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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. coarrxDSHATs states of America. WILMINGTON, N. CM THURSDAY, OOT.O, 18C4. LiscoLif and McClellah. The Northern papers have recently brought out a queer attempt made by XiixcoLX to buy off McClellan from being a candi date for the Presidency, in opposition to himself (Lin coln). Ia a speech delivered in New York, cn the 27th of September, Mr. Hoktgomery Blair, Mr. XiNCOLK'a late Postmaster General, distinctly an nounced to the country that President Lixcolx, "hold ing General McClellan to be patriotic, had concerted with General Gbaxt to bring him (McClellax) again into tho field as his (Grant's) Adjunct," if he (Mc Clellan) would turn hiE back on the Chicago nomi nation. The statement, the Washington National Intelli gencer says was deliberately mads by Mr. Blair in.a public speech, and havirg been thus made cn Lis authority (than vihich none coald be better), it stands before the ccuntry as un uncontradicted fact, which needb no additional confirmation. The fact amounts to this, that whatever we here may think of McClellan's chances, it is evident that Lin coln rather fears them, and is anxious to bay cfi by the offer of employment a man whom he had done aii In fcia power to lessen and disgrace whom, for two years, he has deprived of command and employment, and left to drift high end dry, a wreck tpon the Lhore, as deem ed unseaworthy either on account of incompetence or nnfaithfulness. Now he deems him ' patriotic," end "will give him employment cn condition cf hia cot being a candidate against himself (Lincoln.) Naturally, th's tbiDg has occasioned a good deal of talk at the North ; and naturally, too, that talk ha3 been very damaging to Mr. Lincoln, who 13 accused of using, or trying .to use, the power conferred by his position to remove a competitor ffeni L13 path, by of fering him that employment which, if he be "patriotic" and competent, c 3ght cev:r to have b:-en withheld from him, and which, if fcc be not, ought never to be given to him. " So lor.'g as it wu3 only the welfare of the country that was at stak2," says the Intelligencer, " he was treated with studied neglect, but when the success cf the Republican party ia in jeopardy, the President ia Btraightway ready to ' concert ' an arrangement for bringing him again into ihe field, provided ho will give the requisite pledge of capacity, cf loyalty, cf honesty? ct so, bat a pledge that that he is willing to roooance the possibility of coming into competition with the President's aspirations to a re election !" O'd Franci3 P. Bi.air, the father of Montgomery Blair, had, it seems, approac 'led General McClellan about the 20th of Ja!y, informally and without au thority from Lincoln, and had then urged upon Mc Clellan not to accept the nomination of the Chicago Convention, but to address a note to Mr. Lincoln ask ing command in the army declaring at the same time that ha did not seek it with a view to a Presidential nomination. McClttllan promised to think over it. Blair returned to AVas jiagtoa and told all he had done ia New Ycvk ia interviews with Bryant, of the Post, Bennett, of the He: all, and Grssly, of the Tri bune, as well t.s with McClellan. lie told Lincoln that he thought it probable General McClellan might write to him in respect to himself. lie, F. P. B., adds 11 lie (Lincoln) neither expressed approval nor disap probation of what I had done, bat his manner was as courteous and as kind as' General McClellan's had been. It turns cat that although Lincoln neither expressed approval ncr disapprobation cf what Blair had done he yet acted on it, and, without waiting for that note from McClellan, which never cam?, he forthwith con certed with General Grant to bring McClellan into the field as Grant's adjunct, if he, McClellan, would turn his back upon the nomination of the Chicago Con vention. Neither A22 hoicst Aeh nor Grant appear in a very enviable light in ihi.i cojucciion. It Looked Like Old Times. -Looking dora Prin" ces3 Street the other day we caught a glknpsa of the white sails of a fore-and-aft schooner glancing past on her way up the river. Of course she was cnly a small river craft, but the sight lookel " kind cf natural," so much eo that we hurried down to the river in lira? to see her rounding to. he: jib coming down by tie run and her other Eail3 following. The "smokers" as the eld "salts " call the steamers, will never have the resque beauty that belongs to the sailers. p-.ciu- On Sunday we had warm, summerish weather, and men shook their heads ominously. They thought it too warm, and E3 it was, if there had been any Yellow Fever about, but fortunately there had been ro new cases and there were no old ones. Yesterday, Monday, the weather in the morning was cool enough to make fires pleasant and all fear3 were dissipated. With cool weather on the lSih of October, and the disease wholly disappeared, we think we may all breathe a3 freely as we choose, lhat apprchensiou is removed. The fever could not be propagated iu the present atmosphere and at the present temperature, even if there were any here to be propagated , and wc can hear of none. It having been given cut in more than Oue of the Raleigh papers that Governor Vance had gocto Au gusta, George-considerable curiosity, we may S3y in terest, has been felt to know why he had done eo, most people supposing that it had some connection with pub lic business. The IVdeigh Conservative cf Saturday, the 15th, b,:3 the following which throws some light on the subject : Intimations hnvinc been given out by the "preai, that a Convention ot tho Governors of th3 6evcral fcitar.es vomd assemble eoou at Ausuata, Oa., we ueed not lonprer pre serve silence on the subject, though we doubt the policy 0; its publicity, for the reason that the encjn; is eo r-ady tn misconstrue everjthic;: which cccura among u. We havo known of tlie proposed meeiing for several weoka. Go. Var.ce left tL;3oityou yceterday to attend thr meeting at An.us? Monday next- It is eitrplv a recci ng for consuitatiou among tha Govern era or" !.e" Stages ibis Bide the Hiasir.i.;"ppi. It ia not ? pease meeting in cny other peuse than that thoBo xhj ated it are at peace, desire peace with all, and especially with our Korlieru mrov, and will do all they r aa within tha scopo of their powers to promote peace. We prcstaia that they will n:et vith out a programme ard without any BceciSdd object, except to consult upon the gerjerul interests of each fctafe and 01 the Confederacy. We truit this meeting will roalt ia goo j ' to the cuuae. Shakspeare was a prophet, as all true poets are. When he sail, " He that steals my purse steak trash," he looked forward to the year 1SC4, and meant Green backs and Coufed. The Irish Potatoe crop tht ig tie 'crop of potatoes in Ireland is said to bs excellent this year. . The salary and allowances of the Governor-General of India exceed two hundred thousand dollars, gold. Pretty fair that. Queer. Oar valued cotemporary of the Augusta Constitutionalist, in its issue of the 14th instant, has an article complaining of the neglect of due credit on the part of the Richmond Dispatch, in which it says that the Constitutionalist, while endeavouring atal' times to give proper credit, considers itself also enti tled to require it. The Constitutionalist of course is right, but isn't it a little queer, that the very nerc ar ticle should relate to Wilmington be taken from the Journal, and yet have no credit at all ? Of coarse it is only an accident. "Sksxx." A communication over the above signa ture ia unaccompanied by a responsible name. The writer must be aware of the rule precluding its public tion, while each U tlie case. The State elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and, we, think, soma other S'.a'cs besides, came cfl on the Second Tuesday in October, the 11th instant. Northern papers of the 12th report these States to have gone Republican by larg-i majorities. We suppose tbis means that the returns so far received indicate such a result ; for, even with the large number of railroads and telegraphs ia these States the full results could not have been announced in the papers of next morning. v e believe the soldiers from some of these States are allowed to vote, and we doubt if that vote could fcave been received. But after all, sach a result wcu'd not surprise us, even though it Ehould be taken as foreshadowing the coarse cf the sa:no States, or of the hole North, at the Presidential election to be held cj the 8th day cf No vember. Tae fall of Atlanta, while it may not really have exerted any marked -influence upon the campaign, and certainly cjuld not influence the result of the strug gle going on, had etiil the effect of strergthening the hands cf the- extreme war party at the North. Elec tions held gicca that event has occurred sufficiently demonstrate this fact. The tone of parties and politi- I t t 1 r L A ? A cans at me una DtaT3 wnnes3 10 ns power, ana even Wall Stre:t itfe'f hus given its assent to the gene ral verdict, aa the fll in gold abundantly proves. And the istreme war party id, we fear, the party in the m ajority at the North. Nothing but a hopelessness of success in a military point cf view could give to any other party a chance cf success. The Northern people a3 a body are anti slavtry. Before the war commenced they fcbewed that uraistakab by electing an avowed enemy tf Southern institutions, upon a platform of un disguised hostility to these institution5?. Since the war commenced, the? cava been taught to believe, and they rcqcir.d little teaching, tht slavery was the cause cf the war that no peace can be permanent until slavery ia abolished, end State rights abrogated. These things thcy will do if they can. The majority at the North are anxious to see them done, and nothing but despair of bung able to compass these objects will induce them to abandon the pursuit cf these objacts. Previous to the entrance of the enemy's fleet into Mobile Bay, and of Suesman's army into Atlanta, a certain amouat of despondency had b?gua to steal over the surface of the Northern mind. CorJ derate sacc:s3 would have given to that feeling a positive and operative character- would have made the Chicago Convention a peace Convention, and enabled the candidate, of that Con vention to ciiry the Presidential election upon a peace basis. Federal success has altered all this. The Chicago Contention was a milk-and-water C'f?;ir, and its nominee was acyth;ng else than a peace teas; and evui with a half way platform, and a war, but rot extreme war, candidate, the Chicago movement bids lair to fail completely. Republicanism is rampant, and A3SAUAM Lincoln's chances are almost reduced to certainties. Oar '-Northern brethrsn " think they see before thorn an opportunity to work their own sweet will ?it the South, nnd upon its people and its institu tions, and they have shown themselves devoted to that party whose policy aires to go to the extremest lengths in paisuacce of these objects. If Abraham Lincjln does not be re-elected we shall certainly be surprised. All the signs point to this result, and it i3 no argument, nor hardly any indication to the coutrary that the ra-jjority ofthe leading and most re spectable statesmen of former parties men like Pikrce, Fillmore, SsvMOUii, Richardson, Cass, go for Mc Ci.eli an. The3? are not no.v the representative men at the North. They wsre swept away when men like Lincoln and Seward and others of ultra views rose to the-undisputed control. The conservative statesmen we have named, belong to a past age. The present age belongs to men like Stanton and Scmnkr, and Thad. Stevkxb, men who in better times would have been disowned by any or by all parties. It would be useless to attempt to offer a " situation ' article at this particular time, even if wo were inclined tc do sr, for emphatically may it now be said that we enow net what a day or an hour may bring forth i "1 he idea seema to gaia credenca that Grant will hazard everything upon the ca3t of a die, or at least that he will hazard mucb, before the Presidential elec tion at the North, and that will take place on the 8th of November. Reasoning from these premises many lock for a desperate, a supreme attempt against Rich mond within the next two weeks, say between the 20th of this raoath and tho 1st of November. For this purpose he will cancentrate all the forces he can mu3ter at that point, and it is even said tht his recent visit tor Washington City was for the purpose of consultation with Lincoln, and of urging the sending forward 0 all possible reinforcements. He may even call in Sheridan from the Valley, but that would en able Lee to call in Larlt, and would perhaps leave the balance as it was before. The new levies are being rapidly embodied, and it is said that thirty to forty thousand will reach Grant within a vxry short time ; but whether raw troops will beef much service for ihe kind of work which alone can make any impression against the defences and de yenders cf Richmond is more than doubtful. While getting thiriy to forty thousand recruits he will lose fifteen to twenty thousand veterans. SnnRiDAN has certainly lailen back down the Valley as far as Strasburg, at the head of the Manassas Gap Railroad, and may meditate a change of base so as to co-operate with Grant on another line. Thi3 a few days wiil determine. Or he may fall back with the view of Le;u able to detach a portion of hi3 forces to Grant. 'i'hes are but speculations, and are so given, and while wc are giving speculations, we'snppose we may as well cut out the following from the Richmond Evquit er ot the 13;h, agreeing with the Enquirer that each rjji'crious iatlniitions seldom amount to much in the loaj run : what is it ? Thef .- va Swiao iwts at tha War Department, on yes-tni-iy, Ty:!i;!s w. u'd make th5 public heart thrill with j "r.ee .'rrlin to popular rsDort. That such splendid r ri r;: :s w:tiih?Ui, a '.:iear2 remarkable, for, if ever the pub lic heart n-'eded il thriMirg with joy," it ia just at thit iMtticuUr jaiiturp. Ea: these vague hints of Bomehing mftrve-'.-irH iir not altogether new to the people. They iiive lioard thorn b :foro, emanating directly, too, from the best BT:t of Uo-ifed?rate authority, and it has happened, ur.fcrtaitrly, tnat .:ey nsver did come out much. There ww a line, myrttu loir? lace put upon tbem all, too, which eabrrided into oe.itiM'nl bUnk at the denouement. It is highly probr.b'e tNi public heart can do without any more such i-leaa: etimuUn's, and if they can't let us know whit the thrilling new U. wo reckon the authorities might E3 well keep th-d vho's sicretto themselves. We think it would ip-iicate more boldness than wis- dcra to draw aoy definite or final conclusions from the poaition of things r.i the Wet. We confess that we are r.ot possessed of the data upon which to base euch conclusions, and vre are rather surprised at the tone of CDnfiier.ee and certainty in which some of our cotem porariea indulge. As things now stand in Northern Georgia, a very few days must determine the course of events. Things cannot long remain as they are. Ac tive operations are inevitable, aad with tangible re sults. Things, so far, look favourable. Reasoning from the pastand from all wQ can discov er of the present, we hardly think it probable that any heavy laud force can immediately be sent to co-operate with Farragut or any other naval commander in an attack upon Wilmington. We do not think it would be Grant's policy to Ecatter any forces, at a time when he is earnestly concentrating everything in order to strike h's heaviest blows at Richmond and in Geor gia. At a Democratic meeting recently held at St. Louis Eosecrakz is reported to have declared himself for McClellak, and said there should be a free election in November. Th News. Upon the whole the news appears to us to be "good. Even as derived from Northern sources, tho balar ce of advantage is rtpidly getting over tj our side, if it was not there already, and the rapid rise tf gold at the North ppite of all the liv, coL-cealmcn's, and ef-ctioneerirg efforts of the Lincoln 1 dininistration, new that itfiada iteelf on the eve of the Prcaid. nt;al straggle, shorfs thot this is felt at the North. . This Fall campaign prom ises to close as gloriously as the Spiicg opened, leaving us in substantial possession, by the Winter, of every State that actually and truly joined the Confederacy. We mu6t bear ia mind that Maryland never was, even in nam?, a Confederate State, and that Kentucky and Missouri, especially the forme r, are cnly st, constructively. They have never tad 0 chance freely to declare them selves; Missomi, we really think is and has been in feeling and de Jacto, so far as her own citizens are con cerned, a Confederate State. Kentucky may be, and we think ia so now, but 6he,"more than any other S:ate, "paltered in a double sense," was true neither to her self nor to her natural affinities. Now, the iron has entered her soul, and.she sees ber mistake. We think it possible tbak Ken'.ucby may act upon her knowledge We need Kentucky for our own strength, we want Kentucky beceuae of the many 1 oble and brave South ern men she contains, and to whom she h is given birth, but still more because of the heroic men she does not contain, but who have left their homes in her besom to follow the Confederate banner. But leaving this discussion, we may anticipate tie possession of more territory thdn we held when the campaign commenced. We may at least hope for it, and with it the possession of greatly augmented mora! power. Should we, iu the cou-se cf eveutp, be enabled to snatch back Northern Georgia and East Tennessee, "after Sherman's boasted and really able advance after the Yankees had expended over one hundred thousand men on. that advance, the effect would be unsurpassed Bince Napolson'b retreat from Moscow. Will we? We hope so. Lincoln end bis friends express cOufider.cc in his election, and the rise in gold at the Ntr'h, occasioned as much by the apparent certainty of that event as by the improving aspect of Confederate eff irs, appears to bear evidence that that confidence is not m'bplaced. Still it iuust strike most people, aa it bns struck us, that Lincoln cannot fed an absolute certainty, tlee why the effort to bay off Generul McClellan by concerting with Gen. Grant to give McClellan active employ ment as an adjunct to Grant, on condition of McClel lan's not being a candidate in opposition to Lixcolx? Of course things have gone too for for that to be eow anything more than a matter of history. Of course, at this late day, McClellan ce'ther can nor will with- i.a r 1 x x a x T oraw : Dut tne iact remains mat ai one ume juisuuln sought to obtain his withdrawal by the ofier of an ac tive command ; and since that time it 6eem3 to U3 that the chancesof any person running in opposition to Lin coln have rather improved than receded. We may not think that McClellan ha3 any chances, and ne con fess that we cannot see where they are, but it ia evident that Lincoln must have tbcught otherwise, and he has probably examined the ground more ar-xionsly fnd in telligently than we have. ' A correspondent informs us, and calls our attention to the lact that the detachment of m?n under Litut. SbWLES, Co. A, 36 "h R3giracnt, which repulsed the Yankee attempt to board and destroy the steamship "Condor," was composed not exclusively of Company A, but of Companies A, D, F, and II, of that regi ment, and that the honor is in pnrt due to each of these Companies. We would here ?a!e the liberty of stating that we never said the detachment was from Company A exclusively. We simply said "a detachment of men.' These men were commanded by Lieut. Sowles of Com pany A. This was the exact truth. To Correspondents Wm. Smuh, Sill's Creek, N. C.; Letter received no money enclosed. Blockade News. Part of tho following from the Washington Chronicle of the 9 th will be news to eome parties here : DS8TKUCTI0N OF xns NIGHT have. Information ia also received of the destruction of tho Sh WAS t.in nfflefira. and Dart of the crew, in all tweuty-three, were brought off, the remainder ha?iag escaped to Bhore. The Night Hawk waa an English steatrer, wish a general cargo for Wilmington from Bermuda, sailed from Liver pool, AcgtiBt27tli, fcnd waa owned in that place. Her rata of speed was fourteen knots, and he was of Oree hundhrd tons burden, cost 30,C00, and had capacity for carrying eight hundred bales of cotton. Finding the steamer co lid not be got tf the shoals, she was set fire to and destroyed. It appars that another vesel succeeded, eariier ia the night, in escaping from New Ir.let. although fired at by the Niphon, and apparently struck several times. The Daylight drove off a blockude ruuntr which was attempt ing to enter New Inlet the aamo morniag. Fibb. A Are broke out Honday night about 10 o'clock, on the wharf above tho Wilmington and Weldjn it. Boad, which destroyed a quantity of Roainand the Bait Work, the latter belonging, we believe, to Col. Fremont. Ws suppose the loss is about $25,000. Yankee accounts report forty deaths a day by yellow fever in Newbern. John Van Buren is out for McClellan. Well, what of it? " EnteriDg into details " cs Coopsr said wben he concluded to reinforce the army. The spirit of the tfmea : Mean whiskey. "Cfltate and National Kclacbttoiial Associations, i The next Annual Meeting of the State Educational As sociation of North v. aroh&a, win D i ne a in tnariotte, on Tuesday, November 8th. The BineaUuna! Association of the Confederate Hiitcs, "Pill m-set iu the same plaea cnNo ember 9th ; atd the frie-ds of education in North Caroli na thus have an opportunity of attending,- during the same week, and by oae trip, both the State and National Boc;e. ties. There never was a period in our history when he duties and responsibilities of those engaged in the instruction cf the rising generation were more obvious and import int ; and those who neglect the opportunities of thi day of de cision must expeot to be arraigned and coudeuiiicd at. the bar of the Future. C. H. WILEY, Bopt. Com. Schools, N. C. 8. LAND? R, Recording Secretary. W. J. PALMER, Corresponding Seeretiry, Executive Committee. Tb iKdneatiORal Association of tUa Confederate Slates of America. The next Annual Meeting of this body will be held in Charlotte, N. CM on Wednesday, the 9th day of November next. Yielding to the suggestions of some of its members, I recalled the appointment for its meeting bt Atl mta, with the hope that a favorable turn in the aflairs of the Confed eracy might soon offer a more auspicious season for its as sembling. That hope baa failed. The war is still raging, with little prospect of its speedy abatement. In the mean time, the interests of the rising generation should not be overlooked. I therefore invite the friends of education to assemble in Charlotte. The Committees appointed at the meeting in Columbia will, it is hoped, attend to the matters entrusted to their charge. The following article from the Constitution sets forth the terms of membership : Any male oitizan of the Confederate States, who may be engaged in the profession of teaching, or who has, in any way identified himself with the educational interests of the country, may become a member of the Association, in the following manner, to wit: He must be nominated at an annual meeting by a member of this body, elected by a majority of the votca then present, ad sign this constitu tion." J.L.RSY5JOLD3. President of the Association. Columbia, 8. C, Sep. 27, 1364. Ceoatan Lightiiouss Destroyed. ihe rani Al bei marie ran out into the Sound, and on the night of the 4th, reached Croatan Lighthouse, captured the keper blew it up, destroyed its contents, and then came back through the enemy's fleet to her station. We learn that Maj. Richard Watt York, of the 6 th N. O. Eegiment, reseived a severe wound in the thigh in one of the recent battles in the Valley of Virginia, and i! now at bis boms in Chatham, county. bioosaae runner xikui a aw a. iuc uiu v. mw tember. off Chew Inlet, Bonth Carolina, by the Niihon.-- rnn ashore on tne r'ece-ai enoaig. i.ue reuei tap- Th Draft In BTW Tot It. We find the following In a late New York paper : A special jneeting of the Biard or Supervisors was held at 1 o'oloek, P. M ., on Wednesday the President, the Hon. Wra. M. Teed. ii the chair. The Committee on Volunteering presented tho following reports, viz: ' THS LIST CALL OP IH1 PBBSIDSXT JOB, 1IBN. TAB QUOTA OF MJW Y.EK CCBUTT FILLSD BOABD OP FCPBBVXSOKS, Office No. 7, City Hall, Nbw York, Sept. 18. 161 At a meeting oithe Board of Supervisors held this diy. the following report of the Committee on Veluateering was submitted by Supervisor Blnn; wherenpon It waa Ordered, That said report be accepted and published in 'hep ..pars. Jos. B. Yotro. Clerk. The CoTcmittee on Volunteering would respectfully bip-jbt : That they have tMU day received a certificate from Brig. Gen. Wm. Hays, A, A. P. General of tbi district, to the effect that " the qiota of the county o.' New York is full." This statement we hasten to Uy before your honorable body, that through you k may be pabil auaounced. A detailed report of the prccsediags of jour Committee in obtaining this reault is in course of preparation, and will be aosmtud to your honorable body at the earliest moment. In the meaLtime it seems proper to state the quota under the last call of the President for five hun dred thousand (600,000) men was tirenty-t&ree thcusaud one handled and furty 23,140 Against which we nro entitled to be credited with a nrpius ULd r the previous call ot eleven hundred and t'.ircy seven 1.137 Leaving a baiauce to he raise d under tho last c&ii of twenty-two thousand and three 22.003 The whole number of volunteers in the army and navy, &ul re-mnstea men in the army, paid the Coatty Bounty, by your Coa mit tee ucder the ca'l, h3 been seven hundred aDd thirty-throe 733 There hait e been allowed credits on account ot naval enlistments from April 1, 1861, te April 4, 1864, none of whom received the County Houniy, nineteen thomacd fonr hun dred srnd seventy-seven 19 477 There were a so credited s ibacitutes ia antici pation cf the di-;.ft, and re enlisted cen, none of whom received the County Bounty, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one 1.821 Leavirg a surplus at this date over and aboe all the demands up to this time, of twenty eight.... 28 Tuia result, has been acnieved at an exo ne of abjot, four hundred thousand liQQ 000 dollars, of- which about two two hundred and fiity thousand f 260,000 dollars has ueen p&ia in oouuu s. Tie number of seven hundred and thirty-three (733) U all the recruite we are able 10 raise, b- th in the army and navy, at tho amount of bounty offered. Had we been oo:igd to obtain tho full number called for bj voiuiit-ering w. fell assured thut not les than one thousHiid (I 000) duIUrs bounty per man would have been rtqa'red. of the crediis on Vis call twenty-one thousand two tundred sod ninet-eignt (21,298) were'ohtained bv your comnaitree, without the expeadituro of one dollar in oountiea; ard we belrve it to be bo exaggeration to sav that there waa thus saved to the country th enormous sum or over iweciy-one minions 01 aoiiam. Comment upon this point is unnecessary Useless' other wias directed by your honorable body, it is tho intention of your committee to continue to enlist, in anticipation of any iurtner cail, such men as may clTsr for the Government service at the bounty which has baen mi standard 01 the' country since it firtt commenced to py bf untle3. All ot wb;eh lsreBi'ecttulJy submitted. Lated New York. beytemDir 3, 1-04. Orison Flunt, . Elijah P. Pcbdt, Wm. B. STiiWABT, Wm M. Twed, Special Committee on VolunteeTinr Upon the above report tte New York News makes the following remiik8 : CJNeCBlPTIOK AND VOITJNTBEBIKO. The Board of Snprevisors have reported on the draft Itey have published the exict state of ih3 debrs aad cred iu ot human iife in IV w York in account with air. Abra ham Liacolu. 'the total number of men contributed under the lash of the call for five hundred thoasand men does not, it appears, exceed twenty-five hundred and fifty lour ! In the interveal between lla last notice of conscription and that immediately precoedirg abont five mouths we find ty the surplus Voiedited" 00 the last "call" that tho last runib-r of men enlisted waa but eleven hundred and thirty .seven. Tue ordioarv work of rei. ruiiiug in the city of New York goe on thns, it appears at an average of less than two hundred and titty per month. This city may he reasonably supposed to have accom plishsd at all times as HiUcL reltiveiy for the recraitment of the army a3 any other p rt of the country. The greater woaitn aifgregacea nere may oe tairiy suppo3r-d to have enab ed uur citizem to omrieute mouey & freelv aa any others in the land. The market for enbstitntos hat, we therefore prtouine, been as good here as elsewhere. An emporium cf European emigration and a centre for that clans of population which may be upuosed meet subieo to the temptations of bounties, there is some reason lor conciuaiug that Hew lorkmuit have contributed during the period of the late draft a proportion above tie aver age. Asaum", however, tht she has enly performed tho woik to the letter of her exact proportion. A milliou of people send thus to the field, at the standard of recruiting throughout (he couatry, but 2,603 men under the last "call;" and therefore may it be concluded that that " cail" for 530 000 men has produced from volutteeriDg a 60,000 men. The coEEoription of October, 18G3, General Halleck's official report Bet down at a net profit, if we remember correctly, forty-five thousand men. The exhaustion that has sicca g Jiie on iu our material for s ildiery, has cf ooursa reduced tiid basis ot draft now ; and we may therefore conclude very barely that, even if the present call be car ried out, the proceeds in recruits will not average so manv. Voluaieeritg then at its highest result under the tempta tion of boua.iaa and conocription though carried out as vigorously as in October, 1863, will not have added to our troops in tho held oue hundred thous&nd men. The reiniorcemeata resulting from the l&at "call" will certainly not h.l tbe losses that have taken place even from the expiration of terms of serf ice. The sluggish rate of voiuuieeiing oramariy ai sujwu in tne report -jf the eu pei visor to thin city, may be regarded merely nominal. Auj. :hui. on all hands have we reason to concluda that. unknowa to history as our eflor's have been iu placicg ar mies m :ne ucia, mcy are at last about to be naralysaa by ex aii;ifn. Ihattbiais accepted in official quartets id very c,eaily admitted in the confession iust made bv Mr ntanton's diMpuch to the cfioct that conscription produces u tie oi no men. From the Montgomery Mail. Oh t Poor General Rousseau I In Louisville town Lived a Knight of the 'lowu " A Lawyer most cute and obtuse oh I He abandoned the Bar " For the glories of war, And rejoiced in the title of Rousseau ! Oh 1 fclister Lawyer rlousseau Kentuckians never ehon!d do so, Tiofe-a ti k, tai.k Ualonunate Yank You were sold to the Dutch, Lawyer Rousseaa. He a General was rsade And headed a Raid And s'arted for Tuk alios 0 ! But like his first 44 frief " It soon came to grief And back weac General Rvusseau ! Oh ! Poor General Kou-ueau 1 That a day should come you woull rue so I Tin;r- a -1 i at - al k VaingloT ions Yank Uo"fu i 0 'itncrul Rouscau. For a hu- d -d n!l r. To the county of Ui es No 44 buttermilks " ever yet flaw so ; But he halted his band And here i sued command As Department General Rousseau. Oh ! P ior Gene ral Rousseau, A raid is at best a poor ruse, oh ! Tink-a-MLk-tank What a fleet-footed Yank W!s a P vjr 6'pjor General Roaseau ! Coumi.vj ie: of i'v?t With a Moiigrel Lost His Garrison here was so loose, oh ! That 44 the Wizzird " swept down And be captured the town And nearly took General Rousseau ! Oh ! Poor General Rouleau Why does Forrest the Bold trouble you so 1 Tink-a titk-tank What a well traveled Yank He's making of yon, Mister Rousseau. To the city of Rocks Hunted down like a Fox By him whom you thought to pursue so, You'll never get back For he's torn up ihe track To make shoes for his horse, Mr. Rousseau. Oh I Poor Geoeral Rousseau ! The Devil and Forrest's turned loose, oh I Tink a-tink-tank this is h 1 on tie Yank, But H ler on General Rousseau. John Hatty. Sir Roderick Murcbison has been informed lhat a fall of manna has recently taken place in Asia Minor. The manna is a lichen which ia formed in the steppes of the Kurghis, and is often carried iu these falls far to the weat, across the Caspian. The grain?, which are alwujs perfectly detached, have much the form of a ras berry or mulberry, and are found frequently to be at tached to a stony support of granite, sandstone and lime. This manna is ground into flour and baked into bread, and is known among the Turks by the name of kerderthoghdazi, which means wonder corn or grain. 41 Out of spirits again ?" quoth Mary to John, For the scowl on his brow gave her war ing ; 44 YeB," answered John, with a surlier frown, 1 emptied the battle this morning." A Pais of Thbm. Why do Forrest's men object to his nSms? Because, tbey say, he Is not for rest. And why do the Yankees consider Dick Taylor's name a very ap propriate one ? Bioanje he always, gives them fit TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OP THE PttESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to the Act of CcngreBs, In the year 1867, by J. a- i hbabhxb, in the Clerk's Office or tne District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Gwrria. FROM THE! VALLEY. Chabxcttbsvills, Va., Oct. 15th, 1864. Sheridan has marched two corps of his army to this side of the mountain through Thornton's and Chester Gaps. tfca remaining corns un der Gen. Crook and drove it through Btrasburg and across Cedar Creek. SSCOKD DISPATCH-. Cn ablotti sy ills , Oct. 15th, 1864. Notwithfttasdinc the positive FW1 tAtAinant- that the Sixth and Nineteenth corps crossed at Thoraton's and Chester's Gap, it is altogether probable that they did not pass through Thornton's but North of that Gap. OFri:ilLL FRO VI GEJS. LEE. Richmond, Oct. 17th, 1864. The following official dispatch has been received at the War Department: Hon. Jas. A. Skddos Secretary of War : On the 14th inat , Col. Mosby struok the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road at Duffieldp, and destroyed a United States mail train, cotsistiug of a locomotive and ten cars, Becur- ng 20 prisoners and fifteen horses. Amodjj tne prisoners were two Yankee paymasters and one hundred and sixty- e'ght thousand dollars cf government funds. Mgned, B E. LEE, Genera!. FROM PETERSBURG. Pbtkbseurg, Oct. 17 Ji, 1864. N ) military movements or operati jl transpiring In. this department, and no indications of ai.y. it is tne au.iest time since Grant jot into position before the city. UNITED STATES NEWd. EiCHM'ttCD, Oc. 17th, 1864. The Whie has received the New Yorc Herald of the 15th fnit. The Herald eys tho re turna received last night con tinues to thew Democrat'o gains. In PeuoByl vania, the Democratic home msj jrity reach five thonnand. The re turns from Ohio thow Democratic gaii:a for Congressman over the first report ; Ashly of the 10th, aad Deiacd of tho 13th districts, both RaDubiioans. are defeated. The Demo crats elect fifty members. The twelfth distrct in Mary land gftea three thcuiand hema majority agnn6t the consti tution. The Herald Bays that Mossy get over two hundred thou sand dollars in greenbacks at Dualelds Station. The Herald thinks the steamer Roanoke has been captur ed a la Ch sapeake, and is now commauded by one of JeS Davis naval officers. gTr.ere is coth ng from Rherman or I hsridan. Price was at Bootisvillo, iu North Missouri, with a por tion of his force. Butlor has put Confederates preferring Virglsia reserves to wo k cn the Dutch Gap Canal, because, he anioita, we have negro ci'Jzena workirg oe the trenches. Gold iB qioted.at 212 NORTHERN ELECTIONS FROM MISSOURI. PKT3R6BURG, Oct. 17th, 1864. Tiie WashlDgton Chronicle of tha 15th admits that Penn sylvania bas gone Democratic, even with the soldiers vote. Maryland voted against the new Constitution by three thou sand majority, thongh the Foldicr'd vote vill adopt it. In diana and Ohio have g er e Republican. DiBpatchea from Grant's army before this place, say that active operations will soon be renewed. The Chronicle says that Mosbymadea raid on tha Baltimore ard Ohio Rail Road, and the Manassas Gao Rail Road, at White Plains, in both of which he was micesrful. Pri"e is at Boouesille, ttiseonri. Shelb' Is in North MiBEOuri, pillaging and cocsciiptirg. Price made a speech at Booaesfiiie, Btatiog that I e had oemi to redeem the peo ple, and it was a leBt effort ia their behalf. If they would tally to his standard, all would be well, and he could re main with them; if not, the Confederacy wouldnot again offer them an opportunity of redemption from their foe. Mosby is represented to have crossed the Potomac In Montgomary county, on Friday. &ebraka has gone Republican. Gold 2;6, and no war bulletin from Staiton. S4ISSCUBI FUiiBRlDUE'S EXPEDITION A FAILURE, &c, &c. Mobile. Oct. 17t 1864. A special dispatch to the Register, dated Senatobia, the 16th, says that the Republican of the 11th and 12h lust., had been received. Price had retired without attacking JefiarBon City, and went Westward, in the neighborhood of Boonaville. Two thousand ei his men crossed the Missouri river, supposed to operate on the Hanibal and St. Joseph's Railroad. Price was making a clean swcop of the Pacifia Road. He had burned the splendid biidge over Lamoine, also two bridges east of California. The invasion is formidable and the foioe Is estimated at 15,000 to 25.OC0. The condition of aflairs is considered worse for tho Fed erals than at any time since the beginning of the war. Some papers advise tha abandonment of Arkansas to save Missouri. Bandburn vtas bkirrnishbg with Price's rear. The Confed erates are represented as clad io new clothes, abandoning their wcrn out horns for new ones; tha men and horses are loaded with plunder. The railroad trains and bridges have been burned near California. The Memphis Argus o the 14ih inat., has later dates which confirm the destruction of Gasconads, Osage and mere bridg jb. B1U Anderson, Thraiikil!, Perk.:n and Thornton, have all joined Prico, who had 15,000 cavalry and nine pieces of artillery. Barbridge had arrived at Cincinnati. Trie Commercial admits that his expedition waa unsuccessful. The pasdeuger trains on tl e Kentucky Central F.ailrcad had been destroyed by guerrillas. The election returns fnm Ohio and Indiana indicate the success cf the Repub lican ticket. Morton's majority will prob bly reach 20.000. Republican Cocgrestmen have been ejected m place of Pendleton and Washington. The Argu has a dispatch stating that the )0ih and 18th corpd lost 3,ouu m:n ia tro assault on Chan as farm on Kew Market road, and the 6.h and 9tU corps over 2,000 during the advance south of Petersburg, bbeddan'a losses in the Valley was 3,400. fcheridac was at Htrp.Hbnr, c'obj- V.'o vad by Parly, The Republican 'hiaha f,ffii a l oi k "trny. and punuuu- ces btenton's encouraging chpiii Lvi a'uout ihj bitatin wt-re mad'1 to tfltci tho elc i. m. F '' THS VAI L-.Y-P ..Ti UL-OiS OF THS FIGHT AT FlSE-iL'S HILL. Chablottesvillk, Va., Oct. 18th, 1664. In the 3fluir &t Fifcher'a Hil, on Thursday, we killed and wound ed from fifty to Bevcrty-five of the enemy and. took as many prisoners, who reported that the Pixth corps was it Front Eojf.l The eyemy were naar Strasburg oa Fri dy acd a etna" .'rrce of -hs'.r cavalry were in the town. L-:ent. Tra-ce, -dj rant to Acting Brig. Gertral Carter, of artillery, was severely but not dargeroaly weuvded in iho ley Ihuriday. Nothing else has oocuire . NuaTMERN NEWS. Mobile, Oct. lath, 1864. (Special so the Advertiser.) Eewatcbia, Oct. 17th, 18G4. The Memphis Bulletin, of the 16th irst., has been re ceived. The Republicans claim forty thousand majority la Ohio. Chief Justice Taney died on the night cf the 12th inrt Chase is spoken of &b his successor. Nothing from Grant, Bheridan, bherman er Missouri. The Yankees admit a defeat at East Port by Generel Forrest. For the Journal. The Southern Flag. ' For Southern Eights Hurrah !" I. Yea I proudly wave, flag of the free ! Since first the workmen wrought thse, The blood jof freeman shed for thee A noble price hath bought thee. II. Nor yet is all the ransom paid, Thy foes to crush thee speed tbem, And thou lands mast in dost be laid -Ere thou canst wave in freedom. IIL Thy cause is just, and in thy r'ght, Thy sons in battls glorious Have shown the nations how to fight, God send them scon victorious. IV. Their fam throughout the war hath been As stainless aa their banner's whiteness : E'en Rome In her best days hath seen No deeds surpassing theirs in brightness. V. Bat still more weary work remains Ei e they can test from fighting ; Tb foe still ravages their plains, Their homes with pillage blighting. VI. Long may thy sons Flag of the Free - In strife, victorious bear tbee : And long my live through storm and sea The Let Her Rfp " to wear thee. On beard steamer Let Her Rip," now the MWandw; Wilmington, Oct. 15th, 1864. From the Richmond Enquirer, 15th lnct. 1IIB VALLEY CAMPAiaHSIIEIUDAIVg ' ItKCORD. The folio wing-official despatches from Sheridan arc published in the Northern papers. No previous ema nation from the peu of tbis creature has so fully devel oped the abyss of demonism which engulphs his hVar't for the reason, co doubt, that the intoxication of a & pt and unexpected success had been wanting to drown the bitterness and the fears anggestcd Ly previous disas ters: Woodstock, Va., Oct. 7 0 V. M Lt. U?n.U. 8. Gbant : I have the honor to report my command at this point to night. I commeuced inoviDg back from Port Re public, Mount Crawford, Bridge water and Harris De bar? yestetday morning. The grain ond forage in advance of theae'points htf been previously destroyed. In moving back to this point, the whoh country fr the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been ren dered untenable for a rebel army. I have destroyed over two thousand bares, GUrd with wheat and hay and farming implements, over prven'y mills, filled with flour and wh?at ; have driven in fret of the enemy over lour herd of stock, and have kil,'e 1 and issued to the troops not kes than three ihotuicd sheep. Thi9 destraction embraces the Lara y Valley on 1 Lit tle Fort Valley, as well as the main Valley. A large number of horses have betn obtained, a pro per estimate of which I cannot now make. Lieutenant John R. Meigs, my engineer offie;r, w?a murdered beyond Harrisonburg, near Dayton. Fjr this atrocious act all the houses within ati area of h?c miles were burned. Since I came into this Valley from Harper's Ferry, every train, evpry email party, ar.d every straggle, has been bushwhacked by the people, many ot whom rme protection papers from commanders who have bcia hitherto in the Valley. The people here are getting sick of the war. Hereto fore they have had no reaeon to complain because tin y have been living in great abundance. I have not been followed by the enemy to this puint. with the exesotioa of a small force of reb: 1 cavalry thai- showed themselves some distance behind my rear gui'd to-day. A party of onehundied of the Eighth Ohio civalrr, which I bad stationed at the bridge over the North Shenandoah, near Mount Jackson, was aUocLel ry McNeil wi'h seventeen men while they were aylerp, and the whole party dispersed r captured. I think they will all turn up. I learn that fiuy-six ol them hud reached Winchester. McNeil was morta'ly w.-.u&ilid and fell into our bands. 'I his was fortunate-, ns he wa ; the most daring and dangerous of all the buhwhaektra in this section of the country. P. H. Sheridan, Major Gencrai. His Eccond despatch : Strasburg, Va., ) October 9 Midai-ht. f Lieutenant-General Grant, City Point : In coming back to this point, I was not follow, il up until late yesterday, when a Urge force of cavalry appeared in my rear. I then baited my command to (fler battle by attacking the enemy. I became Ra'ii-. fied that it was only all the rebel cavalry of the Vali.y commanded by Kcsser, and directed Torbert to attatl;' at daylight tbis morniDg acd finish this Saviour of t! e "Valley. The attack, was hanlsomely mide. Uuatar c ;;a mandiog the Third cavalry diviaiou, charged on the back road, and Merritt, commanding the First cavalry division, on the Strasburg pike. Merritt captured five piece3 of artillery ; Cas'ar captured six pieces of artillery, with cai330n?, btUery forge, &c. The two divisions captured forty-s:ven waon.-', ar. bulances, Sec. Among the wagons captured are the headquarter wagons of Rosser, Lmax, vViclthara uc i Col. Pollard. The number of prisoners will be abt three hundred and thirty. The enemy, after being charged by our galiant cav alry, were broken, and ran. Tbey were followed by our men on the jump 26 miles, through Mount Jacksou, and across the north fork of the Shenandoah: I deemed it best to make this delay of one day here and settle this new cavalry general. The eleven pieces of artillery captured to day raike thirty-six pieces captured ia the Sberjandoah Va!! y since the 19th of September. Some of the artillery wan new and never had been fired. The pieces were marked "Tredegar Works." P. II. Sheridan, Major General. 'IF RICI13IOND WERE FASTENED TO XII K IIKAVKSS." Under this heading we find the foil owicg specimen of Yankee and German bombast and profanity in ti c Tribune : Hassaurek, the German orator, has the measure ct the spirit of the American people, and of its inexhc i -tible power to carry sacriffioial ofleringa of its own lit , blood aod treasure, and to lay them unweariedlv cpoa the National altar. He said to bis " dear old C r. i: nati " last week, Let us tell the doubters of Europe lhat a j cc capable of such sacrifices are not to be discourage! r foiled ; that its unalterable determination is not ;o i." arrested or changed. When Wallenst.ein b.e::grl Stralsund, he declared that he would take it, if it win: fastednd to the heavens with iron chain3 ; and tbe American people declare their fixed and pacreJ ! termination that the glorious Union, tbe work of t'. Declaration of '76, cemented bv the blood ff ('.ir fathers and our own children, shall be maintained inter, and entire from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ouJ fro.a the shores of Maine to tbe Gulf of Mexico, then y the Almighty it will be done. It Ilichmoml nv. fastened to the heavens with iron chains, it woa 1 taken. If it Bhould take a war of three years more O cocquer the rebellion, it would be conquered. Thf-:f' i' nc such word as "impcsfible" ia the vocabulary cf t! Uuited States. FAllIUG'JT'S NEW IVOUK, 'I he Federal Government seema determined 'f ' ' the utmoBt out ol Farragut. The Washicgjo ;y lican makes tbe fallowing announcement. Rear Admiral Farragut bas been relieved ot duty ui commander of the West Gulf Blockading HquaJ.c:., and assigned to the command of tbe North Atl mtiJ Squadron, recently comiandcd by R?r Admiral f1. Tbe latter will take AJmiral Farragut'd rcceat com mand in the Gulf. It i3 not necessary to indicate to oar readen i---this lookj like baaine33 on the James river and L --lo:-Wilmington. 1'he Washington Chronicle says : Tbe North Atlantic squadron have active work be fore them. The heroic Farragut is said to have b.ci pat in command, and, having ran the gauntlets of the forts guarding Mobile Bay, we may rest es.-ureJ Le will not stand in awe of the defences cf Wilmington The career of these blockade-runners, we eufpect, id new near its close, for the man who cap'ured New 0;lta.ra and sealed Mobile will not leave nnoy loop-holes nbo Wilmington. A Caution to S.)';'.ium IrJakera. Tbe following,' which we find in a recent cumber cf the Montgomery Mail, may serve as a caution to tU thousands in tbis section who ere about to begi:: t -boiliDg of their sorghum. Let them sec to it tuat thtv do not fall into the same error comm tted by the Ala bamians : Great quantities of sorghum syrup are now be-in? of fered far Bale ia our market and prices have i W down greatly. Tnis fact, together with that dips', it the syrup ia of a very poor qiality, so poor indeed thit much of it has already soured, and mucb of tbe reuu u der is in fair process of becoming vinegar has dt-H' rov ed its sale, and there ia CDnseqaently no m:rk-t at all for it, and prices admit not of q' tation. As a natural consequence of its hAnj ?J poorly made, or in the more expressive phrasing of the cuisine, of its not being strongly cooked, many bavi pronounced the sorghum a humbug ; others, that catit ft made them sick. Oar best information advieta thai the cane juice sboul J be bailed up to the point of bura ing, and just before burning, taken off the fire. o have eaten syrup thus prepared, a year old, as good ai could be desired, and certainly what has been done cia 03 done again.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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