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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. CUNf KDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. ' . fa- " 71LMINQT0N, JT. C, THUBSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1SC4. Th Dally Journal A New Volume. To-day we enter upon the 14th volurag ot the Daily Journal. Twelve months more have rolled around leaving our town still tree from the presence of the en emy. "We trust that it may conticae eo to the end,, al though we cannot flatter ourselves with the hope of al ways enjoying that immunity from attack tula which we have been hitherto favoured. Still, even if attack ed we' do not despair of being able to weather the storm. ' "We reed hardly trouble cur readers with any refer ence to the tumble course of the Journal during the past twelve mouths. The pressure of the times has weighed heavily upon the newspaper business, and 'has compelled publishers to advance their rates from ticce to time, yet without being able to keep pace with the rise of everything else." There is no profit derivable from the" subscription list of ony paper at present rates. There will eoon be an actual loss. Of comec the ad vertising alcne sustains the publication. B till we are not complaining. "We Lave been eh: -tained most liberally, and appreciate highly the gene rcn3 Eupport which cur paper has always received and which it jbow receives. The pioneer of the daily prcis in Ncxth Carolina, itlo3 pursued the even tener cf its way, mak'tg less noise, perhaps, thaa Eorae other?, yet enjoy ing a large .nd steadily incrcasirg circulation and business. We will endeavour to make it Etiil mere worthy cf the public favour and of thai cot fi-j7i.ee w'jich has never bcc withheld from it. fietv Ittma. We are reluantly ccmpe'Ied to asnouu-je the ioilowinj: ratea cf fubscripticn to the Paily and Weekly Jocrsal : Daily Jcckxal. 6 months, 3 month3, 1 month (to soldiers on1?,) 4 6 months '. 10 8 months, , 6 No eubscrlption to either paper taken for auj t:'mc ua fier threa crcvereis zaoct!i3. Tfco only deviation from lhl3 ru?e Is ia the C;.ao ol Soldiers as s.novd stated. Daily Journal, 7'1 uiaU Relative rilcs. It altrajs p2in3 U3 when we find ourselves uodiir the necessity of ralnirg our rate3 of subscription cr adver tising. V'e know-that these rates lock high, d yet, relatively, they are still comparatively Iotvor.thaa the ruliug rates cf anjthicg which we have "to buy, cither in carrying on our business or in defraying our - Oyve private expenses. We rtcollect thut last week a g-jntleuian Trc; : ll iJ joicirg county complained that five dollars was cry high tor six mouth's fcubscriptioa to the Wuky Jour.x J.. We asked him what he had got f-i" baton : $5 50 pei -noucd lor bams. He acluaiiv no- more for vn: HuU A - - ! pound of the hind quarter of the anclcaa be. si tk.c J he was willing to give us for Eupp'jkg him wkh iV J products of our industry aud Ihe results of enr labe.t; j and our expenditures f:?r six months ; for our editor -1 als, cur telegrams, our correspondence, our news items, our miscellaneous selection?.. car poetical sc-lcctbns, cur grave molality fcr all thcee for ciz months he g:u lca ui sixteen ctmces of heg meat. Now that thing v,enJt do. We cannot i.fioid to work afr that rate. We musi Lava two poui.u-3 cf b:.- con at lerst fur u hall year's subscription to the weekly, and five pounds at feast fcr a half year's subscriplicn to ike daily. We mu3t get at least one pound cf crfhe, old R o, for six months' weekly . or two pounds cad a half or six months cf the daily. We have t ikcn account ot stock in the way o! com paring prlc:s, and the result is that v,e fiad r.e ar-e getting comparatively nothing, Ol' -what procures . n nothicg of the things we and our workmen nerd ; becee in justice to them atd cars'-dves wc hv; cdop'ed the new rates which e publish today. All oiLcr tl.Io:;s have gone up to twenty prices and over. We r.zk only eight prices. .We are not gtticg cue h.Jf fa; same relative value for the Journal thai wc u d b:;fcrr the war not ose-Jhird. 4 Fkw Tnnes turn cut to be either as bad t;r r.sgoed ! as first reports make t; era appear to bo. Few cf cur sucee&rcs Ltc been decisive ia i htir le sulta. Few of rnr reveres have been ceyci.d remedy. We have lest Atlanta, but cur crny is r.dihcr cul in two ncr di.moralIz:d.. Atlanta ptrLaps hr.d servcJ til the purpcEC-3 that ccald he tspecied frcm it. Al any rate a pint hul beer- reached wherein i!3 full was & forrgoce ccr.clusion. It would mjurt to hold Gen. IIood responsible for hat disaster. lie vns like a doctor called in at the hbt mis etc to tahe charge i i patient given up by all Lis medical advisers. What will ctst piesrnt ilklf ca the military t'o;- in Gecrgi?, is more than we can venture to predict. 'I here is a signal want cf kno vbde of cvcnt3 cu the part c oil who attempt to speak of even43 in that c:ion. Everything h eo confurcd and uncertain that rotLirg I con be predicated with nr.y teaEontible accuracy. ' The enemy will now reek to brcuk up the low. r 11 lc of railroads through Georgia, correcting ava-.iijh zni Augusta with Slacoc, and also with the South wesiem tystem of Kaii'reeds in Alabama and MisiisFippi. Wi :ti measures General Hccd may adept to frustrate, ce fry to frustrate, these: movements of the enemy, we are of course usable to ssy. LInc'i must depend up: n clrcurr? stances, as for instance, the force v?h'ch may bo placed at -Hood's disposal the Lececsity of ccverii g the snat cf Government ct Uil'cdgeviile the -diversion th:'i Gen. Wbeeuer may be able to effect, r.nd, ind.-cd, a - number of other tkiegs that we cxinnct now enumerate. The Pmcn cf Gold. Meet people have been pun rled to account f:r the decline ia the price of gold ia New Tcrk. No vieforious a:hievment has crowced the Yankee army, ncr Lave their prespecta in the Cela improved in aiy way ; for the fall of Forts Gaines, .Morgan and Towcll have al nest been forgotten, and could exert very little ulterior iefiaenee, eo far cs com pelling the evacuation cf Mobile is coucerced. Nolhkg new ia the way of financial arft-.Egtment3 has trans pirc3,evenif any have bcea e fleeted,' vrhichismore than doubtful ; indeed, it is generally believed that Mr. Secretary FrssssDrs's financial manoeuvres have ic Eulted in failure. And yet in tUz absence cf any fa vourable circumstances, military or fisaccial, we notice an improvement in Greenbacks. Gold h-s recently fallen some 20 per cent, or frcm about 200 to 2-iO. ! We can cnly account lor this by supposing that the rumours of peace movements, however vague and un satisfactory, have cot been without their ir.flaence among backers end capitalists, who seiz: upon the: with avidity, in the hepe that by some means the wcsr will be ended before the bottom has dropped oat of the financial tub. Any peace, or hope of peace, would od- pear to exert a favouiable irfluecce npen Wall Ssrcct, hence the recent, otherwise unaccountable fall ic gold We regret to see that our oid friend Jonx W. rlTiiH. Esq , of he Petersburg Register is compelled to sus pend for waat of paper. The enemy on the Petersburg Eaiiroad has cut hia communications with his base rf supplies in North Caioliaa. We would very much like to see the read once mere in our possession, if on! that Ve may have the Register cgain. A Modern Herod The papers say that the Sex ton in Atlanta reports thirty children killed by the ene my's shells in that city. Shermax certainly meana to rival, if he dees cot cut-Herod Hercd. Tlic eidiitloii. J There is ncdeoyirg the fact. The appearance of things is tot so bright aa we could visa it to be. The news from Georgia i3 peculiarly unfavorable. It leaves ground for serious uneasiness that the worst has not yet.beea heard from. It looks very much as though cur army had bci;a cut in two, ntd Hardee's corps completely isolated from the main body under Hood; This fear hti sicca been set at res? see telegram.J It does not rcqajre a a aa to ba a professional soldier to understand th, danger of this state of things. That a apparent. At any rato Sceemak his manoeuvred Hood cut cf Ati tnta. He ha3 Pgain carried his point. Shkeman's march from Chattaaocgrt to "Atlanta is one cf the most astonishing -movements recorded in mHi tary history. It has been steady, determined, unchecked, nis long line of corumuaications has never once been broken sufaeie-raiy to detaUa him a d?y. Why all thii-is s i"vt canoot sity. General Johnteon dli not cues 6e:;d coy force to Soeeman's rear, ncr did he try to do bo. Whoa Gen. Hood did at last send off Wiikslek it vras toolu'-e. Athtta'was gone. At any rr. t Wheel r appears to tfl.cting nothing. The jOouthwest eppeard to be the opprobrium of our arni, and ihU campaign 23 tha- crowoing failure of the war. Away haadrcds of miles from his nat ural b.-s-., OwO Lu.vlred and thirty-eight from his a-uanv.d toe? Ch&tinnccga, Sn Neman's own coxma-iicatic-LS ):vo not O'jly occn preserved in v. country called h i .c bat he has aetually been able t r. i '' nr m f g . t -rir v-i" Ci ( l An b? tcreat- CO pcrsoa we pics", but it would be ivpar.e hij crergy orabili- folly for U.-5 to att-:m:,t 1 ty. He i3 a Lard-working, hard -Loaded, strccg-uiinded T.M posted coldier. ' .He ha over matched all our C(Deia;d i-i ho Wei , Jo:i::sio;f himself not excepted, and u'l military me:, x-i-h wh m we have ever talked kac the hi.Lvitev a Et.-iitesit. Thtt c;arec i1; perhaps in he i.- nor; e ;r; vi;::' ".itvjn for Joikstox's abilities as h-i:".siiAN?3 nature is cend ncd i:le f,-s-cn?. ia warlike that which :1 H'lil tLirgs may tu; n tul better than we thick, or at leant les3 bud. - Hood may save is anay Whe'els.r nay jtt h: ak L'iikkmk's coaimunicaiions, and the campaign avvr cle-.e -ca th'i Tea cess :e instead of the Flint or t.'iC Oek:: aV" e. At h-ast we have a right to hope eo. Ail is n t l..-;t that Is ia danger. Ti e C Jic-n oJ the Chicago cenventiou in nominating McCLrX..A.v al J Pknleton a id giving a grand Union platform U not a ve ry favorable circumstance, but it neitlcr stir u- nor drprtsics us. We hardly looked c!:.e, r.l:L-:a-ih, cf course, we might have L:d. ee:lija. A rac:c civi'i-.m s- joJ no chanca ia that con- t Li . Wa:3 at. VALLAXDIGnAM, hoso, friendi were nowhere, or j:1. t. ras Fiuiiica' tLat r.ur.iuns to little. We lv.it s f.r platforms in our day, abvut iiicm, aad we. can truly suy th:i- the ol jt ci fr- cjaeirly is t-thor to conceal meaning tiiitn to e ;avoy ,L The ti ns s:gni2c. nc3 of this plut f ). j & penes up. u w'.-.-il it omit?, and that includes r.ll it ev.i'h; to Lve kc'uded i:i o.'dcr.to have met the views it e -Sv- Tii.;t L would recommend a CJ' (Titi'-'ii . iVJ ;i nu.ie-Ip-a'.ed. nod that, too, upon a U.li. b ii.-. -Ju: J eave tno eeuehera miaoiity at the mescj ci the ne li.e if st 0-:.: .I her -; m-joriry. i3 o ol platitudes. Like the gentleman e-ep, iir.i :e .uk3 cf the platform are of U it n: y to e-.ii.l of a very genera! v.;-. a g'a-rI i-id charac-tt-r. l : u veiy lit.Ij, ond their use selde-m ;1 U h at tira s amusing, and per- eO.'o'.j any .Llt:g ; ms i r.s we in y .- ue-ive to m-;k the phrases ia common, a'.d, .d, v p. i-iir use and e-ec?p'tatiori. er:e. r e ?. :-:d " Vanhens." We mean to go hih.'oi.-d! dhqaieition upon the true meaning i oi ehe' v.ord, i;uc eioipiy to make a few re eo i!;: u T,:-. ..i i;.-;-. i ia whlcti it is used, i.:to to . at:d erigh nu.k- up' liver; b o i. tttvJ oi t . tC -. iVC c. o I? os ttavJltd rarou 'h the Northern l;,e ( id Uoioa WU32 be aware ihn,t the dis-'.'i.-a ol " VunkiTee;." wa3 formerly con- fiutd to th Iv-.o s;f tii. tr'taiei Noith and JSst of , !- I. A r., es Nevv Ileghnd, or the New Hagland kia-.C-f, a'aaicauflts being the principal- of three States, i.nd the como of the rftato House at 15 os u the hub of the Nov? E.3g!a--.d ur.ivori-:e. We recol ket w-r'j die-tia-iiy v,Ui' a lie:? Tciktr, Pennsybra Ulan, derevv.a.-r, or Vc-'tcm aw generally, would huv.. pxmpll; rep.fli.i.'ed ti;e ide-; of being a " Ytin Lce' and ree-e-jied Lx-.'ng-ca-.ud on1?. -Why this was so v;a need no-- enquire. Pi b.tbly tie ' Yankees " afbre eai l vv:ro u balk io- l.-.. en Lr !h:ia, and few people I;"ke an bo-ly to j;-:t t.i-r bakr ci tb.;n In a tra"de. At aoy t tli-r bakr c rata thcI? vi.-.s :; Vtd whfn t-i.-: . cu hivL.Zi.ix', d' bcibre it the South- era people, rec--:?ii"n:-g fhe f.inaticl::m that Laed all Ihe mlse.li.icf no a ph-nt i-f Ne7 Knitted growth, and fisd- iag N ew E.e-!a:;2 iiiiheoco ; claimed th-; w!rel'4 Noith v. itl dictctioa tlx; ! --; eithn-lLv O ramount at tho ?7orth, .:o?--2 to whose wilei or -eli j-;cigm?!it and snb- crJ: ti;:r lea-t V. )V at 1' i.i -ei.-, pes?ihdy Lr tb3 first c -lied " Yankees;"" at i t m:: Ik-it fii'vor of 'ihe --j- at'; ail State li ties vc b en obliterated, and all if tle i-joull.ora people call' e ' Vurl:c-.:.i,M ail the North ' iu-r, v-ffliitg to ndopt the i'$:i' i lien letr.'ccn them and r. m a badce cf r .. c . is O'er - -cVe':i clf-n the Xorlbf: ti:e " v.!;; ' " l-j-ehy." the r-CcuVm. .t b.a;v. yJ cbservabh; in g il.o Northern peoole. Western paper3 pro a ii:tlc contemptuoos'y .ndi..ney. G:d Bexset ::ipt-a : d' vs. hst boh.il ., 1 jet tit', and the Gincinnati ei: the v.ror.-4 that have been Wcot through Nti Keerh cerlsv Calculations are ra-.d: ot tl.c nennbor every avenue lau'i unra men who crowd vcJ i meat cr-.d exclude others from the hi?kvo2 of ix.'A i.;tid seccUtion. Nc-'.v, v.-n -) not ."::.: - :brA i xs iii-aglaaGcn, cr so-calka " ' i'i cy ere a ' most olhen? Bot 'he : 1; La tac test.- e ;.vad a good d:el shrewder than .at after green bcks that is all. cs a pcrilct-s nmuscmcrif. Ti;e war for New England r i z.3 it was at first. The other ot eo mo -h takeu with " Yankee a- cr ra States v notices " were. They begin to be tired of ac cepting the ge!.?ral claserin jatioo cf " Yankees." They evn give altera: 02 to re-marks that verge upon high treason sgaiast their lords rnd masters of Massachu setts, crd one rccklc;? person h?s been heard to speak disris-v ctfaliv cf Ucswhocr, ar.d be,s even gone so far as to d n tho " lino pof the U.iiv-:se " Ho has verj properly b-f i rent to Fort Warren,. 'r:here it is to bs hoped he will rcpen: la sacl: cloth and ashes. He is to be fed oo bread and vater. Oaioa3 are to be held under his nose, that he may weep for his Eins. This c'a-nor rgaist iTew Eaj-!ae.d this uprising cgiiust .'et. Eoglar.dism generally 13 a symptom of a growing hatred, if not to the war, ui least to the mode of condu ;tbg it, and to the objects for whichrrt is pros ecuted. It Is & reaction cgainst abolitioaism, and fa naticism send ail sorts of isms. New England has sown the wind. So far sbe has made a profit frcm so doing. The tim3 moy be at hand when she will reap the whirlwind. The Captured Napoleon. The Richmond Whig norates " the following about General Gbakt and the guns taken by our troops week before last t When UlysBea was iaformed that in addition to tbe ront of bin forces at Reatrs', on Thnrsdty, Hill and Hampton had captured nine of hia splend-d Napoleon gons. his rage knew no botmdj, acd tDTniog-to his aolocky icformart, he exclaimed. a curBe upon ycur yonnsr Napoleons. .Little Kac) your old Napoleons, yoor Lonis Napoleons, soar Na poleon gnns. and ail other Napoleona. Coflj, do yen bear, bring me a fl-goo of Bourbon, t d let it be a full twelve pcuDder." Meade coming in at tbe time, with a curl of tbe lip he added, ' bricg General Meade alittls Ale-ree,' and see that it U sweet and weak aby thing atrocg aflccts hia head." Bubglabv. We Itarn that about 2 o'clock on Sat urday morning, the dwelling house of Mr. R. A. Rrs ley, corner of Third and Nun streets, was entered through a window, and some 'silver and one or more ladies' dresses taken. We do not know that suspicion attaches directly tt) any particular parties, but it is thought very probable that it was done by negroes. The Yankees get queer items of news, as we are re minded by noticing in a New York Tribune cf lest monjh an announcement copied from the New Orleans True Delta that Lee was reinforcing Atlanta, and that 3eauregsa.bd had superseded Hood. Cn ablest-own, Va., Adg. 23d, 1864. Editors of ihe Wilmington Journal, GektlbmSn : For the information of tbe friends and rel atives of tbe killed and woaod d, you will please pibiiah the following liit of casualties in the 30th Begiment N. C. T., while dep'oyed as skirmishers near this piece on Bun day the 2lst inHt., and ob'ige, Vtry trnlf yourp, D. O. ALLEN. " Company A Killed Private John Peniiirjgton. Company B Killed Private Amoa VfiDiaas. Company C Wounded Private Jos. McDowell, ia both feet. Company D Killed Corp'l Jaa. Forsjth and Private Elijah Wilkins. Company E Killed Berg'tG B. New kirk. Wounded J. J. Blank, in right arm, severe ; J. W. Cav-'nongh, in leg, severe ; D. W. Turner, in head, dangerously. Company F Wounded W. G. Walbtas, in kne, danger ously ; Lam Warrea, in i;and. Company G Wounded Sarg't J. N. Fuller, ia leg ; Pri vates J. H. trasfer, ia he wl ; U. Y. Hn-t, in shoulder ; li. W. H. Bently, both thighs. The Observer, Confeasr ate and Western Democrat wiil please copy. D, C. A. The Yankees now held in bonds in Richmond num ber six thousand two hundred and forty-cne, including twenty-seven negro prisoners of war. Of this cumber about five thousaud are ruaticatiog on Belle Isle, be tween three and four hundred are in1 the hospitals, suf fering from sickness and wounds, and upwards of three hundred commissioned officers are carefully looked af ter at the Libby. "You want a flOgging1, that's wh&t you "do," said a purent to his unruly son. "I know it dad, but I'll try to get along witnout it, was the reply. The Charleston Mercary, feeling assured that the Chicago ConventioL will lay down a plank in its plat form proposing a general convention f all the States that once formed tbe United States, takes occasion to show that the Constitution of the Confederate States does not authoriz3 the Government to put the said States, or any ot them, into convention with any for eign power. There is but cne purpose for which the States can be called into convention that of amending the Confederate Constitution ; and the manner in which this convention is to be made is described Dy the Con stitution itself. It no where grants any power to con voke a convention of the States to any agency what ever for any other purpose than that alluded to. The Mercury is" perfectly rightin the matter. The Confed erate States are so many sovereignties, each a nation in itself, with oil the claims and attributes of sovereignty. This is tbe doctrine we went out of the Union proclaim ing ; the doctriee for the maintenance of which we have been fighting tor the last three years and a half; the doctrine which distinguishes us from our enemies of the Yankee States ; and which, it we surrender, we give up all we have been contending for. Bein independent rations, they have united in a partnership for certain specified purposes, and have appointed an rgsnt or at torney to cairy these purposes into effect. That agent or a'torney is known as the Government of the Con federate States. Its power of attorney is the Consti tution, and it cannot transcend tbe limits conferred by that instrument any more than an attorney of flesh and blood can go beyond tho limits of the paper by which he is created Eueh. Now, what right has each an agen cy as this to put any one of the independent nations from which it holds its power into the proposed conven tion, cr any other sort of convention, not authorized expressly by the Constitution t If there be any power to put these States into a convention of any sort, why not put them into a convention with Great Britain, which is no more a foreign power than the United States? The Constitution confers upon the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the power of making treaties ; and apprehensions have been ex pressed lest, under this treaty-making power, the Pres ident make a treaty providing that the -States shall go into a convention with tho Yankee States to alter and amend the Constitution. The Mercury itself seems to entertain some fears irom this quarter. We are con vinced that they are groundless, if for no other reason, jet from the answer made by him tp Jacques and Gil moro when they made a proposition to submit all ques tions in dispute to a convention of all the States, Yan kee and Confederate, in which a vote of two-thirds was to be" decisive. We had seceded, he said, and were now fighting to get rid of the tyranny of the majority. It is, therefore, we Foink, hardly reasonable to suppose that he will wilfully violate the Constitution he ia sworn to support, in order that he may replace U3 under that very tyranny of the mojority, from which we have ef fected our escape at the cost of much blood. That it would be a palpable violation of the Constitution to use the treaty making power conferred with a very different object to bring the States of tbe Confedera cy into a convention with the Yankee" States, we have no doubt is as clear to the Presiden t as it is to the writer in the Mercury as it is to every body ,mdecd,who has read the constitution & understands itsobjects.granta and limitations. Tbe Constitution has pointed out one way of altering the Constitution, if it b.i altered in any other way the Constitution 13 violated. Now, by putting these States into a convention with the Yankee State?, with the understanding that all parties ere to acquiesce in the decision of such convention, we render not the change merely, but the destruction cf the Con stitution a matter vf absolute certainty. The President certainly can have no power tending to any buch re suit, nor do we think he ever dreamed of exerting any sueh power. Whenever a treaty of peace shall be made, it must be done splely on the basis of the entire independence and sovereignty of each particular State. That must be preliminary to, and cannot be a subject of, negotia tion. The Confederate Government has no right to make any peace in which one inch of land belonging to any one cf the States shall be given np, or one iota of lis privileges as a sovereign be surrendered. This, so far from being tbe subject of negotiation, must be the starting point from which all negotiation must proceed. If the enemy refuse to concede it, then we cannot nego tiate with him. It follows that there can be no such thing as treating for peace in earnest until every hostile soldier shall have been withdrawn from our soil and every hostile ship from our waters. Then we can talk of peace and all those matters of secondary importance which it may be necessary to dispose of, and which, in volving no principle, and affecting the rights of no State, come properly within the sphere of the treaty making power. We have no reason to believe that President Davis does not stand upon this ground, al though we judge of his opinions only from his acts and bia public declarations. The Yankee President has no more power to put the Yankee States into convention with ours than President Davis ha3 to put us into convention with them. Ths treaty-making power U the si me in both governments. But the Yankees have loog accustomed themselves to consider theirs a consolidated government, possessing ail power for all purposes. The States they regard as possetsing no more sovereignty than tbe counties. In deed, in one of his speeches, Lincoln expressly declared that they bad no more power than this Should we agiee, therefore, the convention would certainly take place. It is wonderful, in tbe meantime, that intelli gent men like Vallandigham and Fernando Wood who must be fully acquainted with the Southern doc trine of State rights, and must know that all this blood his been shed in their defence, should think it possi ble to get us into such a convention, or to restore tbe Union by means of it. What we want, first of all, is entire and separate independence, , The Confederate States can go into convention with the Yankee States in one way, and one only. They can withdraw from the Confederacy, each State on its own I separate amount and responsibility. They cauthen, each State for itself, po into finch a convention. This they will be pretty sure not to do ; so that the nope of gettiDg them into this scrape is but a lost hope. The very -act of sending delegates to such a convention would be construed by the sister States into a withdrawal from the Confederacy. The sending delegates to it would be an exercise of sovereignty, and as the Confed erate Government is not sovereign, it follows as a ne cessary consequence that it can, neither , send delegates nor compel the States to do It. Rick. Dispatch. - QUESTION OF EXCHANGES. To the Relatives and Fiiends of Confederate Soldiers confined in Northern Prisons: On the 22ndof Jaly. 1862, the Cartel of Exchange was agreed upon. The chief, if not only, purpose of that instrument was to secure the release of all prison ers of war. To that end, the fourth article provides that all prisoners of war should be discharged on pa role, in ten days after their capture, and tba the pris oners th: n held, and those thereafter taken, should be transported to the poini mutually agreed upon, at the expense of the capturing paity. The sixth article also stipulates that " all prisoners, or wnatever arm or ser vice, are to be exchanged cr paroled in ten days from the time of their capture, if it be practicable to trans fer them to their own lines in that time ; if 'not, as soon thereafter as practicable. From the date of the Cartel until July, 1863, the Confederate authorities held tbe excess of prisoners. Daring that interval, deliveries were mr.de a? fast as the Federal Government tarnished transportation, in deed, upon more than one occasion, I umed the Fede ral authorities to send increased means of transporta tion. As ready as the enemy alwajs has been to bring false accusations against U3, it has never been alleged "that we failed or neglecied to make prompt deliveries of prisoners who were not under charges, when -we held the excess. On the. other hand, during the same time, the Carl el was openly and notoriously violated by the Federal authorities. Omcers aod men were kept in ruel confinement, sometimes in ircnor doomed ceils, without charges or trial. In July, 1863, tbe enemy for the first time since the adoption of the Cartel, htld the excess 01 prisoners. As soon as that fact was ascertained, whenever a deliv ery was made by tne Federal authorities, they demand ed an equal number in return. I endeavored frequent ly to obtain frcm the Federal Agent of Exchange a distinct avowal of the intentions or his Government as to tbe delivery of prisoners, but in vain. At length on the 20lh of October, 1863, 1 oddressoi to Brig. Gen Meredith the following letter, to wit : Richmond, Va., Oot. 20th, 1863. BJgadier General S. A. Meiedith, Agent of Ex change : Sir More than a month ago I asked your acquies cence in a proposition, that all omcers and soidien on both sides should be released in conformity with the provisions of the Cartel. Iu order to obviate the dif ficulties between us I suggested that all officers and men on both sides shouid be released, unless they were sub ject to charges ; in which event, tbe opposite Govern ment should have the right of holding cne or more hostages if the retention wus not jastified. You stated to me, in conversation, that this proposition was very fair, and that you wou'd ask the consent of ycur Gov ernment to it. . As usual, yon have as yet made no response. 1 tel you frankly, I do not expect any. Perhaps you may disappoint me, aod tell me that you reject or accept the proposition. I write thi3 letter for the purpose of bringing to your recollection my proposition, and o dissipating the idpa, that seen :3 to have been purposely encouraged by your public papers, that the Confederate Government has refused or objected to a system of ex changes. In order to avoid any mistake in that direction, I cow propose that all officers and men on both sides be released in conformity with the provisions of the Cartel the excesi on one side or the other to be on parole. Will you ac-tpt this : 1 have no expectation of an answer, but, perhaps, you may give one. If it does come, 1 hope it will be eojn. Respectfully, ycur ob't serv't. Bo. Ocld, Agent of Exchange. On the 29th of October, 1863, 1 received from Gen eral Meredith a communication informing me that my proposal of the 20th was 'not accepted." I was in sultingly told- that if the excess of prisoners wa3 deliv ered they would be wrongfully declared exchanged by me aod put in the field. To show how groundless this impution was, it is on.'y neces3ary for me to state that since then I have repeatedly offered to give ten Federal captives for every Confederate soldier whom the ene my will Aow to have been wrongfully declared ex changed. From the last named date until the present time there have been but few deliveries of prisoners, tbe en emy in each case demanding a like number in re turn. It will be observed that the Confederate authorities only claimed that the provisions of tha cartel should be fulfilled. They only asked the enemy to do what, with out any hesitation, they had done during tha first year of the operation of the cartel. Seeing a persistent pur pose on the part of tbe Federal Government to violate its own agreement, the Confederate authorities, moved by the sufferings of the brave men who are so UDju3tly held in Northern prisons, determined to abate their fair demands and accordingly, on the 10th of August, 1864, 1 addressed the following communication to Ma j it John E. Mub'ord, Assistant Agent cf Exchange, in charge of the flag-of-truce bpat, which on the e .me day I delivered to him at Varina, on Jamea river : War Department. ) Richmond, Va., Aug. 10, 1864. Mojor JvhnE. Mulford, Assistant Agent of Ex change : , Sir : You have several times proposed to me to ex change the prisoners respectively held by the two bel ligerents, officer for officer and man for man. Toe same offer has also been made by other officials having charge of matters connected with the exchange of prisoners This proposal has heretofore been declined by tha Con federate authorities, they insisting upon the terma of the Cartel, which required the delivery of the excess on either side upon parole. In view, however, of the very large number of prisoners now held by each party, and the suffering consequent upon their ccntiroe corfiDC mcnt, I now consent to the above proposal, and agree to deliver to you the prisoners held in captivity by the Confederate authorities, provided voa agree to deliver an equal number of Confederate officers and men. As equal numbers are delivered from time to time, they will be declared exchanged. Thia proposal is made with the understanding that the officers and men who have been longest in captiv ity will be the first delivered, where it is practica ble. I sbail be happy to hear from you as speedily as possible whether this arrangement can be carried out. Respectfully, your obedient seevant, Robert Odld. Agent of Exchange. I accompanied the delivery of the letter with a state ment of the mortality which was hurrying so many Federal prisoners at Andersonville to the grave. On tha 20th of the same-month, Major Muiford re turned with the flag of truce steamer, but brought no answer to my letter of the 10th of August. In conver sation with him I asked him if he had any reply to make to my communication, and his answer was that he was not authorized to make any. So deep w&3 tbe solicitude which 1 felt in the fate of the captives in Northern prisons, that I determined to make another ef fort. In order to obviate any objection which techni cality might raise to the person to whom my commu nication was addressed, I wrote to Major General E. A. Hitchcock, who is the Federal Commissioner of Ex change, residing in Washington city, tha following let ter, and delivered the same to Major Mulford cn the day of its date. Accompanying that letter was a copy of the communication which 1 bad addressed to Major Mulford on the 10 th of August. Richmond, Ya., Aug. 22, 1864 Major Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, U. S. Commissioner of Exchange : Sir Enclosed is a copy of a communication which, on thei0th inst., I addressed and delivered to Major John.E. Mulford, Assistant Agent of Exchange. Under the circumstances of tbe case, I deem it proper to forward thia paper to you, in order that yoa may fully understand tbe position which is taken by the Confederate authorities, I shall be glad if the prop osition therein made is accepted by your Govern ment. Rsspectfully, your, ob't erv't, Ro. OrjLD, Agent of Exchange. On the afternoon of the 30th ot Angust, I was noti fied that the flag of truce steamer had again appeared a; Varina. On the following day I sent to M&j. Mul ford tbe following note to wit : Richmond, Aug. 3d, 1864. Major Jno. E. Mulford; Ass't Agent of Exchange : Sir-On the 10th of 'this month I addressed yon a communication, to which ! have received no answer. On tbe 22d inst. I also addressed a commnnieation to Maior. General E. A. Hitchcock, U. S. Commissioner of Exchange, enclosing a copy of my letter to you of the 10th instant. 1 now rescectiuiiy ask ycu to state m writing whether ycu have any reply to either of said communications : and, if not, whether you have any reason to give why no reply ha3 been made ? Kespectfully, Your obedient servant, Ro. Ould, . Agent of Exchange. In a short time I received the following response, to wit : Flao cf T&cce Steamer "New York," Varina, Va., August 31, 1864. f Hon. R. Quid. A sent for Exchange : Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor of to day, requesting answer, &c, to your com munication of the 10th inst., on the question of the ex change of prisoners. To whicn, in reply, 1 would say, I have no commu nication on the subject from our authorities, nor am I yet authorized to make answer. 1 am, sir, very respectmuy, Your obedient aervanf, Jno. E. Mulford, Mojor and Ass't Ag't for Exchange. I have thus fully set before you the action of the Confederate authorities in relation to a matter which lays bo near your hearts, and bow it has been received by the enemy. l he tortunes ot your latnerp, nusoanar, . t - 1 .. 1 . j a 1 iL Z son?, brothers ana irienas are as oear 10 icpse eumun- ties as their persons are precious to you, and 1 nave made tbi3 publication, not only as ar illustration of Federal bad faith, but also that you might see tnat your Government has epared no effort to secure the re lease of the gallant men who have so often fronted death in the defence of cur eacrcd cause, Ro. Ould, Aug. 31, 1864. Agent of Exchange. An Exchange of Compliments between Two Ifuteil Yankee Editors. The following i3 an exchange of compliments that recently passed between two noted Yankee editors Bennett, of the New York Herald, and Prentice, cf the Louisville Journal. They are so characteristic of the men, and so e.cgant and refined in thiir literature, that they deserve to be perpetuated as specimens cf the true Yansee taste aod character : BENNETT TO PfiHNTICK. " m . . From the New York Herald. The iJbuisviila Journal, an impudent one horse Ken tucky corncern, conducted by a walking whiskey bot tle, says that on of our corretpoudents deprived it 01 its maps and despatches from Sherman's army. The Journal is unable to pay even board wages to its cor respondents, and relits upon ua lor the news. Our cor respondent purchased tbe maps and intelligence refer red to Irom oae ot iho Btarvin reporters of the Jour nal, in order to save him from putting an eod to his miserable existence, since be could live no longer cn the bottle ot BourbiD whiskey a week with which the Journul supported him. The Western editors are all whiekey bottles, their reporters are all whiskey acd their papers have ad the luoiea of that beverage with out any of its strength. So much for the slanders of the Louisville Jourual. : - From the Louiavil'e Jr.nmal. Pkentics to. Bennett This puragraph is the one to wh;cb, without having seen it,, we referred yesterday in our notice of VV. F. G. Shacks, a war correspondent of the New Ycik lleraUL I hit paper saj3 that its correspondent 2uichased from curs the mpand tbe in telligeL.ce rtlured to that is, tie map ard the rebel newspapers mentioned by us yt-surdjy. Thia is all a buse ncd unmitigated falsehood. Ths map was given to the Herald's corrtBpoijderit upon a condition wnkh he scandalously violated, and Le feloniously broke the "'s ol the papers ai:d' stole their contents fjr the use of bis thieving employers, the employees and the em ployer, instead of throwing a stor,e at us, cught to- be peckiug the article in ihe State prison. It is not sup posable that any paper on earth could have auht to gain from a dispute with tbe New York Herald. the editor of that concern was so low down that fifty millstones aroucd bis neck, w-iist, arms, and legs could n't sink him lower. Notoriously he has beea oftf ner kicked and horse-whipped than any other man in the United S'atos. Whoever has had the slightest fancy for horse-whipping or kickicg bira has dune it. Tbe licenee to operate oa him in either way, or both, could not have been more perfect if he had worn he words " to let " iu cbaik marks upon hia shoulders cr coat tail. When be has waked up each mcrnitg, bis reflection has been " now is it to be a horse-whipping or a kicking to-day ?" and oc-casioaaily it has been both, eked cut with a small no3e pulling. Iq fact, his nose has been so frequently twisted, that it h an entirely one sided affair, and we thick that, in common fairness, ths " twister" should be sentenced, by a court of jastica to ' untwist the twist." The editor of the Herald is said to have a great deal of money, but hfs kicks far exceed his coppers. The only time he was evvr known to thank God was when sharp-to. d boots and shoes were changed to EfAre-tocd. It is- said that, by loDg experience, be could always - tell, when asked, whether the application was made by boots, shoes, bro gans or slippers; at what particular store the article was bought, what was i-s cost, what its quality, and whether it was made of tbe hide ol Drham3, Short horns, Alderneys, Herefords or Dcvons. When cattle were killed, it was & frequent understanding that, while the fat was to be tried on the fire, the leather was to be tried on tbe editor of the Herald. He is regarded aa being undoubtedly the best judge of leather in New York, cot that he is a Rotter dealer, tut that leather dealers have had 'so much to do with him. He has come so often in contact with leather that the pait of him chiefly concerned ha9 il self become leather. So he not only walks upon leather when he walks, but sits upon leather when he si's. The editor of the Herald has lived a good del longer than he ought to have done, but it is to be hoped ihat le cun't live always. And if be ever dies, his hide should be tannod to leather, that is the email portion of it that. hasn't already been, his hair. used as shoemakers' bristles, and his bones mad&into shoeing borns. Tho followirg exqn:6i!e pom will te read with pleasuro by all lovers. ot poeuy. We copy it from a Northern pa per. It id donbtle.ie taken from tho tew V9lnin9 of Ten nyson's poems lately published : '1I1E IUKGL.ET. Yonr rinRlele, your ririglets, That look ao eoHen jr iy If yoa will give me oae, but cne, To kiss it nighr and day, Then ever chiiiia? tou:h of tiaia Will tarn it silvery gray ; And then s'nl! 1 fcnow ita all trno g ld To flame and sparkle and stream aa cf old, Till all the cometa in h?aven are cold, And an tne stars decay." " Then take it love, and put it by ; Thia cannot change, nor yet can I." " My rirg'et, my ringlet, Thou art bo golden gay. Now never chiili&g loach of timo Can turn thea silver gray ; And a lad may wink &nd a girl may Lint, Atd a fool may say his say ; For my donbt and tears wtre all amiss, And I fcwear henceforth by this and thif, . That a doubt will ODly come for kiss, And a fear to be kissed aray." . " Then kiaa it love and put U, by ; If this can change, why so can h" 0 Kinglet, O Kinglet, I kissed yoa night acd day, And Rioglet, O Birglet, Yoa still are golden gay ; Bat Ringlet. O Ringlet, Yon shoaid be silver gray ; For what ia this which now I'm told, 1 that took you for tine gold, Bhe that gave yoa's bengal and sold, Sold, sold. O Ringlet, O Ringlet, Hhe blushed a ioay red, When Eipg'et, O Ring'et, rihe clipped yoa from her head, And Binglet, O Ringlet, Bhe gave yoa me. and said, " Come kiss it, love, and put it by ; If tia can chaDge why so can I. ' O fie yen goldsu nothing, Go." m You golden li O Singlet, O Brnalet, I count yoa much to blame, For Eiaglet, O Ringlet, ' You put me much to shame, Bo Ringlet, O Rii glef. I doom jou to the flame, For what is this whicn noar I learn, Hss given all my faith to torn ? Burn, you glassy heretic, barn, Kara, barn. Tennyson. A gentleman writing to the Confederate Union from Albany, Georgia, says : We have the most promising crops of sugar cane aod corn that we have ever had in this section ' of the State. I aa certain Ihe corn crop will yield a third more than ever known before. A NEW ttOIta OF NEW SiniLKff. BY JOBW OAT, 17?3. My passion U as mustard strong ; I ait all sober sad ; ' Drank as a piper all day long, - Or like a March hare mad. Round as a hoop the bumpers flow ; I drink, yet can't forget ber ; For though aa drank aa David's sow, I love her still the better Pert as a pear-mcager I d be, If Holly were tut kind ; Cool as a encamber coald see The rest of womankind. Like a stuck pig, I gaping stare, And eye her o'er and o'er ; Lean as a rake with sighs and eare, Bleek as a mouse before. " . Flump &b a partridge was I knows, And soft as silk my skin ; My cheeks as fat as batter grown, .. But as goat low thin 1 I melancholy as a cat, Am kept awko to we?p ; ' Bat frhe insensible of that, Bound as a top can sleep. Hard Is her heart aa flint or stone, tbe laagh to see me pale : And marry aa a gri ia grown, And brkk aa bottled ale. The (Jod of Love at her approaoh Is busy as a beo ; Hearts, sound as any bell or roach, Are emit, and sigh Tike me. Ah rce ! as thick es bops or ban The fine rren crowd abont her; But soon as dead as a door-nail Shall I be, if without her. Straight as my leg her shape appears ; 0 were we joined together ! My heart would be scot-free from cares, And lighter than a lea1 ber. As flua as five-pence is her mein, No drum was ever tighter ; Her glance is a tho razor keen, And not the sua is brighter. As soft as pap ber kisses are, Methickj 1 taste them yet; Brown as a berry is her hair, Her eyes as black aa jet. Aa etaooth as glass, as white as cards, . Her pret'y hand invites ; fcbai-p as a needle are b?r wordi, Her wi- like pepper bites. Brisk as a bcdy-lone she trips, Clean as a penny drest; Sweet as a rose her breath and lips, Round as the globe her breast. Full as an egg was with glee, And happy as a king ; Good L d ! bow all men envied me I Sue lov'd lika any thing. Bat false as hell, she like the wind, Cbang'd, as her sex mut do ; Though seming as the lu tie kind, And like the gospel true. If I aud Molly coald agree, L-t who would take Pern 1 Great as aa Emperor should I be, And richer than a Jew. Till yon grow tend Jr as a chick, 1 m cnl1 as any post; Let uj like burs tt gstLer stick, Aid warm as an toast. Yoa' l know me truer tbao a die, And wih me better speed; Flat us a fl ,ucder when 1 lie, And a's a herring dead. Sure as a gun she'll drop a tear And s'gti, perhaps, and wish, When 1 am rotten as a pear, Aud mute as any fih- Trlbute to North Cai-o11ii Letter fr'xoin Qen, Ler. We have been permitted to make the following cr tract from a letter of Gen. L'je to Gov. Vance, coaipli menting the North Caroliaa Troops for their giurious victory achieved at Rejtna' Sia'ion. Tins tribute, from the gre.it Hero of this revolution is tha highest bonor that could be paid to North Carolina. Let every soldier treasure it upas memento of -inestimable value : Headquarters Akmt cr Nortuuun Virginia, 23th Auguit, 18G4. H13 Exceliency, Z li. Vanck, Governor of North Carolina, Rileig'a : I have been frequently called opoa to mention the services of North Carolina soldiers in this army, but their gallantry and conduct were never more deserving the admiration than in the engagament at Reams' Sta tion on the 25ih inst. The brigades of Generals Cook, MacRie and Lane, the last under tho temporrary command of Gen. Con' ner, advanced through a thick abattis of felled trees un der a heavy fire of musketry and artillery a id carried the enemy's works with a steady courago that elicited the warm commendation of their corps and division eo-nmander and the admiration of the army. On the same occasion the brigade of Gen. Barringer bore a conspicious part in the operations of tha caval ry, which were no less distinguished for boldness and efficiency than those of the infantry. If the men who remain in North Carolina share the spirit of those they have sent to the field, a3 I doubt not they do, her delenpe nny bej3ccnrely intra3ted to their hands. I am, with great respect, your obedient servant, R. E. LEE, General. Raleigh Conservative. There is a strong current in favor of peace in the North. The New York Herald, the News, the Metro politon, the Record, the Freeman's Journal, the Albany Argu3, the Chicago Times, the Cincinnati Enquire., the Hartford Timer, the Harrisburg Patriot, the Colum bus (Ohio) Crisis, the Journal of Commerce, the Con cord, (N. 11) Patriot, the Concord Standard, the New York World, the Boston Courier all advocate peace. There is a good deal of clamor ot the North lor peace, and no doubt a portion of the Northern people, discouraged with the prospects of subjugating tbe South by force of arms, would give up that long cher ished but now hopeless project for peace. But the great majority cf the people and the politicians, want peace with subjugation, or what is tho aama thing, re construction of the old Union. To accomplish this they would renew their broken pledges and make any amount of new promises of adherence to the Constitu tion and the principles upon which the original Union was founded, to be disregarded as 60on as their object was accomplished. Tne peace propositions of the North, bo far as we have seen, with only a few excep tions, are an insult to the good s:nse and self reepoct of the Soutb. They suggest to ua the idea of a high wayman who, relyiq upon his superior strength, attempts to rob an unoffending man of bis purse, but after a severe struggle, and finding bimself worsted in the conflict, proposes peace on condition that hia intend ed victim will peaceably surrender to him what be has failed ,to wrest from him by violence. The South is fighting for separation and independence, the right to self-government. If she is willing to surrender these and become the political, commercial and social vassal of' ths unprincipled faithless Yankee nation, she should have made the surrender in the beginning, before so many noble martyrs had shed their blood in defence of her nghteous caine. All desire peace, bat peiC3 on the terms offered by the North wculd be a lasting shame and degradation to the living, and base treason to the illustrious dead. Let U3 hold out no false colors let ua frankly and firmly say to the North, you have our terms of peace WDEpasDEKCE. Savjwiah News. Slfge Hatters Ftmr Hundred and I'vranty-Sccond Day. Since our last report seventy-eight shots have teen fired at Fort Samier and forty shots at the city. Bat teries Simpkins and Cheves have kept up a steady fha on the enemy's working parties at their new battery on Schooner Creek, firiog some fifty 6even shots. Tie Yankees made another futile attempt last .night to blow up Fort Sumter, but failed, the torbedo ex ploding about three hundnd yards from the fort. There is no chaDge in the fleet. Tbe only loss of life yesterday Jy the enemy's sheila was that of an unfortunate cow. A negro waa severely but not dangerously wounded by a Iragment of shell. Charleston Metcucy, 3d mst. Prince El ward de Polignac, brother of tbe Prices ia tn mftrrv a danfrhter of BV ron Sina, the wealthiest man in Austria, anJ one Ql tne weaiimeai Daoners oi .uurvpv. iv.hv timated at 643,Q0QiW
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