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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OP AMERICA. Wfl HmQTON. N. C. SATUBPAY.PBIL 2, 1864. Politics in nortb Carolina. Thpre are some, ourselves amorg the number, who T?0uH gladly flV0,d tbe txcitcment an(J tormoil of a po litical contest thia year in North Carolina. We think one contest, that with the forces and government of Lixcoln ia about enough. But much as we would, wish this, we cannot Bhut our eyes to the act that, without any agency of ours, indeed agai.at oar earnest protest, the canvass has already commenced with an activity that bids fair, ere the day of election, now over four . months off, to rival in excitement and far exceed in bit TterhcsB any of the contests of former times. We sup pose offences must come, but woe unto those by whom c fences come. We did not help to elect Gov. Vakce, but he was elected, and the Standard and its editor, with its sattle - lites, took much credit to themselves therefor. Indeed they exalted themselves aa it were, and felt proud. They crowed and strutted. The contest then was one into which we entered reluctantly. We tried to avoid it, but it Witi pressed on us, and we could not. The time for another election begins to approach, though we cannot but regret the early opening o f the canvass, and this spring finds us even more opposed to a tolitical campaign in North Carolina than we were two years ago, and more reluctant to engage in one We are williDg to solve the d.fficulty by letting the re-election of Governor Vakce pass over without op position, believing that to be, upon the whole, the bast thing for the State and for the country. This ia no new position assumed in consequence of Mr. II olden 's being a candidate, although certainly it is not weaken ed by that event. When the Progress, or its correa pondenis, talk about the reasons for our favouring the re-election of Governor Vakce, they can be at no loss to find them. We have stated them over and over. We have already staled them even ia this brief article. Permit us, however, to retaliate by asking why they now oppose Governor Vascr ? Let them speak oat boldly and say what he has done that they turn against bin: They know everybody knows that it is cus tomary for a Governor of North Carolina to run for two terms, and that the incumbent is never abandon ed by the party or parties which supported him with" out the imputation of fault upon his part, or the stain oi bad faith upon theirs. What has Mr'. II olden and his supporters to charge upon Governor Vakce, bo a3 to relieve themselves from the stain of treachery above alluded to ? Unless they have charges to prefer and ave able to support them, they must stand convicted of bad faith to the " Conser vative " candidate whom they supported, and, as tbey proudly boasted, were instrumental in electing ; and worse than this, they muat appear in the attitude of those who. without a cause, seek, for purposes of self ish promotion, to violate the established usage of al parties, and ot the State, and to embroil us needlessly in an irritatiner and uncalled for nclitical contest. In this case, it should be remembered that Mr. Hold en and his friends are setting to unseat Governor Vance, & man whem they themselves supported and endorsed, and that it is encumbent upon them not sitiply to ehow that Mr. II olden is fit fox Governor, and ought to be elected, but in the first pkei to show that Governor Vance is not fit and ought to be unseated. Supposicg, however, that Mr. Hold en and Mr, Hold in 's friends sboald charge and even show that Governor Vance is rot the man, it would strike most persons that in doing so they would be simply charging and proving that they themselves, not two years since supported and recommended to the people of the Sta-e, for the highest office in their gift, an unfit or improper person. If this is the fact, it would Eurely look better fer them to let somebody else bring out the next candi date, since they had, by their own account, failed in the one thev had brought out. What cuarantee woufd the T w people have that Mr. IIolden and bis clique are moie worthy of confidence now than in 18C2, or that their candidate now brought out is more worthy of confi dence than the one then brought out and supported but now abandoned and opposed. Let them take which horn of the dilemma they please it must ODDear either that Governor v ancs is a fit man and that Mr. IIolden and his friends are faithless a in abandoning and opposing him, or on the other hand that he is an unfit man and that Mr. IIolden having Bupported him and pressed him upou the people two years since, is himse lf unworthy of the public confidence now. The truth is that the whole burden both of proof and of contradiction rests with Mr. IIolden and Mr. II ol den's Jriends. We dj not claim to be especial support era of Gov. Vance. We certainly are not partizans. We will support bis re election for the sake of peace. Why dees Mr. IIolden tot do so ? Why does he de sert and oppose Gov. Vanck ? Is he so opposed to peace and hermocy among ourselves ? I3 he prepared to say that he two years ago bronght forward and Touched for a candidate whom he cannot now support ? "When these thirgs are disposed of, it will be time for us to pay some attention to Mr. U olden 's claim on the fsublic confidence. The result cf sundry cogitations over the state of the times, to say nothing of divers and several, yea, many and various annoyirg circumstances, is that there is no use in fretting and worrying. We communicate this result to the public in strict confidence, vouching for its correctness, and giving as an all sufficient reason, that nothing can be effected by taking thought. The scripture tella us that no man can, by taking thought add a cubit to his stature, or change the color of a hair in his head. By takicg too much thought, he would probably soon fiud his hairs charge color of them selves. The last few months have seriously bothered most people the last thee years have made most men ten years older. There have been anl there are causes for this, inevitably arising out of the state of public affairs We cannot help fcclmg a deep and painful interest in the progress of a struggle upon which s.many vitally important interests depend. Wc ought not to seek to avoid feeling such interest ; but at the same time we ought not to be fretted by every minor grievance. What are temporary inconveniences, since we can bear them? What are losses of profit, since no one ought to care for prtfct or expect to make it, while the country ia in puil? What is the taxation on the currency, especially to these who have Utile, and those who have more ought to be better able to stand it ? What ia any of Ihese things by itself ? Little enough and easy to be borne, but the incessant talk and thought and worry about them, and all of them, forms an aggre gate that presses heavily enough, and from the con stant contemplation of which we would for a time glad ly escape. In our unfortunate occupation we cannot put these things away, because, as long as they are matters of public interest, they must find a place iu the columns of a public journal. Let us, however, advise those who can do bo, to put such thing3 away from ! u: loougnta jast as much a3 they caa. The constant worry about them will do no good, but oa the contrary Ma mighty deal of harm." To-morrow will be Sunday. Let it be. Don't make a business day of it. Don't worry over old currency and new, or figure out the price of patty or of any Other commodity. We might tell you to go to church CrbilisgtUt, to wacder forth into the. grea fields' but no one would be green enough to go into the coun try in the hope of finding anything greener than bim seld on thia 2nd of April, 18C4. April aua FW.f - .n.ral Wirfon upon April the genial month of fools and flowers, is here at last, and unfortunately, from present appearances, the fljwers will be much scarcer than the fools, for fools we will always have, whether the mouth bo April or December. Of the peculiar product known as "April FoMa'Ibe crop to-day will probably be small. People are not much ia the veia for pleasant foolidg. Small boys will perhaps inform ag?d parties of a thoughtful disposition that they have dropped their handkerchiefs, etc , but before night, even email boys will tire of thia game. The first of April, the month of greenness, has been devoted to the fools, because with them it is always April, as with the Lotus Eaters it is" always after noon." The fools are evergreens. They leave fortfi aliks in December or July, and their verdanee is at all times refreshing, though somewhat tires ome, in which las respect it differs from that. of nature. The commonly received idea that fools are good ca tured, is a commonly received humbug. Fools are apt to be the most suspicions, intermeddling , malicious an imals in th3 world. A person whose good-nature is thoroughly reliable may be set down as a person of at least a fair proportion of strong common sense. Of course, in speaking of fools we do not mean to go so far as to include madmen r idiots, though in truth, even they, at times, dirplay an almost preternatural cunning in the devising and execution of mischief. Bat we are all fools at times and within certain limits, and a little reflection will show U3 that the foolish element in our composition is really also the erring one. We do not, cf course, propose to indite a religious or moral essay, but appeal simply to every one 'a memory to any whether, in reviewing any period of bis life, bis judgment will not tell him that his faults and his follies have been near about the eame things. We will always have faults and follies, and perhaps the greatest one of which we can be guilty is to be blind to our own, or uhwillirjg to make allowances for those of others. Is April the month that it used to be ? Are the seasons changed, or the people, or are we, or is it the currency that casts a gloom around, or is it combina tion of all these thiDga ? There is an old world expres sion that. used to puzzle us in our childish days. By way of saying that at a certain tini3 in spring the sur face cf the ground might be expected to be warmed by the sun, they said that then the warm side of the stone turned upwards. Once, for a whole day, we watched a big flat etone, but it never turned. We never were quite young enough to try that experiment agaiu. We never eat beside that stone more than once. We kneu, that it didn't turn, and our knowledge brought us no pleasure. But we have cherished many another delu sion since, seen many another hope lade away looked in vain for the warm side of many another stone, and found cur mistake, and nre wiser shall we add sadder people ? We might as well. It is a sort of sad ness. Wc know that there afe thousands and huadreds of thousands sitting, hoping, watchiDg for the warm side of life to turn up happy in their hopecheerful in their vigil, more joyful in expectancy than they can ever be in fruition. We know, too many of us, that the big stone does not turn ; we have watched that for ourselves. Why should not others espy the same pri vilege, live for a while ia the samcbope, and learn ex perience iu the eame school of disappointment. As we wiite, however, theBun shines brilii&nily from as cloud!es3 a sky as ever over-canopied the gardens of paradis: ; but when we look out upen the earth we find that bis rays fall upon a -desolation almost wintry. There ia not enough verdure to break the monotonou b brown. Did not the youth of earth of sky and of man form part ot the charm Of EJen ? Adam himself was very young and so was Eve. They were prepared to see beauty in everything. All their senses were instruments of ecjoyment. A little mere knowledge a little painful experience and paradise was lost, and an angel sent to guard its gates with a flamijDg swoid. The paradise of yoalh, with its warm hopes and undimmed prospect is guarded by no visible angel, and no sword flames athwart its porta's, bat Adam might as well have attempted to s?ile the walls of E Jen, as any of his children to re ascend the stream of his own life and re enter the happy mansions of his ycath. In life there is no step backwards. What ii floue is done. Even in the schemes of Providence there would seem to be no restoration of oil things. We rjad cf a new heaven and a new earth. We read of a time when oil things Bhall have passed away. We do not remember reading of a new hell. Men may be trusted to make enough of that for themselves. Bat we begin te fear that we are getting the bia s, acd worse, perhaps, that we may give theai to our rea ders, if any there be who will read this disjointed t flair, which has grown unconsciously, and, it may be, uncon scionably, while we have been waiting for the mails. Daily Journal, 1st inslatU. Fastixq if not Praying. The Last Day. Ilud the first instead of the eighth day cf April been fixed upon as a day of fasting, humiliation and'prayer, we think it probable that one part of ths object would have certainly b:en carried out. We aaj notniDg about the praying, but we are pretty certain about the fasting. And as for the humiliation aud prayer, we think they would come iu due course. People who want to beg, buy, borrow or sterJ auylhing to eat, are humble enough, and the constant eSort of housekeepers may be embodied in the petition for tlaily food. This, however, is the last day of fuading, and peo pie who intend to fund had better see to it ket tbey be too late. Thia warning, however, has been given eg often that there are done to whom it has not come ; so the parties themselves will be, alone to blame for any neglect or forgetfulness. The new currency wili come into circulation pretty soon, aud we shall'seehow far it will work far good or evil. It ought to do gocd to recompense us for the difficulties, inconveniences, and loss of business to which all have been compelled to submit since the passag-a of the curreiicy bill. Will prices come down after tbe first of April ? We thick they will elsewhete. It would be against the rule for them to come djwn here, very much k indeed, and well, let us wait and see, that's ell. The quiet resignation and even cheerfulness with which our people submit to the action of the currency and tax bills, as they have done to ail bills deemed ne cessary for the country, is something which must h lve struck all reflecting men with astonishment and admi ration. The eqaal resignation with which they submit to extortion and speculation, that are not necessary for the country, is also sufficiently astonishing, but Lot by any means deserving of admiration. 1 be facility with which tbey fall into habits of extorting from each other, is one of the least pleasing featores of the war. Laiiy Journal, 1st instant. Funding. The Fayetteville Carolinian of the 31st ult says : " We understand that nearly two millions of dollars had been funded in thia place up to last eve ning." From the same paper we learn that the warehouse of the Bockfish Manufacturing Company in Fayetteville was broken into on the night of the 29 th instant, and a bale of cotton sheeting stolen. Part of the sheetings have been recovered, and some of tbe perpetrators (ne groes) bare been caught. T!. Btsul'S of tilt J-pilar 0nplcn. It may be regarded totnewbat kuh!ful whether the result of - the fa: IU r roovt'iuen's undertaken th"s year by the Yutkr-is, 'thoui-b, upon the .h)!e, disas trous to them, afV. glorh.os f r 'our giilJwnt armiesyean be regarded as likely to be pioductive of unm'xed good to U3. If th-y lave h en repulsed iff instead of bod ing us uoprepnred and our armies weakened, they have f.)utd a different, wo nr'tjbt suy, n opposite stale of thiegs prevailing, they a it-s h ve gairled an ftmaunt of kuowledge that may stim ilat-j them to still farther efforts, and perhapa s ivi the n from sme of the disas. ters to which their pr sumption, ba?el upon our sap posed weakness, -would ct r a nly Lave putjtc'ed them during the comii g Sumter. We may be assured thut the Florida d is ister, the hkkman failure, the Rich mond bungle, have at least iauiiht tbem Cuu ion, tnd have enabled them torn.-ke a clearer eatima'a cf the po sition of affiiie and r-f the d ffijulties they will h sve to encounter. It ma for r- them to adopt the policy of a grva'er .concentration of their forces arid of a more gu-rdtd system of advaace. For any great additional preparations they will have little time, if, as app-ais to b stated, thuy mean to open the grand campaign aaics' Lek oa the 15-h f April. The Yankees are great on (met.s-and anniversaries, atd we should not be at all surprised were Grant induced to select this day, the unni rrsaiy of tha falmination of Lincoln's first procbm uion, lis tl.e duy for opening a campaign wl ieh he fetidly bones to iniik final, and by which he fliti.rj binnelf that he can in flict a death blow to tti r-bflliop." .We" are without papers Iron cur owo State or Virginia, nnd h-.ve a n !:'. r irregular budget from points Sou'.h of thia place. We find ia tbe Atl lata Regime', of the 29 Lh, a pret ty long article on our r orthvt su ni relations, wherein the pros artj cons are d scussel as to whether, ht tie beginning or ibe war, ff rs of peace were aclual'y made to the States ot the Ncrthw.-st, or whether, 11 they had been made, they w ukl have been eff etnal in helping to arrest hostilities. A " Keu'uckif-n " takes the ground that if the legislation of the Montgomery Congress did preff jr t be i reef navigation -of tbe Missis sippi, such preffjr wu! noi knovnurtha Northwcsf, not at least until after occurrences bad takeu place that interfered with that free navigation, ar.d brought cn the collision iif.er which Skward was slriviag. Ken tuckian" pay I he strength of Lincoln's antago nist, fin the next Presidential diction who Bhould be Franklin Pifkce, in the Norihw. s', depends, ia a great measure, upou tbe uaivt-isalhy tfthe belief in those States that their r';ht.?, m regards the free navi gation of the Mipsipfipri, '.!1 be conceded by the States cf the Snath." If tiivre 13 anything that the press of tbe South could suy or do that could tend to strengthen a peace tandidat.-j at thii Xorth, entertain ing the States Rights view of Mr. Pierce, that thing would be to correct the a;!siiik : lmt originally precip itated hostilities at tbe Wes"-, a;; .1 to give assurances that the free navigation f the Misebsippi would not le interfered witii. Whether this ia desirable er not ii a matter for cor.sidor-iitioo. Nvidently, so far as vie can see, George B. McClellan will not bj a. candi date representing Mr. PiKROfj'a State Rights views. The following from the Columbus (da) limes will throw light upon a chirk su' j-.ct. and perhaps help to correct some eriora i .to whkh vaporing agitators and pragmatical talkers would bo opt to l td the people. : English Fistoky Fcpensu-'N of th Hjbsas Con vps Governor Bro n Lt lr recet t Menage to the Legia- t'ue while re lei rip to the Ai of CoDgres snpudii g tbe Habeas Co'jir s-a-.e. tn h a aware of nf iatacc in wh!ch the Rriri-h Kidk " ha sua ponded, or attempted suspend, t e 1 .riviVj; f b iIk-as coi pus. a nee tie Bill of bights aid Act of s it f-nenr pushed in 1(389 " If the Go ernor mount by the ,Jj vi state rtuit t declare that ih britiahPftrli.iineDt.by w.i ;u nl; tins writ can be sigpanot d hafi not interfered with t'? mu'ihoeot of fieed m ' eiuce 1689, he bctr 'js '. cxTiin d i-.siry degree o' iitur-rmice of common-p.aoe aud a:in-:sr 0 u'emp-vary history. We can refer to f.t ieatt eig'i'. ifistxi.reH i i English history vhere the habeas e"orr.;;s b on suspended 8:nce the time stated, ctd vie of ibn&e mly sixteen, years ago. J ha Mitdiei. crri h O Prjeu, Mea$h-r & Co., dcubtlesa tiave 0 vunnt mcileciioa of the instance re!e;rt d to 1 uriiH' Thu year 1S4-! (S j Alii soo'h History. Vol. 17, Tinp. Xi't!, Sec ' hap. LVI flfc. 62. It was Hfyw dfid iu 182. (2d All s u, Chfrt.' XXr, Hec. 121-2 ) It w-- eiKpmded iu 1&23, (( hap X, sec. 12J ) Alto i" 18.7-(l Allien, Chap. IV, bee. 13 15-2:.) Abo in 17-8 i 3d Afiitaiilay. x-.no 42) Also in 1696 4th Mtdu'ay. p::c- 603 aIpo in 1794 (i Allison 1st series page 322. It a.i s;i:it sutu:iidiu in the year 17i5 aud 1745. We have ro u'aic t ierio the re antbori:ics an l only quote tbciii at this time to Miow 7, hat loofc Allison aud Macftuly were. Columbus T.uies, We agree with th j limes Wbt f Ali.i?on and Macaulay were ? Here we stop, in nut!;, rJ bough we have the best et of exchanges iu tl.(?oi fc-iiviacy, v;e acknowledge : our inability to d -.y to exiict much spint etft oftbem. The fault may be ull ours, bui upon tbe wh:ile we can not help thiiikiog ihat for tbi.i occasion at leuat thc Sf'nit of tbe prt?s is"OVMgr! !.u l belo proof, Dhily Journal 1st instant. Firti. Tbe alumi of tire yesterday moriiiug betvten S and 9 o'clock, proceed, d hom the residence of Mr. J. R. Conky, cn Fourth srrcet, pear Orange. 1 he fre is believed to have been &ccii!f ntal, and to have beeii oc casioned by aspaikfroui a pipe used by ti.e servant girl. I he citiz.na in tbe Lekhborbood and the Fire Ccmpuciea 'were soon on thp spot, and tbrcuh tbe ir active and untiring ix rtioL;3 thu -premises were Bavcd, and the los on ptrsoral ptopory wss but triflinc. baity Journal, 1st instant. M 1 'i o I'luduciit X'u Iinircttitiet. We have been assured that an erroneous imprersion bas goEe abroad into the counrry that if 1 eople bring live tock or provisions for talc hoo, they will bo impressed. Such is not tke case, an will be se:?u from the official notice iisutd by General Whitikg, which will bafonnl in another column. All that is icqui.ed is an observance cf established re galations, so that cit:zen8 may Lve a fair opportunity of obtaiuirg supplies, and of thess regulations, no oner we tkluk, can fairly complain. AU persons may bring in what thay hav to sell, with a guarantea of obtaining the full market price, and that would esem to be high enough sure ly. The Northern mail, received jast before night, IricRS little cf striking interest, but the Petersburg Exprei-s con taitsa queer announcement, tamely, the marriage of tLe 'proline aLd popuiar.aathorets," Iniss tiiiDDON. It is well for Mr. Mix well, the- husband of the proline and popular auihoreBa of "Lady Andley's Secret," eto., that he does D)t reside-iu WilmiEgtoD, N. C, Confederate Etatee of America, " and so on. Tke worst of it i3 the poor man is aa editor. General Grant's brotber-iu law pased through Atlanta on Monday last on hi3 way to Americu3. He holds tbe rank of Captain and was among a lot of pria onera. Notwithstanding hi3 destination, he was any thing else than a merry cu?s. Up to Tuesday at 3 o'clock, $354,000 were funded in four per cnt. b nia at the Depository at Marion Court llcuse, S. C, aud up to Saturday, 1 150,000 at the Depository at Mais BiuQ, ia the same District. The ilarion Star says that landing is going on rapidly as the close draws Lthv.lJaily Journal, 1st. Maj. Sloan, Quartermaster. General of North Caro lina, is collecting large amounts of supplies at Greens boro', for the troops from thia State. He already has several millions worth on hand. hk Raleigh Confederate of the 31st r.r'knowl- eJges the receipt of the Daily State Journal, published at Goldsboro,' by Messrs. W21. Robinson and John SriLMAN, Editors. For some reason, the paper has not been sent to us, or at " any rate, ha3 failed to reach U3. "We none the less wish the Editors and the paper abundant Buccesa. Neither of the gentlemen is a stran ger to the public, and united they will do doubt, make aa able and Yigorous paper. Ma jdk Robsrt McRxe, of thia town, has been ap pointed Chief of the -Tithing Department of North Carolina, in place OI Major Uadham, wnose appoint ment was not confirmed by the Seuate. Tbia ia a very good appoinLment and one that we think will give gene ral Bat isfaci! in. The Tabboro' Southerner informs us that snow fill ttere last we k to the depth of several inches. Be fore the wtek uas cut it bad all disappeared. It is feared that considerable damage has been done to the peach crop and fothe gardens. -t Octbagkocs if not Sacrilegicus. The Fayette villp OLsnver learn that on last Tuesday night, the Episcopal Church in Fayetteville was entered and tbe RpoLor'a pnrnlice etolen 1 As the material is nie lawn, bat little worn, it will probably be cut into handler chi fs. Thk fncdiasr of Treasury notes ceased yesterday. We have been unable ti get at tbe precise amount funded at the two cSess ia this ptace, but It will resch in the neigh borhooiof $J,000 000. We shall ba able to get tha pre cise figures for Monday's issne. fl-lzma of fjumpson County In Council. A cetirp of the citizens of Sarapfon county was held in the Court House in Clinton, oa the 23d inst., wben R. C. Holmes was appointed Chairman acd Amos Royal Secretary. At the request of the Chairman, Col. A. A. McKoy explained tbe object of the meetirg in a few brief and forcible remarks. On motion the chairman appointed the following gentletien a committee to dralt resolu tions for tbe action cf the meeting, via : Col. A. A McKay, A. M. Bleckburn, P. Murphy, W. A. Faison, T. Ashlord, (Jr. W. Hobbs, L C. King, D. Ray J. C. William?, M. White, J. -Howard, Eqi , and Rev. H. P. Owen. Tbe committee retired. DuriDg their absence Gen. R. A. Moseley and John L. Holmep, Esq., ad dress the meeting iu a very forcibje manner. The com mittee repaired tbe following n solutions, through their chairman, Col. A. A. McKoy, which were read seria tim and unaoimousiy adopted. Pending the adoption of the resolutions Eld-r B. F. Marable addressed the meeting in hi.? most happy Btyle: We, a portion of the citizens cf Sampson county, feci tbe imporULce of tbe onerous burd-.n3 which have to be borne by the chief executive officers, both of tbe Cc.'jiaderate ar.d S'-te Governments, and knowjeg that the encouragement ,hich the people give to their chief magistrates in lhee lin.es cf trial must be grateful to wie rulers who on'rj peek the boppines3 cf tbe people, therefore, Jicsolvcd, Hi it we 'i':l I.rvo the firmest faith and confi dence in the c'-ief' Executive efiieer ot the Confederate S'atce, ou-1, bclievifuj. as we do, that President Davin, by hiii widf tn, prncknct- aiid forbearance, hes done more than tny other an to jfroosote the interest of the Confederate Siates, we will, while he continues in hia present coarse, give to him onr hea-ty co-operation in a't bis efforts to achieve oar independence. Iicsolved, Tint, es shis is no time f r partisan tecHrg and s'ri!e, we ttcut ihal 1,0 ot pocition will be made to the re election of cor honored Chief Magistrate, Z B. Vance, be- lipvirg him to be a patriot ard a statesman, whose every (Qort is directed to li e accon pliohicent of oar nationality, !ha actiievcui Et (f oar independence and the honor of cur be'oved Stato. Iiesolved, That Governor V-mce be invited to address the people of Baicpsin connty, at suh time 63 will snit his conveniecc ; ad ihat the chn'iinun of this innetina: ap point a c muji:teo ot live t. te der to governor Vance the hoHpiti li'ics cf nii coa-ity. and urge him to name a time when be can acooptrlhe eame. In ac-oid-iDce with tbe last clause of the third reso lution, tbe chairman appointed the following gentlemen a committee to iavi-e iovernor Vance to visit the county, (viz :) Col. A. A. McKoy, Gen. R. A. Mose ky, L. King, Alfred Daniel and James Cites, Es ouirea. Oa motion of Col. McKay, the Raleigh' Confederate was requested to publish the above, and the Fayette- vihe Observer and W llraington Journal be requested to ony. R. C. I GLMES, Chairman. A.M03 Royal, Sec'y. Loscl Campbell an 1I Amt-rlcnii War. An immense meeting of the friendg of the South was held iii Alar cheater. England, early in February. Amoiis; cthr speakers on the occasion was .Lord Camp bell. JJeie are his remarks : My Lord, Lndies and Gentlemen: Ap it has hap pened to me two or tlnve times in Parliament to refer to tbe topic now beforo yon, it is not with a little sat isfaction I observe in the numbers who have met to oight and in the spirit they evince some augury for the ultimate adoption and the haal triumph of tbeae opin ions I Lav.e endeavored to support. Mr. Spence, under whose orders ai d instructors 1 h3ve the honor to ad dress you, has judloioasly explained to me that to-night it v r.s not necessary. to indulge in argumentative ha-racguc-s, because tbe greater part of us were ot one opinion. After the long and assiduous discussions which this toic has received in the press, in Parlia ment, aul ii. public meetings, ii is no wonder tbat nearly til men sboulJ cgree ou certain propositions. We do sec upon, certain propositions a remarkable agreement. Few da.y tbat tbe cessation of tbe civil war in question etin ouly take place when neutral powers have acknowledged the insurgents. Few deny tbat tbat acknowledgement ought not to be anticipated in the present state of Europe and the world, until Great Biitsiu has shown a certain disposition to ini tiate or sanction it. , Few deny that in the present state ot parties aiid of Parliament tbe .British Govern metrt wid not show the required disposition uatil pub lic opinion stioD!ly urges ar.d decidedly encourages it I'bis fuiuc:ently illusTHtes the political and practical utility or a. meeting like the present. Genilemejn, if ever agitation was esscntialbn this subject it is at ibe preseui moment, wten certain dangers have arrived and certain circumstances have disclosed tbemsehes which might, unless properly examined, tend to inspire doubt at d distiust in tba tvett of Southern independence. These dangers and these circumstances ought not to be, nor indeed reed they be, connived at. The Southern President has not set us tbe example of lnonij or concealing them. He bas not hesitated to fix tbe atte ctioo cf the world upon the fact that in the past year unforseen revet ?es have been suffered. He bus not scrupled to advert to the events of Vicks bnr ar d Port Hudson The whole world, in common with the Confederacy, deplores the loss of Stonewall Jackfos). All those who are interested in the fate of the'tVnf'deracy must have heard with regret and with anxiety that the Democratic party, which Bome months ego Eceined to angur vreii I;r the cause of peace and separation hi- m. n.cre aU nt, more tubdued, and lesd t fleet ;vo ti.jo it oed iu be. These are undoubted ly circuai i antes of diac iurajrement, but as I think, grounds fo: ui"aii n and activity. I'hare ia this grand reason, gentlemen, why these circumstances of discour agement ought not be considered motives of despon dency amongst ns they have cot shaken the Confedera cy; they have not quenched the spirit which upholds it ; they have not chilled the hopes which it indulges ; on. the contrary, we have good reason to believe that in spite of the darker picture I have pointed to, there never was a moment when their discipline was of a higher character, their armies more mature, the Gener als more ekillful, their strategy more, perfect, their re solution more undaunted, or their readiness, if Beces sary, to take new regards more complete. Wben tbey themse Ives are thus undaunted by reali ties it would ill became their friends in Europe to be affected by a sbadow and a reflix. 1 have therefore ventured to allude to thos3 unfavorable circumstances, and alsa to show why they ought not to lead to a di minished hope or a discouraged spirit upon your part. Gentlemen, if that be so, if the ends of this association are legitimate, --which I have not ventured to establish, knowing that such is not a question in this room, if at the present moment those ends ought to be pursued with more zeal and more activity then ever, it is not irrelevant or idle to consider what is most important and formidable obstacle opposing yon. Gentlemen," I cannot help thinking that the most formidable obstacle looking to tbe public mind, looking to all that bas been said end is said daily on these questions is sum med in the well-known term, "slavery." I cannot neip ininKicg mat ir a just opinion were esiaoiished on that subject acd it is your mission to establish and desseminate it no further obstacles could very long delay tie triumph of your principles. And if you would allow me, I would venture having given some consid eration and refl sction to that point in reference to Par liamentary proceedings to suggest model by which, as it appears to mewhat you hold to be the truth, might be brought home to tbe convictions in all classes of society. If it were only thoroughly explained by this organization that the British public has to look merely to one Question, namely, whether, of the two issues iu which thia wa must terminate for there are but two the serjaration of the belligerents or the con quest of the South by the. North will tend most to the advantage of the netrro race? If that were steadily contemplated, if that issue were relieved and 1 disembwrasaed of all the rival issues that ceafege it, X V do not think there would remain a difference of opinion I in this country. No doubt there will always De, as there has been up to this moment both here and on the other side of tbe Atlantic; a difference or opinion aa w how the war originated, as to the motives lor which it was undertaken, as to tfce objects of the houtn in as serting independence, and of ifce Union in waging war aeainet secession. Tbeee questions are more or less difficult to settle, uui u we nx oar mraera upon tuc only point it is material to weigh, namely, whether the independence or the saDjagauon 01 me ooum win real ly tend most to that which in this country ad have at heart the amelioration of the negro little difficulty, as it appears to me, will be found in reaching a conclu sion. The history of the world does much to suggest one. It has generally been found tbat when in any country two races are brought together, of which one is vastly the superior in force, in vigor and intelligence, unless some known relation exists . betwtea those two races, the weaker is exterminated. Now, should the Confederacy be subdued, acd Bhould recor.quest be es tablisbed over all the great territory tbat lies bstween the Gulf of Mexico and the Potomac, two races would be found so unequal, so incompatible, so bereft of the original relation ry which tbey had been previously ce mented, as at least to augur the extermination and the disappearar.ee ot the weaker one. But we are not left to speculations cf this character. It happens that this very day, not many hours ago, a lettter in a leading London newspaper has reached Manchester from the other side of the Atlantic, which gives tbe best and the latest information on this queUion. In that letter it is Dointtd out in what manner the mvasiou by the North ha iLflaeLCed tbe proaptcts and position ot the negro. As frr as 1 remember, the r riter, speaking from what has lallen, and tbat rev-ent.y, under his ejea and his experience, gives a fcurfeld division of that unhap py class, lie points to incse wno are me viciima 01 a rorcible enlistment o -mpeiiea to iae arms, expoja 10 tha brunt of battle in a cua which tbey detest and for a people who despise them. He points to another class who nave t'OLe to the jNortLwestern otaies m quest of employment, and who have not fouad it. He nmnts to u thud c ass. who. m cors aueuce or un in- lectious disorder whL-h attacks tbem, arc m'eerably djing in tbe capital at Vvuebiogton. He points to another clesa who are coerced to labor upon the? soil which bas beeu occupied and upon tbe e-Btates which have been confiscated by Northern plunderers, and wbesa condition, as be points out to us, is infinitely worss than that from which they hsve been wrested : for, of freedom lhey have gained nothing except the fact that tbey are no longer under shelter ; teat they are no longer cared for ; that tbey aie introduced to the double evils cf rtspotisibhity aid ssrvitude. This is tbe latest eye witntss who address to the public of Great Britain toe luci3 he has obseived. .but suppos ing him to be miat&kcn, supposing that' improvement fs attainable, and assuming tbat great Erasures ought not to be despaired of for the welfare of the nrgro, this, at least, gentlemen, I thiLk, may be hszardeJ with safety before any audienca who look to tbe great princi pies by which human nature is controlled aud by which the world is governed, viz : that those measures of im provement must be leiyal, muat be well iutentioned must be designed for the good of the negro, and not lor the destruction of the planter. Could a class of men be found, if the topic of elave ry was altogether purged from tbe discussion, who would seriously maintain, before us, tbat it was just or proper to create a Poland in America " Bui to create a Poland in America 1s the object for which Mr. Lic&iln and his colleagues are contending. If his policy succeeded, if bis armies triumphad, if his vice roys were established, a3 they hope to be, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pctomac, the gloom ot War saw would exist, not iu one city but ia Mobile, Charles ton, Wilmington, Savannah, in Montgomery, Rich mondin t v.ry capital of every State which Northern armies had possessed and Nortberrrgirriions had oc cupied. Acd what is the gloom ot Warsaw, which these arjnk8 are designed to fix on the Confederacy ? 1 can speak of tbat gloom from' late and personal ex perience. It 13 not like the gbom which sometimes may hang over this city, ariiing partly from tbe climate, partly from distress, and from a temporary want in some material cf industry. It is a gloom "which no breez3 of spring can waft awy, which no rays of sunshine can disperse, which no reviving commerce or accelerated industry, cr new iupply of capital can after. It i3 a gloom which mast befall a population conscious ot their rights, and mindful of .their origin, but held down by a foreign oceupation ol 20,000 men ; a gloom of which no man can walk abroad without observing dark acd melancholy faces ; where no citizen can Ieare his home without mcctio a patrol, entitled, according to its orders, or perhaps its caprices, to ar rest him ;" and where, when he returns to that home which ought to be a sanctuary, he has to look forward to the probability cf midnight visitation, more destruc tive than the snares by which his lootelepa bad been haunted. Such gentlemen, ia the gloom of Warsaw, and such is tbe giucm which Northern armies have aspired to perpetuate in a territory more wide than half a dozen Folands. I, therefore, 'come back to the position to which I have ventured to allude that if once you con tend successfully with jrour adversaries upon slavery, no further question can exist ; aud all classss in Great Britain will unite in a cemmon wish lor Northern peace and Southern independence a with that, findicg echoes both in JSurope and tbe world, will tend to re aliai the noble obj?ct3 it aspires to. There is yet an other observation 1 would make. Success cannot, on a subject so complicated end so extensive, be the sub ject of prediction. A man would jaslly lose his charac ter for moderation and for j admen t if he ventured to predict with cj&ftdcnee the iseue cf the struggle. It seems to me, however, tbut whatever tbat issue may be, this association will not be wholly unrewarded. Should tbe issue be that for which you are contend irg, the teward is evident and ample; but should it not 'be the destiny of these who are assembled here to see what they desire, this reflection may console them. They will have done something to assist the Southern President in the labors and the cues by which he is encompassed ; and, gentlemen, no man of reflection can, in my opinion, glance at the daily life of Mr. Davis without a eentiment which even pas3es admiration. If au independent and despotic power had beea granted to him, such as great men are apt to claim under cueh circumstances still, to keep tbe mind engaged upon every part of an a!moit interminable frontier, to divine tbe plans of a Government whose movement it is diffi cult to calculate, to prepare for every porsible event, to picture each imaginable difficulty, to plan campaigns upon a territory so extensive and under circamatinces 8 j unprecedented, would tax. the vwy ' highest reach of military genius. Bat this ia not 4he whole of the burthen that devolves upon Mr. Davis. This taik he is called upon to perfefrm, while at- the same time he is accountable to a representative assembly, to a senate, and to a cabinet. But even that is not the limit of bis trials. He has to face these dif ficulties, to aim at these results, with a free press to criticise, to control, to reprimand him ; sometimes to be elated by success, sometimes to be depressed undaly by reverses, and sometimes to reveal to distant armies much which in hi3 opinion it would be more judicious to conceal from them. The liberty of tbat press he ftaa nos once attempted to control or wished to over ride. And yet to meet this threefold trial might well exhaust the wisdom of a ruler, the resources of a gene ral, and the temper of an angel. Come what may, gen tlemen, jou cannot be deprived of the reflection that in your day, according to your power, although divided from him by the ocean, you have done something to uphold one of the bravest and the noblest micdj which Providence has formed, iu one of the loftiest -aad hardest enterprises with wjiich the fortunes of the world have ever been identified. Abolition Vote i Naw Ohlsans. Tie following is the vote cast ia NewOrleani fr Governor at the late elec tion : Huh a -..3 62o Fellows yjl Flanders -1007 Total Tote cast 5,79 Tbe vote of the city before the war was Irors 20,000 to 25,000, arid take thin fact, in connection wiih the 6,000 troop in Banks' army (all of whom voted) into considera tion, .he cheat, fraud and lie 01 the Yankees ia this elec stands naked before the world. Rettjbnkd Officers Among the list of returned officers at Richmond on Sunday last, we find the fol lowing names of North Carolinians : Capt. M. J. lieardon, A. Q. M., 59th regiment ; Lieutenants R. N. G. Askew and W. G. Baldwin, 20th N. C; A. J. Brown, 38th ; S. M. Buxton, 2d N. C. cafalry : J. A. Caldwell, 23i : VV. R. Coving ton, 38th ; J. B. Cabarriss, 55th. There have been very severe frosts in the region of Tallahasse, and the "Floridian" fears the fruit is-all killed. " The gardens have euffered very much. Taken altogether, the, past winter . has been the severest that ire bare bad for many years." TELEGKAPHIC Reports of tha Prcaa Association. Entered according to the Actof CoogretM, In the year 18B1, vj j. a. x 11 hashes, ia tne tJlerR's noioe ot the District Court of the Confederate States for tbe Northern Dintrict of Oforgia. FSOtt NEW ORLEANS-EUROPE', Ac. . Ficbmokd, Ya., April 1st, 1SC4. An official telegram fiom Mobile aUtea th:tt New ,Or- eaca papers of the 2tth tilt, claims tbe capture cf two hundred aud ten Confederate soldiers on Biyon Rapideq oa the 21st; also, four pieces of artillery, and a largo number of horses. The latest European news ia nnimportau. In the Honse of Commons Itoebu?k said he would be gUd to ace a'l Fed eral 6hippiog swept from the seas. Max'tmillun hai visited Victoria. Id Liverpool on the lGtb cotton was advaccing. fiicre of inferior qualities qiarter to one pence higher. The flood- ia the James River was receding. Jadge OalJ is expected to return from Ko;tre. a Monroe to-morrow. The or jsct tr ma visit was to attempt a set tlement of the difusultfes la the exchange of prhocets. FORREST AT rVOCK IN KENTUCKY-PADUCAU IN AbHBl LIGHTING GOING N. Atlanta, April 1st, 1861. A special dispatch to tha Appeal, dated Grenada, March 31st, eaj s the Memphis Bulletia of the '28th has been re ceived. The steamer J. D. Parry -rrived froin above cn the evenly cf the 27:h, and the ''City ol Alton" this morniag, bring'cg excititjg news from (Jensral Forrest. Late on Friday vecinsr lait, when the Perry " loft Cairo, a dispatch had jut been received from Paducab, which states that tht city wa3 on me, and fishing still going on. The " City of Alttn" left oa Saturday eveniug, anl con firms the abova. Padu.'ah was in ashce, and flghticg till going on between the gunboats aad the Reb la on shrj. The Yankee pickets were driven in at Columbua on Friday night, and an attack waa expected. Tbe Btef.unT Perry was fired on at Hickman, bat euciped without serictn 2am. age. New York dates to the 27th quotes geld at ICS a lti. FROM DALTPN. Dalton, (Jko., Apiil 1st, 164. The repor.e sent forward in regard to the chariga of ti e enemy's force in our front were purely sensational. Reliable accounts from inside of their lines givo no accouat of any changes. Bham battles seem to be popular with them, and their flfiOij was terrific yesterday. The weather is cloudy and rainy. FUNDING. CoLCMBue, Gko., April 1st, 1W4. Tho total amount funded here is seven million two Lin drcd and sixty five thousand dollars. From tbe Asle?ille Newa. Cur Yt'cbteru Counties. Col.! Palmer returned a few days since from 0 sinic wbat extended trip througn the western counties. IJe cleared the western border of the raiders who were re cently committing outrages upon our defencelet s pee ple; and made sued arrangements, ia the disposition of 'troops, as will, we have jeasoa to hope, prevent the raids to which that portion oi tbe country has been subjected. The people of the western coan'iis have euflercd heavily at tbe hacdi of the common enemy ; and, they have not hitherto, owic? to circumatjpnees which could not be controlled, received thut protection which we have reason to know the authorities were always rnoit anxious to extend. Tbe outrages and robberies they have endured have not impaired their devotion to our caus?, nor increased their love for the beastly tavader. They are hopeful, and ever ready to co-operate with the authorities in the defence of the -country. Our red allies, tb-? Cherokee ludians, are spoken of aa rendering good service. They ore true asateel to the Confederacy ; and notwithstanding Federal agents have been among thera, making alluring premises, tbey stand firm, and are ever readjr to take the war pitu at the command of " Will' Stekee "us tbey call Colonel Thoma3. . The late raid into Clay and Cherokee was under taken by the Yankees purtly for the parposa ol pre venting the enrollment of conscripis in those counties. In this they succeeded, but vamosed i'mmedfaicfy upon hearing cf tbe approach of cur troops. From up the Road. We learn from Capt. Brown, of the Pioneer Express company, who arrived lat night from Columbus, that through tba untirirg labor and energy of Major Jb'ieming and Mr. Frezeniu3 on thu Mobile and Ohio railroad, the two miles will be com pleted to Tibbee statioa to day, and that it ia probabL tbat a train will go up as far aa Columbug tbia or to morrow evening. The regular mail train, it is report ed, will start positively for Columbus junction ou Mon day evening. lie eays the damage to the road by the Yankees was very great and the workrof repairing it, owing to the scarcity of materials and labor, has been very great. Mobile Tiibune, 25tk tilt. OB1TOAU.Y. Died suddenly iu camp nsar Orceiivilie, L'iit County, on the 27th nit., Capt. JOHN A. UIOHARDS'lN, of Woyne county, &s;ed 34 years. The death ot this estimable maa ia aa ovnt m-uked by more than ordinary solemnity; and i s announcement eendH a thrill of sorrow to many hearts. In the flush of manhood and the vigor of health ; in the fullnebaof his uafu'cet-B. and in the midst of 60 muck that promised and proffered happiness, he is in a morneut snatched away, leaving a young and devoted wife with one child to bewail her irre parable bereavement, and a large circle of relatives ard friend to deulore his loss. The deceased wa in perfect health up to within fifteen mfnutps cf hia death. Hi r:-' mains wre brought to Goldsboro' and inferred on tho 30th with Masonic honors. Ilia fuaeral sermon wan preached by th Kev. A.W. Mangum of the AiethodintlSpisc opal Church, of wLich the deceased wa a cocaistent member, to a .ik( concouree of citizens a&d soldiers, who te&t.&ed by their presence, their sincere repect for the memory of tho de ceased, and their sorrowing fjmpuihy tor hi turviviiiff friends. In his life was exhibited a rare combination of every good and ennobling quality of mind and her.rt. I am awure that tbe pen cf friendship is n-tually profuse ia it lauda tions cf the dead, aid tbe indiscriminate pmi-o of news paper obituaries, is commonly regarded as fulsomo p;i ncg)ric. Bat wb.3Q 1 Bay that he was urbane and ailiiblc in his deportment, cocueientons and upright in bin doming, and generous and noble in principle, I but reiterate what all who knew him wi'l confess. His tupeiior mf-ntal endowments were only known to thone who er j yed hia nareaerved intimacy ; truly modest and diffident, lit-, shrank from any display ot his accomplishments. iSiccere 'and houaat, he was great without pride, brave without rash ness, anl intelligent without tke pedantry of learning. In the elements of aia character, all that U lovely aad exalt ing in our nature waa united, all that ia vicijua and de grading was banished, " X combination and a form inded Where every god did stem to set Lb seal, To give the world assurance of a man," Capt. Biohardion entered the military serviva in th. Bprincof 1862 as 1st Lieutenant of. a Cavalry Company commanded by CapJ. Kennedy, cow Lieut. Colocel of tho regiment. Oa tke promotion of Capt. Kennedy to the Majority, the dkceased was commrsiioned Captain of the Company, in which position Le fahhfuliy served hia coun try to the kour of his sadden and melancho'ly death. lie was once taken prisoner by beine thrown from his karso ia a skirmish with -tke enemy near Waskingtoa, but rc mained in captivity but a short time betore ha succeeded ia mskisg good his escape by a gallant exploit of himscli aud many ether cfticer in taking possesion of tie Steamer Mapleleaf," oa which they they were embarked for a transit to some Northern bastils. No man was more ardently devoted to the cause of his country than he wan. Ia a letter to the writer of this humble and imperfect tribu'o to his memory, dated March 18thtonly nine ciai s pri ir to hit death, he used the folio w-iag language : Berore the Bcutu shall submit to any teims of peace which do not guarantee her complete and permanent independence, I am for continuing the war forever." Patriotic, valiant and chivalrous in life he has passsd away, nobly crlerinj; his life a sacrifice upon the altar of his country. Though he did not fall by the casualties of battle, he fell at hij post with lis armor on, a martyr to liberty. Aa was said but a short time since of a near relation, "hfs war ia end ed, and he now lies cold and motionless," a picket oil da'.y forever? Nc more will he hear tLe musketry 'b rattle or cannon's booming roar. "Calmly He sleeps beneath the sod, His Ust parol is done, Home with his bleeding country's God, Ilia last great battle's won." Ealeigk Confederate please eopv and send bill at once to Journal office. John B. Larklns S Wife, E. I., vt. In Equity. New Hunover County Fall Term, 1863. Patrick Murphy, Adm'r, with the will aanexed. and John Miller, Executor of Chas. Hen ry, deceased. ) Bill to Account. flUild CASE COMING ON, to be heard upou the bill JL and answer to P. MurDLV. And ii appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that John Miller, Executor, and one or tne ueiendaats, is a non-reuiueui: u is inererore ordered that nnblication be made in the Wllmiszton Weekly Journal fur six weeks, notifying said Miller to appear at the next term of this Court, at the Court Haune iu the Town of Wilmington, on the fourth Monday after the fourth Mondav in March 18G4, and then and there plead, answer or demjr, or juugmBut wiu oa iaseu iivvwimmiw him. . . . . Teste : A. M. WAUuam viers: a M. m. per H. A. ACiG, vepaty ciera.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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