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TUG WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COSb KDEUATlll STATES OF AMEUFCA. WILKISGTOK nTcTtHUBSDAY, BEPT. 15, 18C4. We thought at the time that we placed a proper es timate npon the action of tbo Chicago Convention in nominating McClsllan. We looked upon him aa a 7oi Democrat us one very certaia to carry on the "war even mere determinedly than Lincoln. The platform meant little the nomination of McClellaji explained .the whole. It left no doubt epen- our mind that the Chicago Convention vras wholly ruder the control of the war Democrats. McGlellak'b letter ot cceepLar.ce conrm3 thi3 impression. In that letter he ears " the Union DUt b2 preserved set all hazards." "The rc-es-iabliahmext cf the Union in 1 11 itj integrity is end must continue to be thje iadlf-pcxsablo condition in any set tlement." "The ceitance cf mere than cue government ever the region which once cwned our Ca is ireccmpat ible with the peecc, power aud i-nppinejs of tie peo ple." Thus extracts we make fross a straggling tna til most ucictclIJglble rycops's cf LIcClellan'c fetter which Ins reached us by telegraph. "Wc- tuppoee the text of that letter in fail v. ill ha along pretty aoon, when ve will givi it. 1: ali breathes tho rams ton?. It is all for the Uric a. I makes rc-CDaatrnction the indis pcnsr.ble condition cf peni-e. Itsp&ata cf tho s.-ldiirs that had fallen 5:pV.b by his e'.de for the Union, &c. It vipc-s oat tne Uit fcbadow cf a chads of poe.ee, cr the- prc-sptct of 'p-ix?, ca cc-nsecpjrnr. upen itc sac cess cf the Chie-o io.:::CCJ. It. must convince tvee the most ear.ums that we were correct in everting, some time einte, iluz men libo YALLAiiDiGnAM, Lcxg, Vobii3, .Set" oca cf Connecticut, or Fkanklin Fierce cf IVev i 'auipsldre, were- fir in advance of the sentiment of their party, lie Xcrlhern people ere, no doubt tit. d eel the: v.jr, but not prepared to end it on our ccnuitlcns. The Northern Democrats- simply v.irh to try a nef policy. -They will wheedle H3 well es h'jht. T'iiy wi'l try to detach iStatts from the Confederacy, by j Luslblo talk cad rpeeious prem ises. They w ill keep before tie people cl tbo Southern jstates the idea c! Et-purite -tale action, end of negoti ation with tic States without regard to the Irjaiiy con stituted agent cf the States .lor tuch purposes, "his thing is prcrj'jnred ia tbo Netc Yoih llczcld as well as in McClfllak's letter. In piaia terra cClillax is pledged to aecoi-r 11 by f-.:ee or ianJ tbat which Lixccz.x has failed to do : to bring ali the States un der the Via&hiBgttu Governs at, and all tic Urxitcry of the ence United Stater, uu.r the f-A:s ci ti c " old flag." We at the fcctitl. tat kel liUie- intcree-i leea contest between Li.col? end il c Cleilan . 'i'he-y both re- Tns New York Herald of the 30 h nit, hag an editorial headed " The New Plan of Peace Ilow to divide the Soaib," in which it distinctly recommends the policy of instituting negotiations with the StaUs separately, for the purpose ol detaching them from the Confederacy. It even goes so far aa to icdicate North Carolina as a State favourably situated for the purpose of being experimented upon. It eaja it haa a report that a majority of the recently elected legislature are m tavor of reunion, and koows that Governor Yancb ia not altogether well affected towards Jeff. Davis. 'If the President were to send Commissioners to him to negotiate in regard to North Carolina alone, we feel confident that tir-y would be gladly received, and. that much good would coma of it." We have given the Herald's own worda in the,parts included between quo tation marks. It farther soys "Let ua divide the Con federacy and ep'it up the rebel armiea by negotiating separately with the seceded States." We might quote more, but what we have quoted is sufficient for cur purpose, which is not to agree wuh the Her eld's statements in regard to the State at large or to her Governor and Legislature, but to remark that the Heald', an arch enemy to our cause, recommends the eame policy to be employed against us tint some politicians ia thi3 State advocated so strongly this year acd last, Yre allude to separate State negotiations or other separate State action looking to peace. The Herald takes the same view of it that every man with bis ejea open mast tckc of it that its only result would be; to divide the Confederacy and split up its armies. It wjs by sach tampericg and paltering that Ken tucky, Maryland and Missouri wereither lost or par alyzed, and are now bound neck and foot to the car cf the usurping despotism at Washington. Had the peo ple of those States stood up manfully and at once , the independence of the Soatk weald Lave been virtualiy ac-hieved by that very act. They hesitated and have their reward in being trampled upon by the vileet of the abolition crew. The New To k J'txbunt h J adv:ces from North Carolina thar a " n. w pirate ptcamer" called the Coquette, ubont to nave the port of Wilmington, or perhaps bad already Iett,-aad that, hs was considered the most formidable ot nil the vessels of th:s character. Perhaps so. Toe fvarfu! pira'e is a&o Temaikable for her speed. S'.e fasUr than u inu J-turtle. She actually docs. Sr e is heavily armed. We ODce saw a shot gun aboard. Wh forpyt t state jfstpri1a, tLat h' Feptrmber term Cf the Court vi Pies tt Qa&rter Rcbsiobb fcr thi3 county commenced it? s-e!-fri'JC8 j eoteidiy. We noticed a larger attendance o! cur Jriecds ticai tliw BEd adjoininpr ccucties ihan we hsve bpc u for fiorre ticae past. gard m cs Cvtbu v.-;ul.l aa lo hi prrpaied tor the tab!;. One wants to rjast cnu t:ifr oiur wants to boil u?. Yv'e object uti:Ltr j,:oti-s. We don't catc which of the cr. ls -jipa. 11 w have v prcLrence, we think Lisccls ia the least cYi rruous, end r.pe-n the v;Lo:s wo wcnl:J paler Lie success to that of &IcClel- S.AN. 6 N057j We Vc KOiiCi th;xt sonacl ib'j l. ','... pcrs- eavc already commerc:d the discataion el t!;c senatorial qucs, lion. The Ltgicla-arc to meet ta;s winter wiil Lave to chocre a nuctxusr to rat. Dorr en. It v.ould t-fpear V.u.l G overt ot Ya::ce u to be brought forward ts a c.-ndiJati; f.r thej Se,r;atOisliip) and. no icubi Li-v vole ior G-.-vc:noT v;lli bj urscti us a reason why ho sLou'd also be madi Senator. for our part, vj dca'- reeai to see it ia that way. Bccm to think wLh Autj-mcs Wakd, ci " wax tigs-r " notoriety, that cvry nua hai his folic tbit not long since it was elaimid that - ir. Yaj: cs'e forte waj to be Governor cf North Cur;.-li-:a, t,ud it wi-s the foils of many thousands cf pi e-p!-3 voto for his re-eLclion to that cCc2 ovii-Mr. Hold?.::, 'ice people cbosp bir.i fcr Gcsernor end not for Senator. 1 hey voted for him as Goverccr nneer pi;-U:ur acd we'lkaown circumstan ces. Deiog c'uPSCQ aa Gue-;.o?, Mr. Yance's services arc due to the p-eeple ci the- Slate i-i that crp.ici y. Hut we ngard the dircufsif-D'cf tlk qucetirn &3 pre mature, and only refer io it at a'l at ihw tinu because a.:dry pi;p-o:s, a-d to d.act attention to ca-erbt not to be it has already received mention i. because wc v.Jch :a ILe b; certain conciderat'oa? lost si-bt of. Few rrorLE have cur borne trials with C3 fi.m ie this Con- none with a hVu'.r qei.it tha- federaey. What further trills they tntiy yet have to cud ate ensniseietctj caa alone torc;oe. But this .-nice3 must not be clua.-ed v,1Vj. want ci ecnsibiliiy. 5Lc people beer the-ir ills lirmJy because they are resolute to bear all the ii.3 vhicb war con brir-g, rather than submit to dishonor or subjagatior. The carts which the ctaie cf tI;o country imrrs.-s upon all th? e'licitu.Io end rcoso tl responsibil ity which weigl-3 Cic t& thojo it! authority muit be apparent to the m.O:it cau-d cxerv.r. Thought and anxiety have set thtlr iriipicts up-.vi all, a:-.d duviag the last three years, ir.cst j;rown men b&vi attua'dy grown old to thrp tm.is what tl.at Jupse of lime ought to c-d; fcr tLder other cheumsioxecs. I3:forc the war moat cf ourlcdirg military ter-eu lad dark hair. No.? all seem to hdve gtnvvn Hicre cr ies? gray. The same causes Id! upon our Ic-.dlrg civilian--!. The Conic lo racy i3 yoao? but rs pcopb arc gcltiog old fasftr than these of any ctLcr country in the world, Poland, not excepttd. We have Fpoken ci the men of the country because they aro utcebJurily nud properly more in the public? weariag doj3 aed ?;eiks eye, but who ELali c:y tu it and months of anxiety do net set their seal upon the face of the ruoihc. the wifj or tLe sister who sits lore ly at home, ihiahieg of the loud ones who are exposed to the sickness of the camp and the bolls of the enemy, whoiC heart thrcbs and whoso eyes grow dim when a list of billed and wounded ij published, lest one dear familiar nam-3 should appear among the dead or the suf ferers ? Wk can hardly say with tbo poet that the melan choly doja are come, the Baddedt cf the year ; but they are c'ose at band; olrecdy tome of the trees, the syca mores for inEtapc? begin to look rusty and yellow, and the near advent cf fell is announced by many unmia takcable signs. We think upon the whole that the eickliesfc season of tho yfar is about come, acd the greatest care will be recpVrcd to preserve the health of the community. Cli matic diseases of a febrile character are now apt to be prevalent, and fow arc without something cf a turn. J We certainly know a good many people who are sickf or at least far irom well. People in the morning awake with a suspicion of rusty copper cents in their mouths, and a secte cf ecivcus irritability inconsistent with the uiest perfect good temper. Persccally we feel a3 if we could bite several ten-penny nails in two, were not the pi ice of nails so high as to debar us from the enjoyment of that luxury. The- wcatl-cr, however, is beautiful, exceedingly. Cool end bracing ia the morning and evening, the at- m: sphere becomes mild and genial during the day, while the shy is aa blue and cloadlees as those fabled F.ostern heavens that we read about in books. There is jf.st enough bra z 2 to stir the air pleasantly, but not to raise tbe dust. Tbo contrasts between outward nature acd human fcelicgs are arnrag the mysteries of existence, which note of cs,. perhaps, are able perfccLly to understand. S'aiistics prove that suicides are twice as numerous ia Paria during the glorious month of July a3 during the gloomy month of December ; more frequent in 'g&y ana festive " Paris than in gloomy and foggy London. We hardly remember to have ever been very seriously tiick cr deeply depressed during cold and wintry weath er. We never saw pestilence walk abroad save in bright and balmy seasons, 'and we can remember, though cot with any great minutenes?, the ravrgea of the Asiatic Cholera, and mora recently of Yellow Jack at our ovn doors. Ard what weather we bad! We found it cifuoult to realizo the fact3 to which cur own experience bore witnese. And the Euficrer in the hospital, sinking upon a bed of pain, he looks up to the glorious skies, feeling that the- eanie rich ezare over-arches his heme, where dwell the loved cres for whom he has suffered and bled, and whose prayers have accompanied him to tbe battl? field, and he wishc-3 himself once more there and at rt-et. It i3 a fond i;:ncy that the skies sympathise with human euflerkg, or weep for human sorrow. The skie3 smile as brightly upon the rain of a people as upon their sal vaiien, and thiu their tears alike upon the just and the ui.jaat, upon the epprcsser and upon the oppressed. There is another and a better world, and all things will yet bo sot right; but in this world there is bo attempt at poetic justice, nor docs Providence vindicate its woys to nun. iPtc tile k; I?mtti&ville for tli litntfii cf Hie jOcl- Clia' Aid SocUty. The ladies of Kenansvilie and the surrounding coun. try, will give a Pic Nic, with an Evening's Entertain ment, at Keaansviiie, on Thursday, the 15th instant. A ppecial train will leave Gold3boro' at 5 o'clock on Thursday morsing, and will stop at the d.fferent sta tions ior all who may feel disposed to join in this praise worthy undertaking. We suppose a similar train will leave Wilmington for Magnolia, the depot nearest to Kenaosviile. Tbe cause is one which cemmends itself to ail, and therefore needs no commendation from -us. Any ODe who uas ever visited the pleasant village of Kenans vilie and mingled with its kind and hospitable people, will require nothing mora to assure bim or her of a de lightful tim:, thin to know that tbe pic nic is under the auspices cf the ladies of Kenansvilie and the sur round iog country. What old Duplin does, she doc3 well. Geoeg2 P. ilcKEi?, now unhappily no more, made a good deal cf capital by Lis poetical request to a certain " weedraan" to '-'spare tint tree." We fear that more than one woodman iu ca: section will metko more capi tal -tbia year by neither cpitLg "that tree" ncr the buyer of the cord wood sticks into which U nay be di vided, x cr cur part, we would rc-verse the words of the sorg acd say "Woodman don't spr.re that tree" nor the other ones. Cut them don and bring them to market, but oh, spare the poor buyers h town ! Sell the fuel for a lutlt hzs than its weight in Confed- let the saints and the sinners here ia Wilmicgtoa bnve Eomethicg to keep ' the vital warmth in their bodies for a while longer. Let them have a stick cow and then to cook their victuals. It won't require much for that purpose. Upon the whole, we say--we would eicg if we knew bow Woodman cut that tree, Fpare not a single bow, ia winter we will need it all.. w?want a little now. film Flghi at Xlam SlaUon, We have been favor.-d with a letter from Captain M. G. Cheset, 44th Regiment N. C. T.f written to a near relative, and evidently not at all intended for pub lication, but showing-by its unstudied utterances the Spirit by which our soldiers are animated, better, per haps, thacjbe most elaborately prefaced communiea tion : Petersburg, August 27tb, 1864. Dear . We are .'o-day resting for the first time since the 4th of May. Tbe men are broken down acd completely exhausted. Oa ibe evening of the 24th inst., we were ordered from tbe trenches and ordered to prepare for a n arch ; about two hours before sucset we took up ihe iine of m:rchf fur some point known ocly to our generate. Some said we were going to Stoaey Creek, while others said we were goicg to Wel don. We marched nearly ail night, sometimes goicg east, Bomecimes W':8t ; in fact I thick we traveled in ail dheotions. We camped a few hours before day, and cooked rations. At daybreak on tbe morniDg of the 25 b, the march was again resumed. About 3 o'clock we were baited aud our skirmishers were ordered to the front, and in a few minute-s thereafter firing commenced. Upon inquiry I found wc were in a short distance of the Petersburg and VVeldon Rail Road, near Reams' station, and that the Yankees were there in strong force, with good fortifications. A portion of our force charged them, and failed to carry the works. Gen'l Cook's brigade and ours, (now commanded by Gen'l McRie.) was brought up and put ia position, with order3 to charge and take those works. Gen'l McRae went upnnd down the lines, and told the men that they must Lot fail ; that for the sake of the noble Old North State they mai.t carry the works. Ia oar regi ment my company ia ihe color company. lie called upon me and said : You must plant those colors upon those works." I U-ld him if I failed it would be bectuse I was disabled. The arrargemenia having all been completed, tbe order was given to forward. Our men rose up, d without ever faltering took .the double quick lor the Yankee works. They poured volley after volley ioto our ranks,' but it all did no good. Our bri gade aad Cock's carried the works. The colors of oar regimeat were the first thai reached the works. When we got within eight cr ten sters, the Yarjks commenced giving way ; our men baiting on the works and pour ing a deadly fire in their confused and retreating columns. A great many surrendered immediately. . They were so panic stricken that tttey did not fight at all after we carried the works. 1 don't say it to brag, but I under stand that cur commanding cenerals say it was one of the most gallant charges made during thia- war. VV e captured over two thousand prisoners, besides killing and wounding a large number ; nine pieces of artillery, and any quantity of small arms, &o. I got tbe colors belonging to the 3Gth Wisconsin regiment It is a beau'ifui stand of colors. I would like to send them home, but there is a general order requiring all such things to be turned over and sent to the war depart meut. Alter we bad carried tbe work1?, and either killed or capture 1 ail that occupied them, the Yanks were fools enough to attempt to charge us out of them, We If t them come pretty cl.se up and fired a volley into them, when they broke and ran in every direction, rnnning over each other, and throwing down their guns loaded. If a herd of buffaloes had been turned ioose they could haniiy have surpassed the stampede. This is the only fight that I have ever fired a gun in. I fol lowed close afte. them, and would pick up their own guns aiready loaded, and let them have it on the back. I bat is tiij way 1 got tneir colors. Ailiita. We gvie some facts iu regard to this city, which has now parsed imo the hiu.:-s of the enemy, which will be of general interest. Though we have Joat Atlanta, the Confederacy is uncocqaeru'ole and as unshaken in its purposes as it was bolore the event occurred. It ia not to be denied, however, that the loss is a severe one. Tat re are three railroads whiih terminate in Atlan ta the Georgia road, connecting Atlanta with Augus ta; the Macon aud Western road to Macon, acd Wtetern and Atlantic road to Chattanooga, Tenn. A few miles sou h of Atlanta branches ths Lagrange railroad, connecting Atlanta with Weet Point, on the Chattahoochee river, at the Alabama line, 75 miles distant. By means of these railroads Atlanta in former times was connected with all parts of the United States. The city was laid out in 1845, and has now become one of the most populous in Georgia. In 18C0 its popu lation consisted of about 12,000 resident inhabitants, and since the war has increased to almost double that number, the turplus being made up of Government effi ends and employees. The city contains several hotels, a courthouse and some fine blocks of buildings. Since thu war it ha3 become an extensive Government depot and manufacturing centre. Here are located the prin cipal shops of the railroads joining ; tbe most exten sive rolling mill in the South, foundries and machine shops, pistol factory, shops for the manufacture of mis cellaneous Government articles, and two laboratories. DISTANCES. From Atlanta to Chattanooga, is 138 miles. Augusta, 171 " Macon. 103 " " " " W. Point, 78. " " " S&vaiinah,' 2-13 " " " Lovj-y, the present position of our Army, 29 miks. Whkkleb8 Movkmekts The late eccentric move ments of Wefceler have been incomprehensible to both friends and er emies. Ha ha been galloping about through East Tennessee, apparently wichcut aim or ob ject, acd accomplishing little or nothing. We derive full particulars of bis Jate operations from tbe Bristol Gazette. . At the bead of a large body of Confederate cavalry, many of them East Tenoessceans, Gtn. Wheeler came up from the Hiawassie to tbe vicinity of Loudoo, tear ing up a rail here and there and burning a stock gap now and then on the East Tennessee aud Georgia Rail road, but on nearing tbe bridge at Loudon, he seems sundenly to have been struck with a sort of military hydrophobia, and suffers cot his horses to drink in the Tennessee, tut suddenly turns to the right fl ink, leaving tbe bridge intact, the garrison of some two hundred negroes unhurt, except by the ague of fear into which the news of bia approach had thrown tbem. Gen. Wheeler next runs over five or six hundred ter rified Yankees at Maryville and baps them, Bhips them across the Unaka Mountains into North Carolina, and conquering bis aversion to water, crosses the French Broad at Seven Islands: 18 miles above Knoxville. But this accomplished, the malady seems to have re turned upon bim with renewed vigor, tor ne at onc gives the Holston a wide berth, and as carefully reins away from the Strawberry Plains bridge and its two hundred Michiganders, as be had already done from Loudon and its sable defenders, aad at last, again conquers his aversion to water, and puts himself on the west bank of a stream whose meandericL' he bad traced for some 200 miles, and betakes himself and bis men to some point or locality whereof this deponent knoweth not. Certain it is that he left Knoxville unattached at a time when all the Vpnkefl mnrderers and cit-throats that are wont to assemble there, were absent on a mission to burn, plua der and rob in UoDer East leonessee, and there it stands to day, with its prisons rammed and crammed full of such rata as Hon. Joseph B Heiskell, Col- Blach Cook, Hon. W. W. Wallace, Rev. T. Sullins, and Rev. J times Atkins. Wo know very well that ft is tbe usual course cf the press to beppttise every Confederate GfSocr who strad dis his bort-e at the head of his troopers and rides as if the devil was after bim like Loctiuvar, bat really this raid of Gen. Wheeler's, when viewed in every aspect, talis below whut we had the right to expect, and the ex istence of th-3 bridges at Loudon and Strawberry Plains a a i.i ir 1 IT . it!- i tc-csay, wnn tne untoucnea cerences ot -ivnuxvuu;, ia a certain evidence that even if he has ' not done these things which he ought cot to have d;ne,' he hes most as-ufedly left undone those things which he ought to have done,' and we can only hope that tho like? lack of vigilance on the prt of of the enemy mavvei. tfioid to some Con Ld rate General the opportunity te do th lmoortant work wuich Gen. Wheeler nceriec ed to ac complish, and thus to reap tbe laarela aud reward, which he failed to gather. Gen. Yanghan ia now in command at Bull's Gap. Our lines extend from there to boyond Rogersvilie. The enemy ia in force at Huselvil e and Bean'3 Sta tion. Aktemus Wabd ojt Fokt3. Every man of intel lect has got bis JTort. Daniel Webster's Fort waa to speecLerfy in the hauls or JM)ngria & mase JJ;ch3Cunarie3. Snakespeer rote good plaze bat he wouldn't have been wuih a pint or ko'd Sidr aa a stionergaffic Re porter. Wood he ? lie bet 2 dollars he woodent. Old George Washington's Fort wis not to have any puonc man or tne present aay resmoie mm to any alarming extent ! Where bowts cm George's equal bo founi ? I ask, & boldly anser no whares, or any wh&rcs else. Old man Torvnsin's Fert was to maik Sasajpcriller Goy to tho world ! anuther bfe caved.'. (Uotasbun from Townsin's advertisement.) Cyrus Field's Fort is tf.- lay sub machine telegraf under the bouodm biHer of the Oshun fcthcn hev it bust. bizinis and ritin oospapers. That's My Fort la the great moral show choice famerly Hteratoor for tie no what's the ma' tar' with m.-. So I might go on to an infinite ex- Cknt, Ma. ITcdges, cf Brunswick county, on Saturday gave U3 seme specimens of Okras grown on bis place in that county, which tar surpass anything of the kind we have ever seen. Several era fully a foot long and stout in proportion. They are also tender and good to eat fully as good as the common Okra, if not better. He cabs the variety the African Okra. We presume our people will have an opportunity of trying tbe new veg etable, as Mr. Hodges will probably send some to market. The statement vhich he.3 appeared in eorsc of the L Coriveation- papers relative to tne withdrawal of the British troops from Canada, seems about to be confirmed in practice. The Toronto (Canada Yrest) Leader, ha3 good author ity for Elating that orders have been received from the heme government to the effect that the stations in Can ada West (with the exception of Kingston and one battalion of infantry retained at Toronto aa a tcmpor cry arrangement,) arc to 12 vacated by tic troopg this autumn. FxrssiMEXT3 with. Sorghum Sugar Cane, and Treatise on the Manufacture cf Syrup and Sugar. Revised from tbo edi'ion publishad by Hedgei, Free St Co., Cincinna ti J. T7. IlancoTpb, 121 Main etreet, Eichmond, Va., 1S61. This is a pamphlet of CO page?, bdo seerna to be like Iy to be very useful to our farmers. There Is a great deal of Sorghum grown ia North Carolina this year. Tbe Fall of Atlakta does not ssem to have had any great effect upon the price of gold in New Yorkt which is only below the highest-point it has ever reached, and that fall was irrespective of Atlanta, bsing confessedly due to the discussion of measures looking to peace, and to the anticipated result of the Chicago The recent order by Sherman In regard to the white people of Atlanta, exceed! in barbarity all that this most barbarous war on the part of the North has yet pro daccd, and leaves tie achievments of Butler bo far ia the shade that the j are no longer to be remembered. It ia ia perfect keeping with Sherman's avowed determination to root out or exterminate the white population of the South ern States, 'and is no dcabt done with the fall approval of Lincoln and BUntoa, his Secretary of War. It shows one thing conclusively that there ia no piemium on submis sian, and nothing to be.jjned by taking tho Lincoln oath. ti We cut the following from a late Halifax, N. S., paper : - BAZMR 1 AID O? TXIK SOUTI1KHW PXUSOREKS' ItELIF.P FUND. Laty Patbosessrs. H. I. n. tho Priacess Mnrat, l he Marchi mess of Lothian, The Marchioness of Bath, Maria Marchsoaosa of Aiis bnry, La Marqnise de Kbiitmott, The Countess of Chester fi?ld , La3y Mildred JSsreefard Hope, Lady itoea Grevibe, The Conutess Bentivoglio, Lady Geergit:a Face, LaJy Eus'ace Cecil, It ia intended to hold Dam- Lady WharaoliSbe, L Viscoratos&e ds pierre, La Baronne de Longueuil, Lady de Hoghton, Lady Asson, Lidy Eardley, Mrs. Horsfall, Mrs. Laird, Wru. Akroyd, Mrs. JB. Callender, Urs. Collie. a bazaar in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, G. O., early in October, in aid of the Southern Prisoners' Relief Fund. Many ladies, in addition to those named, have promised their active aid. The suffering of the Southern prisoners of war in sickness, wounds, and deprivation of every comfort of life ; the multitudes of widows to whom nothing re mains and of orphans unable to. keep themsehes form an amount of woe, which some who ore blessed here with abundance and peace have felt a desire to alleviate. Efforts have already been made, and not without suc cess, through reliable' friends in tfie Northern States, but unhappily the fields is so widethat aid is now re quired to replace the means already provided and ex hausted. It i3 hoped tbe public will not refuse their assist ance in thi3 work of humanity. Referring to tbe above, and relying on the sympathy of the citizens of Halifax, it has been considered advi sable to have a Nova Scotia Table at the Liverpool Baziar, and contributions in money or of articles for sale peculiar to B. N. A. which would be specially ac ceptable, will be received and forwarded by the Halifax Committee, and kind assistance and co-operation is respectfully solicited. As tbe time fixed for having tbe Bazaar is early in October, it will be necessary to have contributions from Halifax oa or before the Twenty eighth September. Halifax Committee. Mrs. W. J. Almon, Mrs. A. Q. Jones, Mrs. W.J. Stairs, Mrs. R. Hugonoin, - Mrs. H. C. D. Twining, Miss Pillsbury. . Brownlow's paper says that tbe late federal jury, sitting at Knoxville, found six hundred and sixty bills of indictment for treason. Etc , etc .etc. tent. Twice 1 endeavored to do things which wasa't in my Fort. The fust time was when I undertook to lick a ondafcbus cass who cut a hole in my tent and crawled threw. Sez I, my jentle eir, go oat or I el all fall unto you putty bevy.' Sez he, ' wade in, old wax fingers,' whereupon I went for him, but ho cawt me powerful on the head and knocked me threw the tent into a cow pastur. Ho pureood and attack and flang me into a mud puddle. As I arose and rung out my drencht gar ments I konkluded fiiten was not my Fort. I now rise the kurtiu upon Seea 2: d : It is rarely seldom that I seek konsolation in tho Fiowin Bole. But in a certain towa in Injianny in the Faui of 18 , my orgen grinder got sick of tbe fever and died. I nev er felt eo ashamed in all my life & I thawt Ide bist in a few swallers cf sathin streugthenin. Konseqetenta was I histed in so much I didn't zactfy know where bouts I was, I turned my livin wild bea3ts of Pray loos 3 into the street and upsot my wax wurks. I then bet I could play hoss. So I harniat to a Kanal bote, there being two other horses hitched oa likewise, 1 behind & 1 ahead of me. The driver hollered out for U3 to git and we did. But the horses being onused to such an arrangement began to kick and squeal and rare up. Konscquents was I was kickt vilently in tbe stummuch & back and presently I fcwnd myself iu the Kanal with the other Losses kickin and yellin like a tribe of Cusscarorus sav ijis. I was rescood, and a3 I was being carried to tbe tavern on a hemlock bjard I sed in a feeble voice , 4 Boy?, plain hoes isn't my Fort ' Moral Never doa't do nothia which it isn't your Fort, for ef you do you'll find yourself splashing in round in tbe Kacal, figgeratively speaking. From the ElchmoEd Dispatch Aa the facts in connection with the evacuation of Atlanta gradually uofold themselves tie pubiic mind becomes reassured. It is already asserted that there was no disaster, that the ppirit of our mm ia uuimpair ed, and that they arc us defiant now as tbey were the day before the evacuation took place. General Hood never believed be could hold Atlanta permanently. His great object was to hold it as long as he could, and to make the possession of it by the enemy cost him as much as possible. TLi3 object has been fully attained. The enemy has been delayed in his progress towards the South upwards of two months, and within that time has lest more men than the English portion of the expedition lost at the siege of Sebsstopol proba bly as many as both English and French lost. Atlan ta had done its share of the duty assigned to it, and when it ws3 no longer tenable it was evacuated. It was taken at last 6y a fiai.k movement it never couid have been taken by ePiect assault. Sherman has passed through an immense tract of country, and be has conquered as much of it as lies within the range of his guns. His course has been like that of a ship through the sea. The waves give way before it and close around its stern. .The population of the country through which Sherman bas advanced yield ed as he came on, to the mere weight of his colossal force. It scattered from his front to reunite in his rear. West Tennessee has already slipped from his grasp, and there is every indication that Eust Tennessee may shortly follow. In Kentucky a civil war is actually rag ing at this moment. The people of that unhappy land submitted to save their property from confiscation or de struction under tbe hope that they would be allowed to remain neutral in the conflict. They never contemplated the probability of being forced to bear arms against their own countrymen. If they were compelled to fight, there are few cf them who would not have preferred to fight on the Confederate side. But they hoped to avoid the necessity of fighting altogether. They have now become not too late we hope fully aware of the folly of their choice. They have not been able to preserve their property, for which they had sacrificed their honor, nor have tbey secured an exemption from military duty by submission. " Lincoln's emancipation proclamation bas swept off their slaves into the ranks -of the Yan kee army. Their fat cattle have become the prey of Yankee Commissaries ; their blooded horses have served to mount Yankee cavalry ; their fine crops have been pressed for the wants of the Yankee army. As for the neutrality which Mr. Crittenden ex horted them to maintain, it bas turned out to be as unsubstantial as moonshine in the water. Their coun try is subject to tbe Yankee drUt, and they are expect ed to assist in slaughtering and enslaving their neigh bors and brothers. A portion of that spirit which distinguished Kentucky in other days still seems to be slumbering in the bosoms even of .the' Union men. They evince a disposition, since fight they must, to fight against, rather than for, the Yankees, and they are said to be Hocking to the standard with a zeal which no efforts of the Confederate' armies themselves could arouse.. The Yankees have done for us what we could not do for ourselves. They have made every Kentuckian who has a spark of spirit and honor re maining detest tbem as if each man of their nation was a personal enemy. It is clear that, in passing bo long a distance through the country, Sherman has conquer ed nothing bat the ground his army occupies for the time, and that cn which the forts he' has left in bis rear ara built. Instead, therefore, of being depressed by the evacua tion of Atlanta, we have .every cause to exult in tbe progress cf our causa generally. The enemy has evi dently undertaken more than he can do. He cannot bold tbe country over which his armies have marched. He is compelled to concentrate to prevent disastir, and when he concentrates be abandons some portion of tbe ceuntry. His force is not sufficient no lorce that ever marched tinder tbe banner of created man would be suf ficient to bold down tbe enormous country he baa un dertaken to sut-jagate. This b&s become more apparent during the progress of the present campaign than it ever was before. The enemy found from the ex perience of the three preceding campaiges that he could not hope to subdue the rebels unless he concentrated his forces. Accordingly, coccentratioi, has been the order of the day, and it bas cost him nearly all the territory he had previously overrun. Our prospects are far brighter now than they were this time last year, for then we bad not jet recovered from the severe blow inflicted by the capture vieksburg. This year we have received no severe blow. On the contrary, we bave been almost always victorious. Our victories, in fact, have spoiled us by making ua too seneitive to a reverse. And yet, in tbe nature of things, reverses muat come sometimej. We are but too happy that the present ia so inconsiderable. Slgfl of Charleston. F0D3 AND TWENTY-SIGRTti DAT, Sixty-three shots were firei at Sumter and thirty eight at the city, from sis P. M. Wednesday to six P. il. Thursday. Battery" Si mkiu3 fired twelve shots at ibeen- my's new battery, which was replied' to by -Battery Wagner, firing eight shots at Simkfns. Gregg al so fired eoai9 nine 8'iots at Sullivan' Island. Iu tho cby three prse-cs, one tmn and two children, were wounded by pieces of shed. Ooe child was severe ly woended. . Tre enemy were hard at. work today on the palisades near Battery Wagner. There is no dembt of our offi cers being now coi.fiocd in the stoekade between Wag ner and the middle battery. . Tin stockade appears to be a four sided enclosure, with four sentinels, who can be distinctly eeeci oa eacii face. No chaig in the tleet ic reported. Charleston Coxnier. T:i.5T-tifoaiA.! Tiiifl. Among th Hons -xhibiled to the American visitors the other day u; New Brunswinek was the 4lboar" or tidal wate of the Peticodiac river. This phenomenon is cb?ervable 10 a creator or less extent in a l the rivers flowing into tbe iixy of Fundy, but it is per hups more .cocspicaoos iu Tho Petieoiiiac than iu ajy other. The appearance of the "boar" oa this particular occasion is thus described by the "special" eft he St John Tele graph : "As the t'me fcr Ua appearance approached much auxiety wis manifested to obtvn as. early-a glimpse of it as possible. The- crowd cn ihe wharf with eager eyes iocke-d down the river, but still it did not come. The water in the deep channel still rushed downward, or cveifljwfcd the muddy back, and spread ia a shal low stream over the saod bars ia the river. Presently a white speck was seen in the distanc, far down the gorge aud all eyce were turned to tbe p3ec3 as round the point and up the river tho boar camo rushing on in one broid wave bko a vui! cf snow. We could eoe it curlicg up tbe banks oa its outward edge and bearing a crest of foam like a huge tusk along the rim of the marsh. As it reared U3 its re ar felt cn our ears like the sound ot a distant cataract, and could see that it carried upon its front huge log3 and roots and pieces of timber. As it passed the wharf where we stood we could see ttv-xt it was going at the rate of ten mi'ea an hour, and that tbe trout ol the wave was some some five or six feet high. E7ery one present declared that it was a sight worth going over half the continent to see." ,1 The CftFtUtltUIon of Fort Morgan. The following ia Admiral Farragut's report cf the capitulation of Fort Morgan : Flagship Hartfokd, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Mobile Bay, Aug. 25, 18G4 Sia : I had the honor, in my despatch, No. 306, to report to tbe department that Fort Morgan surren dered on ihe 231 instaot to the arny aad navy, thocgh at the time the despatch was" written end mailed, the ceremony of surrender had not actually taken place. The correspondence preiiminaTy to that event is here with forwarded, (marked Nog. 1, 2, 3 and 4.) and the department will perceive that the term3 of capitulation were the Fame as in the case of Fort Gaines. General Page endeavored to obtain more favorable terms, but without success.. I regret to sUte that, after tbe asssmbiing of the of ficers at the appointed hour, (2 P. M ) for the surrender, outsiae the fort, it was discovered, oa aa examination cf the interior, that most of the guns were spiked, acd many of the gun-carriages wantcniy irjured, and arm.3, ammunirion, provisions, &c, destroyed, and that there was every reason to believe that this had b?en done af ter the white flag had been raised. It was also discov ered that Gen. Page and several of his officers had no sword3 to deliver up, and, further, that some of those which were surrendered had been broken. The whole conduct of the officers of Fort Gaines and Fort Morgau presents suou a striking contrast in moral principle that 1 cannot.fail to remark upon it. Colonel Anderpou, who commanded tho former, finding himself ia 1 position perfectly untenable, aud encumber ed with a snperflaons number of conscripts, many ol whom were more boys, determined to surrender a fort which be could not dc fond, and in this determination was supported by all i-i3 officers save one, but from the moment he hoisted the white flsg he scrupulously kept everything intact, and in, that condition delivered it over ; whilst General Page aud his officers, with a childish spitefuin-.ss, destroyed the gun3 which they bad said "Ihey would defend to the las, but which they never defended ut a'l , and tbrew away or broke those weapons which ihey Lad not the manliness to use agiinst their enemies ; for Fort Morgan never fired a gud after the commencement of the bombardment, and the advanced pickets of our array was actually on its glacis. As before stated, th3 cerernooy cf surrender took place at 2 i. M., and that same afternoon all the gar rison were se'nt to New Orleans ia the United States steamers Tennessee acd Bienville, whore they arrived safely. Very rcspctfully, your cb't ssrv't, D. G. Farragut, Rear Admiral, Commanding W. G. B. Squadron. Hon. Uidcoa Wd;e3, Secretary of the Navy, Wasa- ingecc. nmk, on the Arrest t,f JVsgro?8. The following which we find in the Yankee papers is interesting. Tho Mr. T. M. Poree addressed is an ebon skin of the blackest hue, who for a number- of years has been operating in New Orleans an an agent of the Haytipn E.-nigration. Headquarters Department of the Gulf, ) New Orleans, Aug. 17, 18C4. j" Messrs. T. M. Porte and others, New Ot leuns: Gentlemen In ans wer to your memorial, which I have this day received, 1 have tho honor to eay that the arrest of the persons you represent was cot only with out orders, but against order, aud no intention has been entertained of disturbing th.3 people of this city Joy any forcible enlistments. Some days since prominent citizens of New Orleans represented thit there were many hundred negroes without employment, and without visible mians of sup port, in the swamps aad woods about the city, escaping regular labor, and induigio g in the propensities which vagrants are inclined to follow. Instructions were given to ascertain if this were a fact, and if the statement was found to be true, to bave such men enlisted in tho army. Under a misapprehen sion of orders, the officers entrusted with the duty made arrests of citizens employed in regujar business within the limits of the city. As Boon as the fact was known, the order was given for their release, without exception. All measures will be taken to prevent the recurrence of these arrests. I regret exceedingly tbat any .well disposed citizen should have been disturbed in his employment or in his family. . I recognize the alacrity with which the people you represent organized the regiments in 1862, and also at the time when the safety of tbe city was threatened in 1863, during the seige of Port Hudson, aad acknowl edge the great obligations which the Government of the United States owes to you and to them. With much respect, your obedient servant, N. P. Banks, Majoa General Commanding. A late French writer says the Bostonians are much like his countrymen, polite, courteous and feeders on frogs, and that they have a pond in the middle of a public garden, which is kept lor the purpose of supply ing the city with these Rtiimala 1 -New Orlraks Schools. Among a lung liat of eprp tions which every , school teacher in New Orleans ;a obliged to answer under oath, is the annexed : Are there any other assemblages of pnpils iu t):t school rooms ot other times, for literary or other purpose? II so, wncD, and tor what purposes 7 Do religious exercises or instructions form an? of the regular duties of the school ? If so, state the na!n e acd extent cf the same. Are there any demonstrations of loyalty, eueh in playing of patriotic airs, singing patriotic sang?, c r tic display of the flag of the United States ever made ".-. your school? If not, why are tbey omitted ? Are any topic3 introduced, or eung, or played, or fbjn or mottoes or devices displayed in your eccol, v. :", are inimical to the United States, cither during ?rh:ri hours cr at other times ? If 60, state when and under what eircamtfa'KCF ? Do you teach your scholars the duty cf bei I t .; to the gavcrnment of the United States ? Are jour eympothiea with the Unite.i Slate? go v. v., . ment, or wiih the so called Confederate govern uor.t : Have jou taken tho oath of Allegiance to lI.c U- i L i States since the Ut of May, 1S63 ? If so, at what lime, end before when ? Have you taken the cmnesty rath of December i 1863 ? Have you ever taken the cath of allrgiane'e to t!;o so-called Confederate government ? " Are ycu now, or were you ever, rrgig'eihd as an en emy of the United Spates ? Would ycu bave any objection to have the Uniir.j States flag raided over your echool, or owr the prin. : pal's detrk during sebco! hours ? I he principal of each school is required to a ; thereto a list cf the names of his cr her pupih kh-x-1st Jan , 1864, togetter with tt-e name at-d ite: l.vee of their parents or guardians. Important tu IXuld:m of Four Pr t'cs. The following letter has been ban Jed t) cj tor pu L'cation :Clns.Mcr. Office Commissioner of Tax::s, j Richmond, Aujuat 20, lSol. J. K. Sass, Esq., President cf the Ba.k cf Ch.irt'..u Charleston, S. C. Sir : Your letter of theTolh iusfait to the ah.-. -of thj Secretary ef t!;e TrtMiry, bus ben icd-rnd t ) this Bureau. Ycu s'ate that it ij repor;ol i:.erc t! et the Tex Collectors have b;ta ir s-rucied not t" r c :v. fenr pel cent. cettificaNs in payment "ot 1i.x.'S bem u: y but ih'i cri:nii subscribers, cr io otter werd: c r li- catfe traceierrtd to :i third party, arc v. a i L .. . T i ..i p'jjmtm oi iaxs. a nui un a'-.arj tear nny m-ui instructions hav-r? ever been issued. I am certain rw. Euch have cn anated from tho Department at this i f.'c . Oa the contrary, you will see from tho enclosed op; of regulations, that lour per ceat ccrtiliea'ca may i'. transferred irdvliaiteiy, acd tint fa- IVdi-r May r. them in payment of his taxea, whetlr i.e bu o: -gin bolder or a more assignee, by conionnitg to tne ;e quitements of Article 2 of said rega'atio i?. Very respectfully, F. ALLAN, Ooramie-ae;iei-. Tbe following is the paragraph from tht Tax Co u mfesioner's "regulations" referred to above : Treasury Departmknt, C. S. A., ) Richmond, April 20, 1S31. Whjn any such four per c:nt. bord or certitktiu- h usd iu payment cf eny tux or taxes, there cn t, i -fere the same is received, be written upn it, or u-r. ..a soma paper annexed, tin assignment to the District Collector, who, or which deputy, shall receive; ir, ex pressed in terms denoting tbat r.uch assign m.et h :a -t : ia payment of a tax or taxes du; from tho then 1; .;.. r or holders, cr from some; partnership, firm, or i:!-.0!; rated association, whereof he ie, or they are, a rn in -or members, or from rome member or ncmbeit! (n ;:n ') of a partnership, firm or incorporated a?sci ili-n, il e.i holding and about to arsign the same. When tn; per son or persons thus making aa assignment to t!w ' i -trict Collector shall not be ti.e person cr ;.er-:or. )u whose name or names said bond or cortifrVovj v i -sued, there mn?t, before the same is received, ie w;ii'. a upon it, cr upou some paper annexe, an ayiii.ai.i.t from the latter under which either directly, or threia ''i eom'i immediute assignment or assignment -, tho.form.: shall ar-pear to be owignre or nss ;gr:e s'tbcrenf ; but it shall suffice, if there is aa assignment in blank oe to ihe name or names of the assignee or assignee1, which bli; may be validly filled with the name or name-n of tiij bolder or holders at the time of his, ber or tln-ir t- :. -ferring tho bond or certificate to the District Coileet; r. And in every case, before such Collector cr LU eb-puiy shall receive any such bond or certificate, coch rj-ri;;) -ment thereof whether in full or in blank, m aforesaid-, mu3t have an authentication in due form, for which ;i certificate cf any District Collector, or bi.3 deputy, r of aay magistrate, or notary public, or clerk of a conn of record, m the words, "executed beiore i;:e, ir " acknowledged before rue," and signed officially, J..ui suffice. Tno TKi:!ia3sce at Halifax lirlth P;.ulri.l iy." A private tetter, received through tl-.e blockaaP, p,ia; account of the treatment of the Confederate cruder T.i;.. haeaee at Halifax, Homewat d ffarent from an? whirl) J heretofore been published. ' Ag larciabiPK an ii uHtrH'i.ir. . i the " neutrality " of Gieat Britaia ia tho present war, subjoined ex'.iacta will le pornatd with interest. 'I'm writer eoya : The Britu h Admlra1, fi:r Jaiii?3 'lovo, was v'.r7 ?' i from .h first. Sir liichard UcDouild, th Men'ovanM; erncr, wiBted to bo friendly ; bnt orderR from Lord J. ; or rather lrom Mr. Heward destroyed hia f;ocl ion tions. The wbola colonial admicirit ration is c(,ra;!..t-. under th thuoib of tio Yar-kee initiator, through !.. Lyon. Before tbe or !er was received from V;JM.t l ., Judjre Jackson, the Uiiitcd States Ccnaul, ma'ie r d.-m : for tbe vessel and the nen and ciSccr in chains ! I o d8r a writ of de lunaiieo inquirenrfu waa cot iiiii l him. Tbe worst of lh wholo affair ia, a party iA . men were sent down ia bot and laanchc i to nerr o'o..J ;.. ship, and a naval officer was put upon her, who reu.;:.r. .. to Lurry ber to Be, and d d lci. leave tho d -x'l .u'itii s.-: raa steaming down tUa bay. the wa allowed n!y c ; huodred tons of coal ; encash, it was s !d, tak't At Ij the nearest Confederate port. The picacacp of thin iu :.:, walking np ar;d down tho deck, and of tLa cordon l !o around tor, waa dccididly galliEg to the pri lo .u bor y-. ' lant crew. Arid such is Bdtiab neutialilv ! Vih'. o t:.v the Q jeeo's couaeel gavo his opinion upon tbe -a-r, t i f -efloct phit tbo war veusjla of . b?lligreet power l.u-1' !: right to remain in a neutral port loujj enoasb to ui.iA.-; ' cessary reoaba, tafee ia coal, and twenty four hour a ait-.i - wards. The TallabasHce necdaJ repairs eadlv ; but Hfcj' tbe BtroDt; fcelins: egainst bim, Captain Wood, vory prr.i, orly, refused to beg permianioa to rtiaiu loi( enough V r th9 parpofio. Ead ho done bo, it would hiva locn reran o, nndoab-edly. captain Wood's word waa not vj'Jci-d, t: i ergiftecrs were Bcut oa board to 650 bow m'jch o l-- ;f rather bow little would tako her to tea; ai.d o'.ht r fit ters seat uadcr tne g iiao or visitoro to it sc1. 1:'.- .' I tion. It ia understood tat Lord Lyons wa n y pc: tory in his order to send that ship to at tacc." Truly, British neutrality, aa represented, by i ho cor J v of high cniciala, ia a queer co'Timodityt Poesibly no iai cfaimiDg to be a map, and to occopy a h?g'a poii'iou, w.vi ever so much tbe tool of another a Lord Lyym, iLo i'.iit iflh mbiister at Washington, ia of William 11. fci-.ward. This is fnliy illnRtrated in bia procoedings ia t'i caaa c'. tj Tallabaaiea. Richmond Dispatch, Nevjr Glv Up ! Never give up ! it ia wiser and better Always to bops, tba'i ones to despair ; Fling off tbe load oi Doabt'a can&fring fo't :e. And break the drk spell of tyraanicalcaro : Never ffive np ! cr the burden may Bink ycu, Providence kindly haa mingled tb9 cap, And in all trials cr troubles, be thick you, Tie watchword of life mast be, Wcver glvo up ! Never gi70 up ! there are chances and c'ainjca , Ueipiog the hopeful a hundred to one, And through the chaos High Wildcat arrange i Ever success if you'll only hope on : Never give up ! for the wisest ii bolJott, Knowicg that Providence roinglca th'j cap, And of all maxims the best, as the oideat, Ia the true watchword of tfevcr give up ! Never give up ! though tbe grapo shut may rattle, Or the fall thnnder cloud over you burst, Stand like a rock, and the Btorm cr the bttla Little shall barm you, though doing their worst : Never give up ! if adversity presses, Providence wisely has m ingled the cup, And the be.it counsel, ia all your distress. I tbe stoat watchword ot Never give up .' The Yankees want Onions. So trreat 13 tbo crv for onions made in behalf of Grant's army, that an "onion fund" has been started in New Vork aoJ Fhuadelphu. Le's boys are endeavoring to relieve the cravings of flrant.'fl armw fnr nfiinns. bv CTivinT thcra U "little more crane which if not Quite go nutritious, is far ? - -. : II V. u .11 v:U HnaU is Unif rv more correoiivc u uu luc ma yuksu u-.ju jo w than the unsavory esculent they want. f'ct. Express. Oaptubisd.- It is reported that General Xicholia and General Hays, who left Lynchburg Ia9t month for Trans-MississiDDi. wher they were ordered mr duty, have been captured. We did not hear at what poirat nor any of tbe particulars. Richmond Sentinel
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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