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THE WILMINiTONJOURNAL. ..rnrcantatlons of Fact! Appeals Journal'' .ttdcB araong Soldiers, . FKrKKB recently remarked to us upon the terrible ea meness of the newspapers. From the first to the last column the topic was war. And he was right. It is war. War i3 in all men's thoughts and in all men's mouths. If any one enquires the news, it is news of the war that he msans. Tha firat part of a paper that ia read, is the telegraphic column with dispatches from the battle field. At the beginning men loved the ex cite rr.eat they delighted in rumours. Now people are terribly in earnest. They want the truth. They want nothing more end nothing les3. Under these circum stances it appears to U3 to be the duty of the preBS to seel: that first. Reports it must give, for the telegraph will bring reports, and rumours, more or leES reliable will ba received from other quarters. To sift thesa ru mours, to weigh testimony and to give an intelligent and intelligible resume of occurrences, and of the exist ing position of affairs, is rrhaps the most acceptable service that a journal can render to its readers As in matters of news, eo in matters of opinion, men ,'seeTs or ought to seek reality, plain speaking, coolness and candor. This is no time for "pitching in," or pitch ing out for making partizm appeals for this man or 4 gainst that man. It i3 no time for appealing to any rejudice, nor for addressing any particular class or calling of men. A paper is publiBhtd for the whole community. Its ezi3tenc3 depends upon the supposi tion that it ia so, and that its aim is the public good, for upon no other ground could the exemption of even the few persons engaged in carrying it on be asked for ,, or justified. Most honestly do we doubt the moral light of Congress to exempt any partieB for the pur pose of carrying on mere pergonal -organs, engaged al most wholly in tne advocacy or personal claims. Tl.csc remerks, cs applying to sash organs in this State, may eccm harsh. But are they not correct ? Of course we apply them to the organs, not to the in dividuals engaged in their nfittipulation. Different persons may lave different ideas cf duty, and we con cede to others the ttime right we claim for ourselves. Still v. catLCt reconcile with cur notions of the duty of a journalist lhe constant effort to present ev;ry fact in a partizan light, cr to bring forward every circum Btanc2 with r. direct reference to its bearing upor? the political fortunes of some particular individual or can didate. The public had primary claims upon the press. It has a right to all the information the press can prop erly communicate, without colorirg or evasion. Articles addressed to particular interests, appeals to men ac cordit g to certain assumed classifications, we have alw&jsiegarded as dangerous in their tendency, and not nnlrequently insulting to those they are design ed to flatter cr cajole. Freemen in our country may b3 tall or short, fat or I?aD, strong or weak, without being any the less freemen. So may they difler in worldly clrccmstarces, and still be equally freemen. It would be 03 afciurd, cs much opposed to the spirit of our institutions, to array the poor against the rich or the rich against the poor, as it would be to array the long men against the short men, or the fat men against the lean men. These are accidents of stature or of worldly circumstances, which in nowise effect the real matter. What is true and right in itself is true and right by whomsoever it is read and heard, and it would be none the Ues eo were all the world to refuse either to read it or to listen to it. Broad plain truths are useful and wholesome and good for all. Appeals to classes or Ectioca are dangerous and unpatriotic. Key, they tre insultirg, bb suggesting the existence of a real or euppesed difference and half hinted inferiority, where none such 13 fairly presumeable. A good many roldiers or, speaking more accurately, a good rrany citizens cow in military service, take our paper. "Would that we could publish it at prices that it would render it convenient fcr more to do so. Some of our army subscribers are officers ; others, and the large majority are net. They are all citizens. What is for the geed of the country is for 'their good ; what ia opposed to the good of tha country is opposed to their good. And, indeed, the converse of this proposi tion may b3 r yarded as pretty applicable ; the good of the soldiers is the good of the country and the evil of the soldiers ia the evil of the country, since the best blood of the whole country is ia the army. Is an army constituted like thrt of the Confederacy to ba regarded or addressed cs in any way differing from the country at large of which it forms so important a part ? We think not. We certainly have never popposed so, and have never thought cf writing appeals to soldiers as Each, upon political matters, and we have regretted to pec such appeals coming from any qiarter. Especially hnve we regretted to sea any appeals calculated to awaken prejudices or create antagonisms between citi zens holding commissions and citiz3ns not holding com missions. We all know that all cannot be officers, as we also know tLat the brunt cf battle must fall upon the rank or.d file, while at the same time the history of tbe war shows how freely the officers have exposed themselves ard offered up their lives for their country opon every occasion. Perfect harmony between cfScers end men is very essential to the efficiency and weil-beirg ct tbe army, and is, of course, of vital importance to the Euccess of the cause which all are battling for. That anythjng tending to weaken this harmony, or to create distrusts between persons oc cupying different positions in the service, can only be productive cf evil, every man of common cense will see for himself. Now, we regret to notice that there is an effort to create such distrust in the ranks of our army to set the soldiers agaiEBi the officers and the officers egainst those who are not officers to hold out the idea that one candidate for Governor is the friend of th6 soldier the private and that the other is not. To insinuate that because A. B., who happens to be an officer, chocses to support Gov. Yakce, therefore O. D., who happens to be a private, should waivo his own private jud gmcnt, and cut "of blind spite against his offiotr sup port Mr. IIoldx. We think that the worse than folly of this thin j requires enly to bo pointed out to be con demned. We vill not insult the common sense of any of our readers ia or out of the army, whether effirs or privates, by arguing such a thing. Yet such a course of electioneering is carried on, directly and indi rectly ; and, we regret to say, not without its effect Mr. Hglden is represented as the exclusive friend of the private soldier, and a prejudice as between soldiers and cfScers is sought to be evoked in his behalf. If as package of Standards or Progresses does not reach it destination, it is charged to the tyranny of the offir . . of the. Confederate Government, or some such thing; and this in face oi the fact that every paner in the SUf and cut of it receives from its subscribers in the army and, for that matter out of the army, the same kind of complaints. We are making no appeal for Governor Vance nor against Mr. Holdkn. We are Bimpiy objecti to this 01 electioneer. It is wrong. 7t is lt is unpatriotic. It ought not to be resorted to. We would condemn it, o matter by which aide it might ll candid. Both these afpi rants fcr public favor are deBirous of the votes of the soldiers ard cfall ethers. Let themtfj ground,. We will not argue that Goi LS the exclusive friend cf the private soldier, although he himself was a private eoldier and entered tte T7 1 e as Euch, and his competitor never did.. ' We will -cot. I call in question, Mr. Ucxdkn's riasors for r ot. doing eo. No doubt they were satisfactory to himself. Bat in the course of the two men, thrre is nothing to show that Governor Vakck has neglected the interests of the soldiers, but much to show that te has remembered them. If Mr. II old en has made any record in this re spect, it has been cor fined to words, and some of these words have appeared to us to be dargerous and unpa triotic We have from tima to time expressed our preference for Gov. Vancb, and given our reasons for this prefer ence. If these reasons have an v forte thev derive it y from considerations apart from anything Lke appeals to the prejudice of any class, section or farty. They are based upon grounds of a public and general char acter, in which all officers, soldiers and civilians are alike interested. We are sick of appeals and dema gogueism. We should think that the people would also be bythis time. Now, at least, men and measures, can didates and their acts, should be looked at with clear eyes and unwarped judgments. We had the pleasure yesterday forenoon of Beeing Col. McK ethan of the 51st Reg't N. C. T. (Cling man's Brigade) on his way to Fayetteville, he having been severely, but, we trust, not dangerously, wounded in the face in the action near Petersburg on the evening of Friday the 1 7 th instant. In that action Clingman's brigade behaved with the most conspicuous gallantry, a3 did also other portions of our troops. We have General Clixoman's testimony to the marked services of Col. McKetean and his re giment. Lt. Cel. W. S. Devakb of the Cist fell about the same time with Col. McKetean, while rendering most gallant and valuable service. II13 wound is through the shoulder, a Eevere wound, but not, it is be lieved, dangerous. We could ill afford io lose euch a man as Col. Devane. Captain Fa auk Egberts, of Fayetteville, a noble soldier, fell instantly killed. A lit of the casualties in the brigade, a? far as hear 1 fi oni will be found in our paper to-day. Lieutenant McKwhan of the same regiment, shot through 'the thigh, also accompanied his brother, tie Colonel, to their home in Fayetteville. We trust that both will scon b3 restored to health and usefulness. The great loss sustained fcr a time by our North Carolina troops was due to the giving ,way of some brigades or parts of brigades on their right not North Carolinians. Whete they hailed trom wo prefer not to state. Our readers may draw their inference by never finding their name3 in the Virginia papers. Daily Journal, 2 2d. Approaching War In ISurcpa. Soae of our cotemporaries at th e South appear to lean to the opinion that Europe is on the verge of a general war. This opinion appears also to receive some measure of countenance from the speculations in the latest European papers which wc havo Eecn, v.hich are up to the middle of last month. At present the question cf the Danish Duchies is that which is supposed to be most immediately threat ening. The two leading German Powers, Austria and Prussia, having plainly showed their contempt for the Diet and for the minor States, and as plainly proclaim ed themselves to be Germany, have also, in the absence of efficient opposition from the Wtstern Powers, under taken to settle the Danish and other questions to suit themselves. Their war upon Denmark has only the justification of superior force. Austria, which is not half German, and Prussia, which has millions of Polish subjects, are poor repressnfatives of German unity. If it is wrong for Denmark to hold a little Dachey or two, which have been attached to her crown before Austria was more than a petty Dukedom, cr Prussia had ceas ed to be a vassal of Poland, how is it right for Austria to hold over thirty-six millions, of whom not more than eight millions ore Germans, cr Prussia to hold one -fifth of her population of a ncn-Germanic race? These powers are the defenders cf the rights of race, who " i. 1" l . 1 1 TT 1 j - cist upun separating oieswig ana xioisiein irom ucn mark to whose crown they have been for centuries at tached, the Kicgs of Denmark being also Dakes of Sleswig and Hoi stein ! But Austria and Prussia would seem to hava gone rather too far to have shown themselves disposed to car. ry things with a high hand, and to have thus aroused the fears and jealousies of the western powers. What Louis Napoleon will do we cannot say. He will try to be master cfthe situation. lie will rule his own counsels and he will keep them. The case ia England is differ entQueen Victoria is carried Off by her preference for her German relations, and the German relations of her late husband. Prince Alb set, whose prfjadces, the adopts and intensifies, not only upon that but on other subjects, as for instance, his anti-slavery proclivities and strong antagonism to the Confederacy .In her policy up on the Danish question she runs counter to tha w ishes of her people and places her .responsible adviers in as most unpleasant position. While England protests against the Austro-Prussian aggression, England's Queen draws closer the ties of intimacy with Prussia, thus giving to the Government cf that country the assurance that whatever may bs said by England, nothing will bo done that Court inflaense can prevent. Things would appear to have come to a point. The people of England arc tired ,c f the coursa of the Qieen, and they say eo. The responsible ministry of Great Britain must manage these affairs and not mere court cliques or queenly whim. Prince Albert was not King, even while living, and will hardly be permitted to rule from his grave. II Lord Jonn Russell and Lord Palmerstok continue to submit to the Germanic end not British policy insisted on by the Queen, thsv -wiil prooaoiy nnd themselves ousted by Parliament. If they do not so submit they are likely to receive their congee irom V ictoria Eegina, &c. If they send fleets to the Baltic to prevent the Austro-Prnssian flsets from ca tering the Danish sounds it will amount to a declaration of war. If they do not, it will amount to a national hu miliation. Such is the present situation, or rather, as we should say, the predicament. It is tangled and twisted suffi ciently to render its disentanglement a matter of con siderable difficulty, but hardly a case demanding the arbitrament of war. Louis Napoleon dislikes, almost dreads, the idea of isolation, and will not move without knowing his ground. Should ha fiad Eagland and the other powers involved, then he will hold thz vantage ground of neutrality, and will ba enabled to select his own ground, and choose his own means for bringing about such a settlement as will be most conducive to his own interests and irflaen'.-e. Hon. Ardbew Ewlno, a leading lawjer and politi cian cf the State of Tenne ssee, and at one time a mem ber of the TJ. S. Congress from the Hermitage district (GeneralJackson's) died in Atlanta, Georgia, at 2 o'clock on Friday afternrn, after a brief illnes?, at tie age of about fifty years. Since the breaking; cut of the war Mr. Ewt. hRA been serving in the Southern atmy on the staff of Gen eral Forrxst, of General Bragg, and subseauantly of orator, a statesman and a patriot. A Double Virtue. A friend suggests that Mr. MioraiNGKB'a withdrawal from the head of the Treas ury Department will, like the quality of mercy, be twice bless d, or lika the quality of wit in another part of SHAKSPBAM-a works, it will not only be an evidence of rangnation on the part of Mr. Mkmminoxr, but will be the cause of resignation on the part of very many of hia fellow-citizsna, all of whom will be very much re eigned to his withdrawal from the Dost he Our friend adds that he ia resumed, and add. tht that oatter Mr, M? Bight fcaYe g0M joDg ago. Pafereburg. It may be that while we write shot and shell are busy around the devoted city of Petersburg, for Gbant has commenced M a new campeign against Richmond " oa the -South-side of the James River, and has transfer redthe bulk of his forces to this side. Tbe attack on Petersburg will probably be made from City Pom1-, -as that is on the same aide of the Appomattox with Pe tersburg, namely, the lower or Southeastern Bide. Grant probably thinks that Petersburg is the key to Richmond, and with his accustomed activity bis blows will fall thick and fast, with a view to the capture of that city. Rapidity of movement is one element of military suc cess that Grant evidently possesses in a large degree. With what other elements it may be combined, render ing it rather a source of weakness than of strength, we do not now propose to consider. Oae thing 1s certain: Unless opposed by more than usual ability, Grant is a dangerous man, ac the very audacity of his movements may snatch victory almost by accident. To say that he fcund Petersburg weak, is to. give no information to the eaemy. He has measured the strength of our works, for he has been in part of them and fcuod them wanting. For this no blame can at tach to General Beauregard, for he has baeu in com mand there too short a time to enable him to make any due preparation in the way of permanent works. Tbe works deft-wling Pfcter&brirg on its City Point ap proaches, do not seem to have amounted to much. The enemy certainly h-s gotten within shelling distance of a portion of the city and ha3 shelled it, with more or less destruction to property and danger to life. We do not think he cu maintain himself, but tbe hardest fighting of the war may jet ba looked for within sight and sound of the Ooekada City. Grant, keeping bis eye oa Richmond, will leave nothing undone to capture Petersburg, since to fail at the weaker place would be to confess the folly of attacking the stronger. We are happy to know that Petersburg stiil stands, and is likely to stand. We suppose the " new cam paign " on the Southside will last until Grant has ex hausted ali tha resources of his strategy and realized the failure of the a all. Who shall say what may next occur ? Why, Grant may fly off at a tangent, if his own official head has not already fallen, and make a dash at both Wilmington and Charleston. That, how ever, is a remote can :ingency. An admitted failure at Richmond ends the military career of Lieutenant Gen eral Grant, heccj his impatient flying around to con ceal anything that might ba construed into such admission. We hava been permitted to see a letter from an offi cer in the 5l3t N. C. T , written oa the 17th. In the action on the night of the 16tb, as well as on the mor ning of the 17tb, the Cisiialties in tha regiment were very few ; not over ten or twelve. Oa that occasion Hancock's corps attacked tha line held by Hoke's di vision, but were easily repulsed. There had been no regular fighting oa tha morning of the 17th up to the time when the letter was written. Only skirmishing. No one from thi3 immediate section is mentioned among the hurt. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, wc heard a re port that Col. Devane, of the 61st, had been mortally wounded in a fight then going on. We trust not. We will soon hear more. Daily Journal, 2l$t inst. Susp3i1oii ef Hi Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. Congrtbs having failed to re-enact the law authori zing ths su.'pecsicn of the privilege of the writ of Ha beas Corpus, that law falls to the ground by its own limitation, ia August next. But not eo the political howl that has been raised over it. We only hope that events soon to be developed may not show that Con gress, in lulling to re-enact tha law , were wanting in firm: Vue, firmness and prudence, if not also in patriotism. It is , there was much clamor against it, and it was na- 1 that there should be. The country at large could hot appreciate its necessity, from the fact that the pe culiar circumstances that called it forth were of a na ture that could not ba made public without giving in formation to tha enemy that might be dangerous to the country. Thus the great body of the people, tha pa triotic and unsuspecting people, taw a valued pririlege saspended without adequate explanation or daa assign ment of reasons showing the necessity of such suspen sion. It was trua that the position of the country ren dered such explanation in-possible for the time being, and a little reflection upon this fact might have stilled the tumult, and at lease led to a suspension of judgment until such time as judgment could ba formed in view cf a full knowledge of tne facts. But it will naturally suggest itself to tha mind that there were those who knew or suspected reasons that could not publicly be gned ; who eaw or thought they saw that their own crcud designs and factious courses must be put a atop to, even if their own personal safety and comfort should not be seriously interfered with. These people, in the absence of information which the Administration could not give consistently with a due regard t0' the public interests, set themselves to work to poison the public mind with suggestions of treason against public liberty, of tyranny and wrong. They worked cautiously and adroitly. They enlisted the pride or vanity of all those who wsre and are in clined to take effinca at any thiog about which they are not consulted, or the details of which are conceal ed from them, no matter what the necessity of such concealment. The turmoil was renewed, increased, in tensified ; reflection wa3 prevented ; no suspension of judgment was possible ; demagogucism grew rampant and latent trait oris m exulted in the prospect of im munity. Much, of course, depends upon the progress of the great military events now going on near Richmond or in Northern Georgia. Let these things turn out fa vourably, and faction and treachery will lower their kpne, or become impotent for evil. On the contrary, W3aster or eveQ the W of dsta? overtake our arms, and tbe people at large the patriotic and loyal Southern people will not need that Congreea or the administration should assign to them reasons for the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. Thesa reasons wia then be patent to all, and, literally, "plenty as blackberries." It has bet n noticed as a something without precedent that a ball should fall anywhere near Gen. Joseph E. Johnston without finding him out, and yet such a thing: occurred when the lamented Lieutenant General Polk was killci on the 14th near Marietta, for Genera1 Johnston was in the group of which General Polk formed a part. These who are fond of drawing infer ences, or apt al discerning omens will perhaps find oc casion for a display of their engenuity in thesa respects, for qur.own part we have no leanings that way, and only notice the fact as a fact that has attracted atten tion. Foe the first time since the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, it is probable that the balance of pris oners is on the side of the Souththat is, that the South holds more prisoners captured from the North than the North does of prisoners captured from the South. But still there is no exchange, for the reason that the Southern prisoners in Northern hands are sol diers for the war the Northern prisoners in Southern hands are not. The time of many of them has already expired, and that of more is soon abon.t to expire. The North see3 its advantage ia failing to carry out the provisions of the carte?, and therefore, as might have been expectfjd, it fa.ils to carry them out. Many of the Northern .prisoner?, aa we bays esen, are, no LVsi longer soldiers in Lincoln's army ; neither are they, in many cases, natives of the Northern States." They are simply " Irishmen " or " Dutchmen." They are not evn negroes they are only white men. What does Lincoln or Seward care for them ? The Atlanta papers of Saturday bring na literally nothing new from the armies now confronting each other north of Marietta. The lines are near eacn otn- r. There is plenty of skirmishing, and our men are presented as in excellent health and spirits and eager fnr the'frav. which the capers and their correspondents think cannot long be deferred. To these speculations we do cot attach as much importanca aa we once did since they have been repeated so often without being borne out by the result. If the battle u to be deliver ed before the enemy get to Atlanta, it must be done in le:s than twenty miles from the present positions of the opposing armies, for twenty miles will put them within cannon shot of the steeples and houses of that city. fltX. For the Journal. Can focj thine apcear stranger to a man up a tree than the spit ful iaibecilitj of th couree pursued to some blockada runners by the Port authorises or wumingioD unless perhaps it be the weakness or tne Military aumon tics that enfier the frightened crones to require of them support in a policy bo manifestly opposed to the interest of the rest of tbe country, in the we:l being or us soiaiers in the field? We haye th:s oourse is the re3ult of fear htather than of that icyalty the Federals sti'.l claim from so audi of the 41 Old North State' Some of ns are in " the trade " not for the purpose of making money, feeing we receive only our regular pay as GoverEment tCoers, and carrjjaothing except for uovern meiit, whioh unfortunately has made us no allowance for propitiating the municipals ; and after struggling through the usual difficulties of intricate navigation, in dark nights, hard work, and anxious vigilance tp escape xanKee cruisers, .e get Into a Confederate port to find, instead of weicoma and eld. numerous ancojanceB, questioning eur veracity, and loyalty to our native country, and restrictions that alnooFt prevent success in the undertaking. These we only wonder at, but finding we are about to losa a moon bv the detention, we represent tha case at EichmoDd and soon aflsr receive permission to come up, aa if to get ready for another trip, but arrived at the wnarr, find oureelvea cloo prisoners under a guard of soldiers, that miefct (we think) do better service now at Petersburg, and who, taking possession of the ship, prevent the accom plishment of the very object of cur comug to the city ne' fore the expiration of the quarantine. 7e think a eood deal more than we say about the wis dom of exclndine us froai the city, while the bacon and other such cargo from Kassau, and the stevedores, who alone haadle it in the hold of the vessel, ciroulate freely thronsh the streets. . And, by the way, could the HeaUh Officer of Nassau get one whiff .from several of these same streets, he wou:a justly quarantine vessels going from here a month. Wo trust the Navy Hepartment will allow us a small ap propriation for the purchase of wherewithal to obtaia the purification we tee, with our lorgnettes, given to a Hteam er which left Nassau three days after ua. ' COQUETTE." In giviDg a place to the above, we cannot but dis sent wholly from its tone, temper and Inierences. TUe Quarantine aeainat points South of certain de grees of latitude has been enforced here every year but one within the memory of any of our resident citizens. We will not appeal to tbe oldest inhabitant, since we cannot designate birr, but we will say thi3 of our own rCnowle1ce, about the year when it was not enforced: Then, im the first time in 41 years we were surj-ciea to the ravages of a fearful epidemic; such an one as we nrav to be delivered worn ever witnessing again. We cannot believe for one moment that our local au thorities are instigated by anything like spite in fram ing and enforcing the quarantine regulations of our port. Still less do we believe them or any of them capa ble of teiog " propitiated " in the manner hinted at The military authorities here, we presume, are able to answer for themselves. They generally are. The town of Wilmington has given too mush of her blood to leave any doubt of her loyalty. This much in explanation. It must, however, be ronfeeeed that there are cases occurring: here every day hhich not only look hard, but are eo, and we may add that tbe case of the writer of the above communication is one of these. It is, however, one of many which we cannot pretecd to judge of, and our motive now is no to make an issue, but to attract public attention, with a view to a remedy, if such ba practicable. Our cor respondent feels Etrongly, and as a consequence express es hiineelf barEhly, and as we think unjustly, though we believe him wholly incapable of intentional mjastice. We have often, since ' the war commenced, heard expressions like tha following "Th3 euemy were lit erally decimated. Ona . half of their column lay before our works killed or wounded." Now, to decimate a force i s to take one out cf ten. It is derived from a Latin word meaning literally ten, and was originally and properly used when for soma reason of real or sup posed military law or necessity, one out of every ten of any military corps was sentenced to military execution, the usual plan being to draw lots for those who were so to Eufi;r. To slay one cut of ten, is to decimate to slay one out of two, three or fozr, is a very different thing. Why will cot newspaper writers sometimes think ? We Icara that Captain Milleb, of the Wilmington Ivght Artillery, better known as Moore'a Batteryfbas been slightly wounded in the head. The orher Wil minston boys in the Baftery are safe. This comes from Cantain Miller himself to hii family. This bat tery has been doing gallant service on the Southside. Perhaps our readers may not have reflected upon tbe fact that this is ihe 22d day of June, and therefore about as lorg a day as we are in the habit of seeing in thesa la'itudes. Daily Journal, 22d. ' The following letter has been received from Mojr Wright, by a gentleman in this town, and as it con tains many matters of interest, has been kindly placed by him in our hands, with permission for its publica tion Camp 66th Regiment,") liattlheld near (iaines Mill, 0 miles from Richmond, Va., June 6th, 1864. , Esq., Wilmington, N. O. My Dear Sic: I know the interest you felt. in the welfare and reputation of the late Alex. DMoore. Col onel of this regimentnot merely aa a'connestion of your family, but his qualities as a soldier. Cognizant, perhaps more inau tux uiuo ui iuo particulars 01 nis death, I have thought it appropriate to furnish them to yon and to his deeply afflicted family, with whom I communicated at once by the telegraph.. Friday morning at daylight, June the 3rd, the ene my opened his fire upon ub from his right to his left. We soon ascertained that it was not a mere demonstra tion upon any particular point of supposed weakness, but the actual carrying out of a well digested, well-considered plan of attack. Tbe fire ran down our lines from left to right like the keys of a piano, and to tbe sharp crack of our rifles was added the roar of artillery as it joined in the wild music of the hour the carnival of death. The battalion of Lt. Col. Eglison's Vir ginia Infantry, immediately on our right, gave way and yielded with scarcely more than a show of resis tance, and their flag waa captured, as also a piece of artillery in their rear. Our right flank was thus ex posed, but fortunately Finnegan'a Florida troops were: immediately in reserve and they dashed up in gallant; style, retook the battery, and aided by the flank fire of the rt"ht wing ofthe 66 th regiment, captured and slaughtered tbe whole charging force. They were Vir ginia Pierpont troops under an Ohio Colonel. They came up in better spirit than that which seemed to an imate the bosoms of those who were put there to oppose them, and but for the prompt response of the reserve,' and tbe deadly .fire of this regiment, serious results I might Lave followed; as it was, they fell before us like! autumn leaves, and the crest of the hill is now darken ed with the Yankee dead. Before the 17th regiment, the enemy met a similar repulse and there, they still lie festering in their wounds Tbe prisoners captured bv the 17th N. O.. say that theirs was the only one of 16 regiments that could be forced to the charge, the others incontinently flying or refusing to De iea 10 tne slaughter. That Grant had charged them so much to the death music of our Con federate rifles, that tneir prestige was gone and they were demoralized. They were glad they were prisoners, &c. This was our status, our. situation, every thing quiet along the lines, save tbe congratulations which follow success, when Col. Moore came to my wing and commenced one of those gay, pleasant conference which characterized our daily intercourse. We were talking and laughing together, wben he changed his position to give an order or take an observation, his breast jast above the parapet, when he eeled heavily and fell expiring into my arms from the remorseless bullet of a Yankee sharp shooter. He turned his eyes upon me; they spoke, though his lips moved not, and I knew from that look which I can never forget, that death had done his work, and in lesi than one minute, the soul of the brave, generous, chivalrous Moora had sprung from the service of his country to his God. He was much my junior I never knew him till the organi zation of this regiment but since Aug. 3rd, 1863, we have been daily thrown together and our confidences and social relations have been both pleasant and unre served. His was a military education, and to the en ergies of a strong and well ordered mind, he addled the love and enthusiasm for his piofession, and here were precious few men in whose judgment I would more readily cocfiJe. 'Being his senior, he was daily ia the habit of consulting or rather confenng with me npon matters for the good and esprit du cops of our om mand, and this gave me opportunities to know whereof I speak. I have never been long d.ceived in my esti mates of my associates, and in the retrospect which this sad event, this calamity calls up, 1 can say I never knew a braver, more chivalrous man. Of delicate and refined sensibilities himself, he ac.orded them to others, and to the stern quality of the soldier, he brought the charm of social converse, heightened as it was by educa tion and a love of a chaste and enoblmg literature. 1 never knew him to utter a profane word or enjoy an impure sentiment coming from any one, however inti mate. He had endeared himself to this regiment, and when I announced bis death, there was sorrow in all our lines and when I felt the warm pres sure of his hard ab he struggled with the grim monster Death, wiped the deatb damp gathering on his brow, and closed bis eyes in death, I could without undue weakness or unmanly emotion join in tbe heart-moving sympathy of David f Jr the loss cf his friend" l am distressed icrtnee.my Droiuer Jonathan, very pleasant hast thou been unto me." He was not merely brave, but he was even gay in battle. I never saw but one like him in this regard, and that is Adolphos Munroe, of Bladen County, his Sergt.Mojir, whom th6 Col. thoucht as brave a lad aa he ever saw, and who, in a night assault the next evening, was shot in thQ neaa oy a minnie oau, icugmg m ma jw t!u m flicting a most painful, if not dangerous wound. You heard ot the asbault of Thursday night on the 8th N. C. regiment, commanded by the brave, amiable nnd intrenid Lt. Col. Jno. It. Murcbison, of Cumber land County. I have never gotten tbe particulars, only that from a gap or interval on his left, his flank WaS lUrnea UOU UlU ICgKmm, wcaacucu u'y iuu uuv m- daous services, could not withstand the shock, and in rallying his broken line, amid the roar of artillery, he too yielded up his brave life to hi3 country and his soul to God. The soil of the Old Dominion is enriched with North Carolina blood. Her battle-fields have been rendered as classic as Salami's, Thermopy'a3, Mantinea or Leuctra. We have lost cur Meares, Wrights, Davis, Woosters, Branches, Gordons, Campbells, Huskes, Lutterlohs, our Purdys and Gordons, cur privates, brave and enduring, by the thousand, who sleep, many of them around me, while others both East and West, among the bills or on her plains, sleep quietly, pro foundly to the music of the purling brook or sott sigh irg pines of their own beloved State. One by one tbey have returned ; the casket you receive but its genial life is gone. Bat my friend, I fear tbe above rather sombre reflec tions, which take color from my present surroundings, socially considered, will mislead yen. I am bouyant, more so than ever cf our prospects. The enemy are demorarzsd, they know to charge us is to tbem certain, inexorable, rcmorsekss death. We sre here backing up every message, every public official act of our President for Peace every gun we fire, whether it ia beard in the sharp crack of our rifles, cr the thunder ot cur artillery, it is the same it is all for Peace. The gathering of all this immense, mighty host around this national centre but enforces an appeal for Peace which our enemies will not hearken to. But my frienl, before this battle month of June ends or autumn comes, there will, 1 believe, be peace wrung from the hands of defeat, and with God's good help, in hi3 good timp, it will come and come, I believe, quickly. We are passing through tbe identical toils which illustrated the lives and ennobled the hearts of your ancestors and mine. His tory is repeating itself, and we will Burely, in my de liberate, well considered judgment, attain the same ends the sama longed for goal. Let U3 all be checrlul, what i3 more, pate iolic ; let us forget ourselves, in the magnitude of public interests, and whether your son or I myself live to see it or not, it will come, und we will only have testified our devotion to a cause we all love and a State we will ncer dishonor. I have written in tht breastworks, In a broiling tropi cal sun 5 pardon errors if jou please. Hastily your friend, C. G. WRIGHT. For the Jo 'rual. At a meetinsc of Co. A, 40!h Keglaant N. C. T., held in Kenansville, Duplin ccunty, N- C, oa the IGth day of Juae, 1834, whereof Franklin rliryay wu Chiiranu, aad Sergt. Jas. A. Hinep, Secretary. The following Committee wai appointed: Lt. B. B. Vaaee, CorpL B P. Jones, Privates A. W. Whitfield, A. D. Hill and James Williams, who, after a brief absence report ed the following prearab'e and resolutions, which was unan imously adopted : WHSBSAS.lt becometh a people at all times and more especially ia these perilous timet?, to select their wisest and best men to legislate for them ; and whereas the well fare of the army materially depend) upon the manner in which it is represented ; aod whereas a soldier)' interest can only be properly understood and appreciated by a soldier ; therefore, Resolved, That the voters cf this 'Company from the county of Lenoir, being about sixty in number, respect fully recommend to our brother eoldiers from tha county, and our friends and relatives at home, II aj. W. A. Hol land, 40th Begiment N. C. T , as being eminently qialiflad to represent them in the Commons ot the Lest Legislature of North Carolina, and wo pledge him oar united sup port, Resolved furthtr, That a copy of these proceedings he transmitted to Maj. Holland (with a hope that he will con sent for hia name to be run) and also to the different Com panies from Lenoir, and to tha WilmiDgton Journal, Daily Htate Journal, Baleigh Confederate, Fayetteville Observer, Dally Progress ad Coaservative, with a request that they be published. FBANKLI2 HABVEY, Chm'n. J. A. Eima, Sec'y. For the Journal. Chkstibfiild Co, Va.,) June 15 tb, 1864. j Messrs. Acuiora I send jou an extract from Gen'l quarters Department N. C. and Sj cock's House. Jane 8th. 1864 : Orders Ho , Head . Virginia, dated Han VI. ''The commanding General ia pleased to notice the coolness and bravery exhibited by Private James P Pierce, of Camming' Battery. A 3 i-pounder shell from one of the enemy's Batteries havijg pierced the top of the earthworks and rolled under the trail ol the gaaa, rrivaie Pierce, with a presence of mind worthy of admiration, niftkAd ft nn and threw it nnaidn thfl ireichea belor the fuse had burnt sufficiently low to explode the shell." By command of WUBUU 01 Gen. BBAUBEGAHD. (Signed) J M. Otiy, A section of this Battery has been here since May 16th, in the trenches all the time, a few hundred yards from the enemy's heavy works. Vehave had freqient opportuni ties, night and day, of eogagicg the enema Bitteries, and the firing done by this section has elicited the admiration ot many, rue men are in good health and spirits. J. D. C. Returning Traops The 9th New York State militia have returned home, their three years' term of enlistment having ex pired. There were but one hundred and nineteen left, counting recruits, conscripts, and all. The regiment has had 2,200 on its rolls. In the present campaign it lost 209 killed and wounded, including the Colonel. The Pennsylvania reserves have returned to their homes, having been discharged on the 31st of May. The New York Times in announcing the return of the reserves says ; Of the filtecn thousand men who marched to the front about fourteen hundred and fifty return. Of orig inal general and line' officers few remain. Jn some regiments, tha 5th for instance, there is not an officer leit who went out with the command. Iu the 5th ev ery. officer has risen to position from rank to private. All tneColonela and Lieut Colonels, with one or two exceptions, tave either beei tolled or wounded. Tribute of IUiprct. At a meeting of th Krottmean Society, of iniliboro m A.., held Juno 4th, 184, the Society having heard of tha death 0: one of ita farmer members. Bert. MJ 0 T Weight, the following preamble and resol itionV wfl' OBnnioaoaKly adopted : 0 Ood has ordained that mn shall die ! Each In hk aB tha ,eo" roU by- liDa he shadowy hotta Sndffi.! frw 8oe,!Vhe "orning of life, whii" Ihiu i?k forWBrd wi.a Mgh hope to their convnj yrZ?tl rlt elr.,OW? y,ac h?a"" o erUh noble looffinn for the great butle of life, sink wearily by the w.y.ide -others in life's evening, when their iiAi.A. -WJ if r? ing form BiTe evidence that their earthly work i dona' Sn h ! 1J aWay 8aCh iS mQ'' PSS Wa feel, and we acknowledg the wiidom of the decren of Him who cannot err, and who doeth ail tbines well 2 we bow with humble resignation to hW will ; bat when those we love are taken from na, we cannot bat fe i . heartfelt, an nnspeakable sorrow. Bncb were enr feeling when informed of lh death of oar former comrade " well-beloved fellow member of this Socie'y, Ssrct. ui 0. T. Wright. mm j)r Brave, ardent and cMvalrcu. he gave hinwlf to H country's cve ere the shades of manhood had falionnJon his brow; jonng, gallant and devoted, ha jild,d nr. hi. life on the bloody field ot battlo. a willing sacrifice oa bat country's sacred altar. He waa high inioded. pare and manly, and we admired him; he waa open, reneronj atid cenfiding, and we lovtd him. Our feeble etljrts are ia competent to da jastice to hi rrany virtues, bnt we would endeavor to commemorate them. Theref ore be it Resolved, That in tha death of Sergeant Major C T Wright, tha Confederate States hive lo?t a soidier, pa triotic, loval and efficisnt a jomh ia every way we'l worthy of hi country. Resolved, lhat this Society has lost active and a zeal ous member, one whose energy tnd devotion in her serv;ce were always conspicuoui, one who did much to increase her honor nnd usefulness. Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased our sincere sympathy in this their hour of trial, and that we earnestly pray that a mere! uluod will give them strength to bear tbia heavy blow. Resolved, That a page of our Record Book be set anrt to his memory, and that this Preamble and U.cse K-uh- tiois be inscribed thereon. Resolved, That a copy of this Preamble and thcae s . lotions b? also sent to his sffl cted famitv. CLltfGMAN'S DRIGA.DK. L'NT&EKCUUXNTS JiEAR PKTBHStrKU, ) June 19ih, lsbt. ( Mr. Fditor : Please publish the following list of ci ail- ties in tbe fclst Regiment N. O. T., Clicgaian's BrigaJ , a'. Cold Harbor on the 12th, and around Petersburg on the ltjth,17th, 18th and 19th inht., Col. J amis D. liido.iHo, com manding : Field and Staff Wounded : Lt Uol w a Ujvane, uh ,u!- der, sevjrely. Co. a, Uapt Jaa ti ;ooinson, comraanaiDg. Killed : Privates S T Carroll and J J Kaowles. WoaaC- ed: Capt Jas H Robinson, io shoulder, slightly; Bgt Jai J McCalop, in arm severely; Corp 1 (J U Newton, id hajj, severely. Co. B, Capt Wm H litevenson, comtnanamg. Killed : Private Wm A Manning. Wouuded : 1st Ft Henry II Hill, in head, mortally; igt Jas T Kespiwa, in ami and shoulder, very slightly; Privates Taenia Edward, m shoulder, ver slightly; L D Manning, in head, very slight ly; Jacnb Windley, ia head, severely. Co C, Cipt Edward Mallett, commanding. Wounded : Samuel Koonce, iu leg severely; Jcs I'a3chil, in baud siightlv; Tnea Philips, in arm, severely. Co. D, Caot'N A Ramsay, commanding. Killed: J W Love. Wcunded: 1st Srgt E B Riaisay, ia breast severely; Kergt A H Perry, in face sligbtli; Love Crutchlield, iu neck very slightly; Oliver Whitehead, in el bow severely. Musing: James Thomss, Stephen Throer and James A Riddle. Co. E, Capt VV S Boyd, commanding. Killed: Jno J Boward and Isaac Brand. Wounded: Scrgt Pranklia P Uail, in head severely ; Perry Biizztrd in arm and breast severely; Henry fcl Deaver, ia head very Blht j; Thcs Hughes, in shoulder severe!;; William 11 Il!L.ec, in head severely; Bright Harper, in arm very sightly; felr wojd Jarnigan. in Lead very elifchily ; Jno L ilalpaia, tb-irh. very slightly; John H tikcen, ii arm, very slightly; (J Lug Stock, in hand, severely. Co. P, Capt W A Dai den, commanding. KUed : J T Garrias. Woundeu : Uray Webb, ia face severely. Captured: Bgt Goo It Owen, and Privarej J a iiufl and Stephen Rogers. Co G, Capt L L Keith, commanding. Wounded : Sgt J P E Hodges, severely. Missing : Lt A H Fennel! ; Privates Jaa Lewis, J B Boncy and J C ftew som. Co. H, Lt ? A Ehodea, commanding. Kilted : Nathan Brown. Wounded : Corp'l Deary Ever itt, in thigh, severely ; Abraham J Barnes, in arm, ver; slightly; Wm A Taylor, iu hand, severely ; Wm Ward, ia arm, Bi.ghtly; W B Ward, in thigh, severely. ('o- 1, Capt O C Parks, commanding. Killed : Granville Higgina and Harding Hollowjy Wounded : Capt O 0 Parka, ia neck and shoulder, rcnous lj; Abner Cheek, in breast, mortally; Win Hollow&y, 1. verely. Co. K, Capt B W Nobie, commanding. Wounded : Corp'l Fred Stanley, in hi ad, soverelj; David Craft, ia leg and hand, slightly; Jdsae Taylor, ia abdoineo, mortally. Musing: Private Colquitt Gillitt. Very -respectfully. Your moat ob t serv't, W. 8. PAISON, AJj'U List cf Casualties In lha li N. V. Cvalty, Ju .e The following is a list cf the casualties ia the Ght oa Baylor's Ka-m, Jaue 15th, 1864, in the 4th N. C. Cavdhy : Col D D Fercbeo, slight comusioa, left wm. Co B, Capt Jas T Mitchell comd'g Killed : Private Ja C Psps. Wouaded: Private Josepu Dhlard, through jiwtt, severely. Co U, Lt Jesse Wilder comd'g Wounded : Privates Geo Trowmii, in aide. Young Pace, slightly n hand. Co F, Capt J B Cherry comd'g Wounded : Scrt WA Holder, in thigh, captured. Co G, Capt D Bell comd'g Wounded : Private Josiah Upton, seriously ia leg ; Corp Dorsey Banderlin, slightly ia Bide. Co H, Lieut U M Williams comd'g Killed : Private W H Edwards. T. J MoOllC, q m Adjutant 4th N. C. Cavalry. Cumberland County Court. fkl Jane Term of the County Court tha following Taxes werffe&vieAf "v.'z : Bearestate, slaves, household and kitchen furni ture, cash on hand, titate, County aad Corpo ration bond, solvent debts due, capital ia cot ton and woolen factories, in Bteamboat cum- Sanies, amount of purchase cf cotton and to acco, value of horses, mules, cattlo and other live stock for sale, money inverted in every ottier species of trade or traffic, on the $100 valu&tion, SO ce::U On Polls $2 40 Dividends on manufacture of cotton aad woolen goods, leather, tobacco, andiron, 4 per ct. Dividends on railroad and steamboat companies, 4 per ct. Pre tits on purchase and Bale ot cwrn, iljur, ba con and ether provisions, salt, cotton, tobacco, leather, and naval stores,, 4 pa C. Dividends or profits received or due from mon jy invested La manuidcturing articles made cf leather, State, County, Bank and other cOiers, houses of 4 per ct. public entortaument, dagasrreotypisis, paint ers, &c, gold and Bilver watches, plae and j 3 welry, commission merdhants, produce bro- fieis, &c, auctioneers, pleasure vehicles, 2 per ct. Gold-headju cinee, ti eucb. bi:ver-headed canes, $1 etch. dtudd and jtcbs, ou titate tax .200 per C. Toll bridgeti aad ferries, oa receipts, 6 per ct. Trafiio in slaves, do 1 yerct. Piano?, ; $i each. Harps, $i ehcli. No to eh i ves, on receipts 20 per ct. Brandy distilled for sale, 2i)cts, per gallon. Profits on spirits bong it irom non-refcideuts,.. 40 per ct. Profiia on spirits bougut f.om reBideats 2) por ct. Ucgs, $1 each. 'iotal amount ol tax Ss9,l&3 tor diHereu'; uses f ;r couaty purposes, juit double State tax Observer. An AMUsisa Ikcidknt. Oae of the train Lan j ou tha Western aai Atlantic railroad whose mo'-h.'r wi by the late abvancs of Sjcrunn's forces on the line of the Road, thrown into the enemy's lines attempted, and succeeded in paying the old lady a visit, but oa his return, in passing warily through the woodi, he, at some short distance before him, discovered a stalwart Yankee with musket in hand, who at occa hailed him. Not understanding what the Yankee said, and not be ing armed to defend himself from so formidable af he4,made tracks" that is, ran from the Yankee 02 fast as his legs could carry him. Bat Yankee was oa! to be outdone ; he, too, ran, pursuing our trainband, fihoutinz at tbe top of tis voice tor him to stop oa: O ..... l j .ri ..r l.'l "niry stop am our uyiog inena matte, until mium bad fairly run him down.- (These Yavks can ran mach faster than our boys ) Terrified, te begged f jr his life. But what was hia surprise, when the Yaiik.e told him to take his musket, and lead him in as a de serter, into the Confederte lines that he was tired of the war, and wiihed to surrender to the rebels. H2 was, therefore, marched into our 'lines at Big shanty where, while "trainhand" was proudly narrating iu parlor of the hotel there tha gallant feat he bad perform ed in bringing in the deserting prisoner, Yank" wo3 amusing a number of persons in front of the Lo'Jse, with his account of the capture and, surrender, wbica caused no little meriment at the expense of our udvez tr,mna tr&inhand. who ia still, wa nm tnliL not a sore at his singular adventure, thoueh perhaps pleased at not being a prisoner himself. Atlanta lntelUgm- cer. A a thfl Var.W ,"s na mncS sunnrior to the (iCOgiaD at lying as he is in running, we are diapostd to credit the story of the trainnano, wnatever u ia. aavannan CutrfcT. Mr st a kes. A correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist writes from Richmond : a mor. others who have latelv fallen may De meu- tinnM (loi. Lawrence M. Keitt. whosa nam was once a houjebold word in the South. Tni gallant soldier was mortally wounded a few days since, while ndiog rlnwn hi. reeiment. between its fire and that of the ene my, and, alas I that it should ba so declared in his Ja hours that the ball wnicn sirucs mm chujo flA nf thpon rrncl railt.akCi that baV8 robbed ua so often and bq grievously before may here after cease to occur.
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