
although not to the extent that so:re imagine, end we
have the lurther fLct tLct Lincoln finds himself forced
to resort to the dutesteful measure cf draftir.- pendic
a presidential campa:gn, indicting a comparative fail
ure of enlistment?. As tic measure partakes cf the na
ture cf desperation, wo must cot shut cur eyes to the
fact that it is certain to be followed by desperate efforts
to be made with all the force that Lincoln- can draw
into the field, either by bribery or force. That euch cf
ions are to be tireaded, is a fact that history and ex
perience both tell ts, and one to v-kich we cannot af.
ford to be either blind ov indifieient. We ought to be
warned, and brace np every ccrvo and string every
muscie to meet the issue.
If dacgercus to us, these efforts of Lincoln's are self
exhausting, and, if successfully met, can hardly be soon
renewed, can never be rcneVed in the same force or
with the sameencrgy.
It won't do to expect plain sailing and easy victories
thia season. Oa the contrary, every effort must be put
forth consistent with preservisg the life of the Cocfcde-
racy. lctoriea can be won thia summer, ror ma x u
kee armies will be comparatively untried troops, and
these victories will, io' all human probability , bear
frait far exceeding any borne by lormer victories.
successful Military MorMninu In Kasttnt North
' Carolina. '
- We Lave been favoured with the following highly
interesting account of the mo ye meats of the' force 1
which left this plaae, under command of Brigadier
General Martin, to cc-operate in the recent demonstra
tion against Newberne. It will be teea that General
Martin, with the gallant officers and men under hia
command, accomplished all and more that had been
assigned to them-, and that if blame attache anywhere
ror tbe comparative failure cf tbe combined move
ments, none of that blame can attach to General Mar
tin or the brave little army under hia command. From
all we have been able to learn from different sources
we are convinced that Generals Cunoman and Hoes
also performed their part wel and bravely. Still, we
cannot divest . ourselves of the impression that ,"some-
Nrrl tt V'nnIn-nil " nTttinrrYi mn m,ma ..InnV. ilatl..
any good could be accdmpliahed by any further re
oarks that we might feel disposed to make, and there
fore forbear farther comment, for the present at least,
perhaps altogether. The main body of the prisoner
over seventy, arrived here yesterday. From first to
last, the movement under General Martin was emi
nently successful, and reflects the highest credit upon
all concerned.
A.B a part of the programme of the late movement agalnit
XewberDe by the Confederate forces under tbe command
ofMaj.Gsn. Pickett, an expedition was organized nnder
the direction of Brig. General Martin, for ihe purpose of
cutting the line cf railroad communication between New
berne and Horebead City, and preventing re-inforcementa
from being Bent to the relief of tbe former place from the
latter. The expedition consisted of the 17th N. C. Begt.,
Lieat. Col. Jno. C. Lamb, commanding; the 42adBegt., S.
C.T., Col. John E. Brown commanding ; Cap taia Paris
(Virginia) Battery of Artillery, and Capt. Ellis' Battery of
Maj. J. W. Mooro's Battalion of Artillery; and two Com
panies of Cavalry Capt. Harris and Capt. Harland the
.latter frCm Bouth Carolina.
The expedition moved from Wilmington on the 28th ult.,
and made an average march of twenty miles a day over
heavy sandy road at thia end of the line, and deep muddy
ones at tbe other. No remarkable incident occurred until
our iorce3 approached the enemy's lines, when General
Sltrtin disposed Lia forces as follows : An advanced guard,
conyistipj ot all the cavalry, three companies of infantry,
aud .one of artillery, was thrown foward to" feel " the
ecciijy tLe cavalry being nnder the immediate command
of Lieut. Col. R. J. Jeffords, 5th 8. C. cavalry, and the
whole under command of Col. George Jackson. The rest
of the infantry and artillery followed under the immediate
cupcrviaion of the Commanding General. On nearing the
first pickets of tLo enemy and discovering them on the
alert, the cavalry dashed furiously forward, and the Yan
kee pickets (twenty-five or thirty in number) retreated as
fast aa their horses would carry thorn. Tbe road over
which pursuers and pursued had to pass was through a
swamp, and fall of deep holea overflowing with mud atd
water. But on they sped some of the Yankee horses and
their i iders turning somersets ia the mud, and ours ron
niog over them, and tumbling headlong Into the deep mire
after them, intlicting many bruises upon men and horses
(broakicg tbe neck of one of the latter) but doicg no se
rious damage to the riders. It was at this point that Lieut.
Maae, ol HaTris' cavalry, while gallantly leading the charge,
fell mortally wounded by a pistol shot trom a Yankee who
was being hotly panned. Having captured a portion and
dispersed the rest of these out-post pickets, the oolnmn
moved forward and soon eame to a trading post of the Yan
kees but the enemy had fled in Ae direction of a blook
honse'soiue halt mile diitant pickets and reserves. The
march was ocntinued and .reparations made to storm the
work, but a close examination uiaciosea iceiasi ina wiw
nr.aiti-m hurt fpa v&.cn&tfid bv the eHtiXX'7 in
BUCh hot
hahte that they left their provisions, books, letters, 4c,
behind them. Continuing the march for two and a nan
miles further, a secoud blockhouse was discovered, and our
forces were brought to a stand by a shot from a six pounder
which went whizzing over their beads. No one knew the
streEgth of the place how much infantry or artillery con
stituted the garrison. It was easily discovered that it was
a well-built, thick walled house, surrounded by a circum-
vallftticn of earthworks.
After & ehellor two from Capt. Ellis' Battery, itwaj at
once determined by the commanding General to attack the
place with infantry.
Capt. Bitjgs, Company A, 17th Begimect, was directed
to throw his men forward aa skirmishers, and feel the
strength of the enemy. With the alacrity of volunteers
and the steadiness of regulars, they advanced across the
open fiild, ia the face ef the discharges from the six-pound-er
and small arras. When within about two hundred yards
of the block houses, Capt. B. ordered his men to charge
the works. They responded with a yell which rang out
amid the volleys of musketry. It was the work of but a
moment. The Yankees broke and ran for their lives. A
beautiful s:x-pounder cannon, a number of rifles, knap
sacks, clothings commissary stores, ic, were captured
here, besides a few Yankees who were not quick enough
in getting away. One killed and one wonnded. No loss
on our side. Lieut. Hassell, of this Company, acting
Brigade- Ordnauce Officer, on Gen. Martin's staff, when hia
Company was thrown forward, by permission ol the Gen
eral, re joiiied it and participated in this gallant charge.
But the principal work oflhe day was still to be done.
Newport Barracks a otrong fort was four mfles beyond,
jest cn the railroad, and the Yankees were falling back in
that direction.
JuBt as cur forces were emerging from a dense wood in
to an cpen field, they were admonished by a shell from a
six-pounder Parrott gun that the enemy were about to con
test ibeir foither advance.
Cur artillery retained the compliment in gallant style,
Ld the General directed the infantry to form into line of bat
tle, tho whole beirg under his immediate eye.
TLii v,s.n quickly done, and tbe order to move forward
responded to with alacrity and spirit. In an unbroken line,
they advanced upon tbe enemy amid the shot and shell of
their artillery. When about half way across the Held, the
order to cLarge was given, and our brave boyB bounded
lorward with a will.
The cuemy, about 1200 strong, had greatly the advantage
ci position, being protected by the underbrush and woods
on tbe other side of the field. Bat no matter. ')n pressed
o ur brave boys, with a yell of the wildest enthusiasm. A8
they approached the enemy, the musketry became anima'
ted on both sides rapid and continuous ; but the enemy
continued to give ground and fall back in the direction of
the fort, closely pursued by our forces.
Alter diiving them through the woods, and over the field
intervening between our troops and the fort, the enemy
opened ou cs with a 32 pounder from the fort ; Capt. Paris
delivered a few well directed shots at them from his 12
ponud Napoleons, when the General determined to assault
tbe works with infantry. Skirmishers were thrown for
ward, tat on their appearance, the enemy, having previ
ously set fire to all the buildings, evacuated the place, set
Sre to the Railroad bridge, and tore up the county bridge
over Newport river, to prevent pursuit. It was now night,
aud a'ter a runaitg fight of six hours, over the distance of
eight mile?, our gallant troops were io possession of the
field the enemy fljiqgfor life. Altogether, cur troops
cjptuieJ seven pieces of artillery, several hundred stand of
arms, two huadred boxes of ammunition, 'about seventy
live prisoners, six slaves, a do;eo boreee, and
commissary stores enough to subsist the troops daring
ia D;InDnooa DeM lftrge qaftntl,y r
overcoats, pants, blankets, & c. The enemy burnt most of
their quartermaster and commissary stores. They also
burnt their stables with the horses in them. Some few
horses were i escued by oar men. In addition to our cap
tures, wo destroyed one thousand barrels of turpen
tine belonging to the U. S. government and hunt two
Railroad bridges.
Tv"e have to. .lament the death of the brave and gallant
Captain Leith.'of the 17th Regiment, W. C. T., and five
others, whose naxes have not been ascertained, In the
general engagement above referred to.
Besides the capture of prisoners, about twenty of the
enemy were killed most of their wounded being cariied
off the field.
Tho next morning the General directed Colonel Jc&ordSi
with a detachment of 0 cavalry, to make a reconnolsaance
iu the vicinity of Newberne not having heard from onr
forces there, and being In entire ignorance aa to tho
movements of our troops.
Thi) work was thoroughly accomplished. Col. J. went
within a xniie of Newberne, obtained valuable information, I
oiptotiog two bkek bet; a-, spikicg tbe guns, tearing op
and burning every i all rotd and count? bridge between the
Treat and Shepardavilfe, or Newport Barraeks, and bring
ing off a fall outfit of clothing for hia men.
In obedience to orders, General Martin returned to vTU
naington with hid comn and, after Laving acccmpllfchsd all,
sad more than all, th U had been assigned Lim.
Tbe prisoners above alluded to arrived here Tuesday
Agltnilcn In Worth Carolina.
When this war broke outwhen North "Carolina
joined her fortunes with her sister State f of the South
and by doing so pledged her faith to btand by the Con
federacy through v.'tal aud through woe, loyally abiding
the issue, io humble dependence upon Qim who order-
eth all thiols well, and in firm reliance upon the jus
lice of the eau. ia which ehe was engaged, we einevre-
ly hoped btid J rusted that pat tizao agitation, if not ex
tinct, would at leatt be suspended until the great and
vital struggle might be brought to a close, and the ship
of State be Bafely anchored io the haven of peace and
independence.
To promote the harmony of feeliDg and concert o
action so essential to success, and to repress agitation?
aud divisions which might disturb that harmony and
thus tend to jeopardize our cause, has, ev r since the
war commenced, been tbe object of our bumble efforts
an object which we have pursued unceaaing'y, and we
trust not wholly without success, "aa the history
Of this immediate section, and of contiguous counties
will, we think, ear evidence. Tbia course has bee
generally adopted by that portion of the press of the
State which, with some occasional shades of difference,
has agreed with us in the main points involved. Had
all the presi of the State, as well as all parties in it,
pursued tbe same course, there can be no doubt but
that North Carolina would now present a very diffe
rent pictare from tht which we are calledkipon to con
template, however painful the feelings to which such
contemplation may give rise. Instead of divisions
we would have seen harmony. Instead of bfart-
burnings, kindly feelings would have prevailed. In
stead of lukewarmness, we would have had zeal. In
stead of disaffection in too many localities, we would
nave witnessed devoted loyalty to tbe Confederate
cause. Instead of being a menace and a Bource of ap
prehension throughout the Confederacy, the attitude of
North Carolina would have been a beacon cf hope to
our struggling friends, from the Potomac to the Ilio
Grande, and a warning to all our enemies, whether
open or covert.
That we may not be mieuaderstood, we would here
state that we allude to the last phate of agitation,
L being that fcr a-Convention in this State at this most
inopportune of all times, coupled, as euch agitation is,
with constant and unmitigated abuse of the Confcdk
ate Government, with the apparent view of render?Cfg
the Confederacy odious in North Carolina, added to
which is. the thinly-disguised threat of secession from
the Confederacy, under the guise of the State taking
" her own destiny into her own hands, curniDgly de
vised words that ought to deceive no one.
T-hoee who, almost before the ink
was dry
secession
presided
on the eiguaturea tnat attested t'ie
of the State from the Union uow
over
by" Mr. Lincoln, commenced an
agitation
against a portion cf the people of North Carolina in
vidiously Btvled " dcsttuctive.3," m iy now say that they
are misrepresented, maligned and persecuted ; but we
say here, that we only state what we do kuow, when
we affirm that the movements now endeavoring to be
made in North Carolina are the cause of the deepest
apprehension not simp'y in Itichmond, but throughout
. . .
r" vuul1-'-11-' "v J livu oiLuiijr iu vui.iui vuvica, L'Ul iu
the army and among the 'people
They discourage our
brave defenders; they encourage our ruthless assailants
It is not a little remarkable that all the agitation iu
North Carolina, since the war commenced, has been
carried on by the self styled " Conservatives," and that
all the meetings have been called by them, while the
much abused " Destructives," anxious to -avoid a con
test, with its apprehended injury to the public interests,
have borne and forborne from purely patriotic motives,
until we fear that endurance has been carried too far,
and the question now arises whether it is not the duty
of all patriotic citizens opposed to the reckless agita
tion which has already done so much barm iu the State,
and still darkly threatens to do more and deeper injury,
to organize for the purpose of counteracting ita effects
and exposing its tendencies.
Much as we dislike any agifution, and shriok from
any coniess uauer existm? c:rcum3tance3, stui, it is
evident . that this feeling, and the policy to which it
gives rise, may be carried too far, and we fear baa been
carried too far, since, in spite of our avoidance of such
things, agitation has been started ar.d has gone on ;
agitation all on one side, the effects of which we
cannot but deprecate as injurious, if not actually fatal
in their ultimate tendencies.
We would respectfully invite to this matter the at
tention of our brethren of the preas, and of all others
who agree in opposing the persistent and dangerous
agitation which hes been kept up in North Carolina,
and which is nov sought to be revived in a still more
menacing form, whether '"for partizan purposes " or
otherwise. Let us understand each other let us act
coolly, calmly, dispassionately, yet unitedly and ear
nestly. We think the situation of affairs ca'ls for such
action, not only foAhe discouragement of such agita
tion if not of something worse at home, but for the
encouragement cf our soldiers wherever scattered, and
of the Confederacy at large, upon whom tbe apparent
position of so important a State as North Carolina is
exerting a moat depressing influence.
The Eoglish Court of Exchequer has re-afBrmed the
ruling of the Chief Baron, in the case of the 4Uzar.dra,
aiezed by the Government, as having been built for, and
designed to be used by the Confederates in a manner
hostile to the United States. The Chief Baron, the
leading points, of whose charge we gave a few weeks
since, held that the building of a vessel, even supposing
that she was intended to be sold to either of the bellig
erents, was not violative either of international law or
of the municipal law of England, known as the Neutral
lty Act. The ultimate destination of any goods
sold to belligerents was a matter with which the seller
or manufacturer had no concern, and no people ought
to be better aware of this than the authorities of the
Knited States," who, it is notorious, have bought largely
of cannon, small arms and munitions of war in England,
and who, themselves, have uniformly claimed the right
to sell such things to belligerent parties. The full
court.agreeicg with the opinion of the Chief Baron, has
refused to order a new trial, and of course ordered the
vessel to be relieved from the siezure which bad been
made of her by the Government. We like this inde
peadence of the English judiciary which neither the
threats of Sewaju, now the subservience of Russell can
move from its course.
Three other things yet remain to be seen ; first,
whether tbe Govertment will take a further appeal to
the Hcuse cf Lords. Second, resuming that this deci
sion is final aa against the Government,- what the
effeCt b8 iQ fCSpCCt t0 tte VeS3elS C0D8trQctei b7
Mr L'AlBD 01 -Liverpool, and Known as the " (Jonfeder-
ate Rams and, third, whether Rcsell,
iffoiledinall
Hb threat or
us inreat or
atppeala to, the Courts, will make good his
promise to ask additional legislation from Parliament;
and if so, whether he will get it. Tbe first question
will soon be decided. The second cannot be long pojt-
1 ponod. The third must be solved in a few months.
DISTRKSSISQ ACCIDKNT.
We this morning received the following letter from
e Postmaster at Faison's Depot on tbe Wilmington
& Weldon R. R. Tbe dfceaaed, we think, was a native
of Btedea county : "
Paison's N. C, Feb. 9th, 1864.
Afesrs. Fulton t Price
LsVt oiKht. the 6th instant, as the train going North was
passing Faison's, some gestlemea stated that a comrade
passing from one car to another, had accidentally fallen from
tbe p ai'orm a Buori aiBiaoce Dacx, ana requested some one
ta attend to him.
He wm found so horriblv mangled that it won'd have
been impossible for any friend to have recognised him, but
ft r pi-fiers on um pcrou,. lire wooie iram uaviug passed
ovr hia bodv. tearing aVay Be arm, a part of the bead.
and almost aevering the body, scattering hia intestines
some distance along me iracs:.
On htB person was fouud a case of Barg'cal instruments,
entirely mined ; a certificate to Atdrew C. Crombie, As
iatant Hnrirnn l at Texas Beriment : aUo a. fnrlonirh ston
ed by command of Lieut. Gen. Lonptreet ; also a receipt
from tbe Q lartermaster's offic9, Wilmington. N. C, (8tb
Feb.) certifying that one hundred and ten dollars had been
i.it tA A. C. Crombie. Assistant Burgeon, signed J as, B."
Hoggins, Capt and A. Q. M., acd one dollar in Confederate
mnni. a faw orivato letters. Ac. Ac.
For mforiration to his friends, 1 mention that he was de
cently interred, and should they wish to obtain xne aoove
mentiontd articles, they can get them ty applying w
I. B. FAI80N,
Pest Master at Faison's, N. C.
By a private letter from Windsor, Bertie Co., N.
C., we learn that the Yankee force, estimated at from
800 to 1,200, entered that place on' Saturday rooming,
January 30th, at an early hour, hoping to surprise our
troops there. Landing at three separate points, they
surrounded the town. There were only 100 Confeder
ates there, who, upon hearing of the landing of the
enemy, went out to a mill about three miles from town.
The enemy finding their camp deserted pursued, when
our little force turned upon them with artillery, and so
surprised our would-be surprisers as to drive them
back to town. Having failed to capture soldiers, they
took their revenge upon citizats. Havirg carried eff
nearly all the negroes, they ai rested and took to New.-
berne five of the principal citizens ; among th(se were
Rev. Cyrus Watt rs, Rec'or of the Episcopal Church,
and two of . the vestrymen, viz : Dr. Turner Wilson,
the only practicing physician in the place, and L. S.
Webb, Esq Had our movement upon Newberne been
successful, we should probably have recaptured tlem.
isaoEK. We leaVn that the steamer Bpunkey Las got
aground njear where the Advance grounded when last com
ing in. It is believed that the Steamer and cargo win ne
saved.
P. B. Bince writing tbe above we have heard iht the
Spunkey ia likely logo to pieces. She is under tho guns of
FortCambell, and the greater part of ber cargo will pro
bably be saved.
ere are sundry versions of the Guilfcrd county
meetieff, the Standhrd containing an account drawn up
by the Secretary, in which everything is reported as
passing eff finely, inclcding a long string of" cunningly
devised fables " we mean resolutions in which tb
real aim of tie promoters is hidde n under a moss' of
words that aim thcugh hidden ia not abandoned. It
8 peace at the cost .of submission, reconstruction. or
any other sacrifice or humiliation, .as a mears to
wards this end the resolutions embody a bill of indict
ment against tbe Confederate Govercmcnt, and darkly
hint of dancer to our rights and subversion to oui
iberties through the action of the Confederate Con-
gress and Executive, the object beirg to makd lopr own
Government odious to cur people to wean their affec
tions from the Confederacy, and thus j reparc them for
a transfer to Lincoln and Company.
But as we have ahcady said, there are sundry and
variant accounts of the meeting itself. Irstead of the
plain sailing reported by the friends cf tbe movement,
we have beaid from cufside sources that there was
really no chance of doirg any thing that the meeting
broke up after' lasting not over half an hour that i
the resolutions were read nobody heard them, and if
they were passed ncbody knew it. If, as reported by
Wm. M. Mebane, Secretary, ' the meeting was addres
sed by Rcbekt P. Dick, D. F. Caldwell and James
A. Long," it must have been done in dumb show.
Shot for Desertion. We learn that on the 29th
January, 1864, Ratsom Gallimore, of the 10th Bat
talion, N. C. T., (Moj. Yoang's,) was Bhot at Fort
Caewell for desertion, in" pursuance of the finding of aj
general court martial.
Th4 North Carolinian. VVe have received the
second number of the third volume of the Daily North
r-.?,v.,-rt iUn Mw:..! r.f utnu a mnmox
' " r -' "' .u
at Fayetteville, N. C, by Col. P. J. Sinclair.
The Carolinian is, for the -times, neatly printed, and
Uol. Sinclair, besides being an easy and romble writer,
has already had considerable experience in the manage
ment of anewspap r. He will, no doubt, make an
interesting and valuable paper. $12 for six months,
$7 for three months.
Thi Ae. We have, from the publishers, MessrB
Ernest Lagarde k Co., Richmond, Va., the first num
ber oi " Ihe Age?' being tbat for January, 1864, W.
M. Burwell and Ernest Lagaide, Editors. The Age
is a monthly m.-gazme, containing about cH pages
Its table of contents give promise of interest. Price
$4 for three months, $8 for six months.
The Yankee papers do not at all like the tone of the
Pope's letter to President Davis. The Washington
Chronicle, edited by the infamous Forney, enveigbs in
harsh terms. The Chronicle is Lincoln's diit-tbrower,
and Forney is his lick-spittle, and yet Forney was once
supposed to be a white mon, and tolerably decent.
Wb learn frcm the R ileigh Confederate of Satur
day that Mr. Alfred Stanly, a brother of Edward
Stanly, former bogus " Governor " of North Caroli
na, by the appointment of Lincoln, arrived a few days
sinee in Raleigh. Mr. Stanly, ualike bi3 brother, is a
true and ardent Southern man, and thu3 came to"be ar
rested, thrown into the jail at Washington, Beaufort
eounty, from which he was transferred to Fort Mc-
Henrv. where he has been for some months pa3t. He
has only been released a lew days by exchange.
The Confederate journ ale record no military movements
of importance, save that the Army Conscription is actually
progressing, foreigners being enrolled in the State of North
Carolina for heme defence. This wi 1 raise a Question cal-
Hug for the prompt action of other governments that will
" ' " , , " " : , .
fc wjr uuwic "u-u i.wu.u vi lus
3d. We do not think that the laws in this resrect are
different io North Carolina from what they
pv are in anv
other State.
We are indebted to the kindness of a frierd for a
copy of the New Yoik Herald of the 26th ult. We
a v in 'a . A . . .
findthe following item, which we do not recollect to
have seen in the telegrans published in our own or any
other paper : .
ov.f n v Tar, o- loci !
Marshall cat ol Baltimore"and thlrleen rebels', mosilv
officers frcm Johnson's Island and CamD Douglas, left here
thiB morning by the Grand Frank. Baiiroad, for Reviere du States are still held by the Confederates, excepting the m0Bt severe olow that the church has ever experl
Loup, to take the overland route to Ha'ifax. sach Dortionsof them &s have hwn 'aotnanv oeeamed enced. The men express themselves onen I v and nnhii,.
Bt the Steamship Alice we have Nassau dates to the
- I.
3d mat. 'We had nothing of peculiar importance
not anticipated through other channels. We notice
that the Bahama Herald has received from New York
l
a cylinder press, which is the first of the kind set up
at Nassau. Tbe Herald is now printed twice a week,
bnt we would infer from some remarks of the editor
that it is designed to publish it daily alter the 18th in
stant.
As a matter of curioaity. if not of interest, we give I
current ported lj tie Herald M
ralinS on the M in8tant.:
..,. Tr.-t 19
111 SO: "Enm. Havana, if) a 40o ; Nails, cat, $5 to 6 60 :
Bfitrio Acid, 13 a 25 : Crashed Sugar, 13 a14; Uqaorice
(Btioks.) U ; do. (Paste,) 20 ; Sardines, (4 tins,) 92 05 a
3 Bpordo.; Aleohol, 1 al 10; Bourhoa Whiskey, $J;
Tobacco, (by quality) ioo.
For the Jeornal.
, Caut SOih N. C. Taoora, Jan. 27th, 1864.
Editors Journal; Wilmington'. N. C.
Dear Sirs : Please give publication to the subjoined pre
' amble and resolutions and oblige
Yonr ob'tserv't,
J. I. HARRI8&,
Capt. Co. I, 30th N. C. T
At a meetiag of the Troopa of the 30th N. C. Keg't, at
Headquarters on the 27th January. 1864, the followiig pre
amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Wbibkab, an unjaet attempt of a radical party in the
United States, to tubvert and overthrow all Constitutional
gnarantees. and to rob us of oar property honestly ob
tained did first force us to withdraw from an alliance
no lpnger binding; and whereas, they did deny ns that
right, and have attempted to drive na back into a Union
that we detest, by waging a war unparalleled In history for
its atrocity and viodictiveness of spirit ; and whereas, we
have learned through Northern papeis, tbat tbe despot
who reigns at Washington has ibdoced large numbers of
his present amy. by the inducement of large bounties and
broad promises, to re enlist, and ia offering extraordinary
inducements to citizecs of foreign nations, as well as of the
United States, to enlist to fill the ranks of bis army, thus
clearly defining a settled determination t subjugate us at
all hazards. Now, therefore, we do unanimously resolve,
First, That viewirg onr cause as a just and holy one,
we declare on-selves re-enlisted for the war, ia the strag
gle for that liberty and independence bo deal to every
honest and patriotic heart ; that our watchword shall be
Liberty, and we exhort our Congress and the President of
the Confederate State, to listen to no Kind ot terms that
fall short of e-nr ccmul- te and ntrarcmeted independence
Second, That we have the most unbounded confidence in
our gallant chieftain, Gen. a K. Lea, and will cheer lully
and willingly sranu oy niin inrougn storm ana sunsnme,
nntil the prize for which we are conteodirg thall be ac
knowledged by all naiiona
The Taking of Butler's Oath in Norfolk.
Tbe New York News of the 12th inst., baa a long let
ter from Norfolk, dated the 8tb, which gives a history
of the sufferings of ihe people of that city, since its oc
cupation by the Yankees. Many of these facta we
have published in detatcbed statements frjm time to
time. We ow copy that portion relative to the oath
which Butler has forced upon the people After draw
ing a vivid picture of a city, bailt and owned by white
people, bnt gairisoned by negro troop?, the writer who
is a lady, says :
In the midat of this state of things comes an order
from Gen. Butler requiricg all citizens to take the oath
of allegiance to the" United States Government, or be
refused tll protection except from personal violence.
Now, you wn"l perceive sufficient cause for cur unpre
cedented excitement. If that truth was so revolting a
year ago ; if men gave up everything but honor and
its dear ones ; it they languished in a dreary, loathsome
prison for weeks and months in preference, what must
be Jbeir emotions now ? If we bated the invaders of
our country then, what must we now ? If we abhorred
a Government so vile tlun, what -must be tbe state of
our ftelinga now ? Yet with this deep, undying hatred
in our ir most ecu's (and they so well aware of it,) we
must ra'sa our hands to Heaven and swear before Al
mighty God, " without mental reservation, or evasion,
of any kiod, willingly," to support it. Did you ever
hear of anything so enoimousiy wicked ? Do the an
nals of history contain a parallel ? Not in my read
ings, surely. Even Butler's reign in New Orleans was
not despotic as this. Let me relate some of tbe ag
gravated features
A few days preceding this order another was issued.
forbidding the sale, by auction or privately, of any kind
of property, personal cr real estate, belonging to disloy
al tit;z ns. huppose my littie ones were crying for
biead ; I had not a cent of money, but would sell my
piano, my watch any article of furniture, jewelry or
c'othing to keep my little darlings from starving. I
dare not do it. And no one would have the temerity
to purchase for fear of the penalty. What resort have
I ? None bat that detestable oath to keep gaunt hun
ger from my door. Suppose soma audacious negro,
through a spiteful and malicious spirit, should inflict
severe punishment on oee of my little ones. What re
dress have I ? None without that oath. Suppose
some vile contraband, or worw still, some negro fellow
in the uniform of the United States should come and
demand possession of my house and furniture, turning
me and my little ones out without a shelter for our
heads. Where should I go for protection ? Newt ere,
unless I have in my possession a certificate of loyalty.
Well, when this infamous order was promulgated
what were we to do ? We had no time-lor reflection ;
three days, and it would be tco late. The effect was
stunning. No alternative was presented that was held
in reserve. What might it not be ? From the paBt
and present, what might we not expect in the future ?
Oh, the terrible conflict: How should we decide ?
Scarcely an eye was closed in sleep during the interval.
Could we ;gnore our rightful Government, our frienda
dearer than life, battling for our holy cause, and
exposed to all the dangers of camp life and tbe
battle-field, to free, us from this terrible oppres
sion ? We would dec de no, no, no, a thousand
times no. But then one would look at tbe little
and aged and helpless one's dependent on us for protec-
fon, acd me thought ol what they must sutler was m
te'erable, and, c'asping the little inocent darlings to our
breast, we wouldfeel yee, anything. However bitterj
the draught must be swallowed, and there was no ?ZG
loge Ja thig fltute of BtunniDg bewilderness, do you
I wonder that the rush was great to claim the promised
protection, or that time had to be extended several days?
They felt that it was a farce, and their papers have not
had the effrontery to give the atiair a very extended no
tice. 1 hey have relerred to the people cf Norfolk re
turning en masse to their allegiance, but in rather a
tame way, very different from their usual extravagant
and bombastic style,
While this desire for protection was the primary anfl
ruling motive, there was a secocdary one, and it has
proven the ready perception of our people. Major
Gen. Butler has been out-generaled this time ; his strat
egy has been foiled with his own weapon, and he has
been keenly disappointed. He wan'ed possession of a
number of the largest and best furnished houses in the
city for the occupation of his officers, and considered
this tbe easiest method of obtaining it. He was total
ly unprepared for the result. Knowing tbe hitherto
heroic resistance of cur citizens, he did not expect them
to yield so readily now, and so great was his disappoint
ment and chagrin, on the second day, in connection
with his own oath, he added tbat annexed to the late
amnesty of President Lincoln ! Does not that show
the spirit of the man ?
Immediately after came an order (unauthorized by
the President or Secretary) to ecroil the citizens.
Don't you see the fruits of bitter disappointment ?
The sequel has not yet been developed. "
The Opening of 18GlPorlgn Opinions.
We yesterday gave an article from the London limes
on the or ening of 18C4, and what had been accomplish
ed by tbe North in 18C3. We give to-day some furth
er foreign extracts which show what is thought in Eng
land ol the prospects for the Confederacy for 1864 :
Frcm the London Standard
Territorially, the South has no doubt lost something,
oui sue tus iubi lcnuiieiy less man was generally ex-
peciea, ana not. a lourin oi wnat some peculiarly auda-
answer is simply that this is utterly untrue. In the
"ciaim," oi course, arc included Missouri and Kentucky,
oi wmcn me ionieceraie wovernment never neid pes- I
session, and of which the North will not keep posses--
81011 when once i4 is defeated ln its main object. Of the
eleven States represented at Richmond in July, 1863,
only one has been temporarily reduced under Federal
rule or rater eoeupied by Federal armies. Since the
ouftbreak of r the South lost Tennessee and
a fragment of Aikansas, a little portion of. riverside
territory in Louisiana, and isolated positions in Florida
and the Carolimis. .
ltP edera's occupy posta in Mississippi, but that
-Muiiutiu iuguuuiB Bimpiy b aevasiateerDat-
tle d of which tte North cannot be said to have pos-
session. .For all practical purroses ten of the eleven i
bv the ederal troops nnder the protection of their '
. j r I I
uuuuaiB.. j. lernmrv Tnnrft than tnree Lirura as luren i
as France remaica entirely unsubdued, and at their
present rate of progress, whica is not likely to be main--lained,
it would take tbe North ten years to overrun it.
Even when overrun it would not be conquered; but we
need not enter' into any discussion of what may happen
in A so far removed from practical probabilitv.
If at any moment that should occur which has more
than once seemed on the point of coming to pass ; if
the Confederates should gain a- decided victory in the
Vireinia. the North would have lost at hi
thirg-except New f Orleans-that it has gained '(n
three years of warfare ; while, as we have seen, the
South mav snatamn. defeat withnnf imi nTitK;n.
ftwaTt S? nl f.rW a r U? 10
SSi Lt0"'?07 fAthe -Nfaa its fever
dream of conquest, booty, and qmpire. .
fFroTTi the Livernosl Meronrv.1
The very latest news from the eeat oi war in Amer-
cious partisans oi me x eucrai cause have lately set ?"uureua i mose nearness wretches commenting and
dow to its credit. They ecy that the Confederacy on the scene, and all under the supervision of the
now holds only one-half of the territorv it claims. The police. 1 have seen within the cast ten fMr hrm
ma, like most ot the news of the preceding tL.t-e
months, ii aa unfavorably as it vuu b. iu u HixTdy u,
miuation of the war, either by the complete wini s or
the Noitb or the South. I be Northern army of ien
Grant, after baviDg gained a very considerable victory
at Chattanooga, anej after baviDg sustained rather a
sharp check at RiDggold,has been leduced to a state. t
inactivity by the want cf eupplieacDd means of traii.
port for a winUr campaign. It may hold its groui d
a. ChattaDOoga during the winter months it it cat,
Keep opto ns communications with Nashville, and jt
hatnfinC? iD- Oe0r8i4in.te spriotr; but it will
nave to nght its way from -one strong position to auoth
er. and at every march it will be further from tbe ba
of its operations and in a more exhausted country
Its advance, should it take place, will compel u
Confederates to burn the cotton grown in former yea
and wilt effectually prevent the planting of u co ,,,,'
crop in tbe ap ing of 18C4; but it will take month-
notjeara to c-qaer Georgia and Alabama, aad eve
i cocquered tney will be mere wTlderLe s-8 ti,;
the prospect even at tbe point where the FederJ
tunes look brightest, and even there any coaaideruhv
nnrfn Mini A Ko f2o T i a'Uerurj.e
b "f "-e : wouiu reader it i.
continue iu the hands of
mint.. I
Ccnl' -Jeratpfl theo .. ....
continue to be so. After months of concealment w
learn that the Federal iroc-clac'i were so totally deW
ed in ihe attack on tbe Confederate batteries at ciiu
ieston, in April hist, as io rene er it impossible for th'tn
to do anything afterwards ; and in VJ-g'uia the Ln
federate army ia not only able to hold It -hmnml Mi,.
all the attacks of the army of the Potomac, but even t
aeep mat army continually on the alrrt to deferd iu
own portion.
T Ott Disaster In Cttllt a,:ei.U Bodies IirrovcrrU
Incidents of tlie Catastrophe .Tho fits of n.,
CUuicU to be ccupln by a Monument.
The Providence Journal 'publishes a letter reci-uv.i
by Mr. W. A. Pearce, of Providence, from his futhrr,
resident in Santiago, Chili, who witnessed the laviit
appalicg catastrophe by which more than two thousui.d
human beings were burnt to death. It appears that
the failure to rescue the unfortunate victims was owing
to the idiotic police system of the Chiliats. The writer
says :
I hear you asking, why were those sufferers not
rescued ? Yes, why were they not rescued ? My he.irt
sickens within me at the question. Thoee dctermiubd,
stupid ignoramuses of poiicemen ! Fifty foreiffneu'
had they been allowed to work, and to work in their
own way, could and would have rescued neurly or o-iiie
me wuoie maaa. xut no, as always me case nerc on an
alarm of fire, the police place a sentry ou every avenue
leading to the fire. They have, as you kne w, no fire
engines, except some two or three eld Gordon pumps.
" I fought my way past the police one entire square,
by wrestiDg guns and sabres from their hands, knock ii.g
them out of my way atid being knocked in return, uutil
I was overpowered by numbers acd compelled to re
treat, and all within hearing of the most heart-rcmliiiL'
lamentations that ever sounded on human ears. And
nearly every foreigner fared similar to myself wan
kept back. Mr. Demilow, of the ga3 worksrj-eceivcd a
bayonet wound at the hre while in the act of rescuing
a young lady whom he recognized, ti Miss Larren. He
bad fought bis way, in company with oue of the work
men at the gas works, to tbe cturch.and battered down
a side or private door, and saw Miss Larren ; she at
the eame time recognized him, and called oa him to
save her.
" He could not enter iu consequence of a sheet of
flame between them. He reached bis cane to her, which
she grasped with both hands, when he aud his friend
attempted to drag her through the flames ; but she
was so surrounded and hemmed in with the dead and
dying, that ber strength was not sufB .ient. They
abandoned this method and went in pursuit of some
other means to rescue her, and returned again aod on
presenting themselves with the means of saving he at
the door, the police ordered them back, and not heading
the order, he (Demilow) wabavonetted. His frienda
rescued tbe gun from tbe policeman, knocked him sensi
less to the ground,- and made a second attempt to ave
the poor girl. But the time lost in dispute with thL'
police.was a life lost with her. This is only one of many
Bimilar scenes.
" Your brother Charles battered a door down on
Calic Bandera, or -Flag street, entered and found iu u
small ante room some thirty females, and all living, but
like bo many statues, perfectly unconscious. He was
compelled to take many of them in his arms and carry
them into the street and saved them all. Mr. Meigga
and Mr. Keith fought their way through the police and
reached the church at a late hcur, and when tbe tower
was falling all about them succeeded in saving several.
Mr. Meiggs taw a woman still alive under a crowd ef
others then dead. She recognized him and called L
him, saying, for God's sake save me ! He rushed
through the fire to her and pushed several of the dead
from her, then attempted to lift her out from among tho
dead, but they were so firmly wedged in about her and
oa her, he bad to abandca that. He then procured a
lasso, fastened that about her waist, and the united
strength of eight men could not extricate ber from her
companions, and they had to leave her amid euch crit s
for help as no Christian heart could endure, neither can
language describe.
"The police bad full charge of the front of the church.,
and in such force that the forigners could "do nothing
Jhere. The police rescued but a few. Axes and crow"
bara were not to be had until a late hour. A single in
stance will suffice to show the stupidity of the police.
An officer of the police set some half dozen of his men
to hew or batter down one of those large front doora
with their old broadswords. 1 he doors are made of
two inch hard wood, double thickness, and riveted
through and thoruh with iron rivets. You can- judge
tbe tflect their old cutlasses made on the doors better
than t can describe it.
. " The scene at tile church the following day was the
most revolting, heart-diatrcsaincr, tbat ever was witness
ed since tbe world was created. There were the noor
nnfortunate dead in all stages of consumption, the great
er portion of them naked. But & few cou!el be recog
nized by their surviving friends. The police ordered
on Ihe peons, or laborers; to remove the dead. Thes1
demmons worse than devils dammed commenced
their work with as much hilcrty as ycu ever saw school
children enter on some pleasure excursion. The dead
were pulled about and pulled apart aa one would rjuil
apart tangled brushwood. You could see two or more
peones pulling oa a limb of some one buried under the
others, until the limb was pulled from the body. Then
they would have a peon howl of exultation, and com
mence at another. The dead were actually sepera,'ed
with crowbars and picks. Limbs, heads and fragments
were shovelled into carts with no more feelinr thon
IriBh laborers would have in shovelling gravel into a
railway car. Hundreds of bodies buLpartially burned.
entirely naked, were.tumbled into open carts and tnck-
tu up 1U lu wmeiry iu one promiscuous neep, without
c vcu lue covering oi a ounaie or straw or a bulrusb, and
am0Dt?st these people, many tbines that were to me
vtr7 unpleasant. .Bat this is so horrifying to the goal
luUfc 1 tunuoi una language to express ray disgust to
thim.
" Twenty-two hundred bodies have been counted out
rom tQe ruins, and it is supposed many were burned
entirely up. The prevailing opinion is that the nuu; -
ber of ,i7ea will reach twenty-five hundred. Tho
count and names collected to date amount to some Cf-
teeB hundred. Many families have lost the entire fe-
male members six, seven, emht and nine from one fam-
ily All thoee tbat could not be recognized by their
surviving friends are now buried in one grave or holr.
"tttc wc"v '?uo aa ciuavaita, anu
? ttfa tbey were laidor tumbled and shovelled.
. 111,8 aceiaeni nas given tU9 UathOhc relicion hra
i. . l w . . . r J r-..,.
-s' me crergy naving such complete dominion
"The city authorities have had iho'.r hnm r-ii
past week in keeping down mob voilence, as tbe masses
are determined that the r-hnrah ehnii w
kajjt - ------ "UV HgUiU WW 1 C.
"The Government have steorjed in and nrrWori
ruins to be taken down and carted off, and will purchase
tho irrrm r. A A 4 .. .. . .
tne ground and erect a monument to the msmory of the
dead The place is to be enclosed with a substantial
""on fence, and the remainder of the ground laid oat in
L ... . ... . - . ....
Wimple iZTnS
without the usual proSofS ThtZetimen i
1 - TT583 V1 caraiD?- fuep"nJen is
Ptra ot preparing the cotton Gin the cotton
slowly, so as to throw large flakes through the flue,
which are caught in a bainpfr basket placed under the
flue, and take to the spinning wheel, without preeainsr
u-
South Cardura ad Virginia the. Federals ari uU,r "
- n vuuurn.uii rfi Ktih
the
cotton." ' '