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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COSEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. TBUESDAY, NOV. 10, 18G4. CONGRESS. It will be seen that the second Confederate Congress as sembled at Richmond yesterday pursuant to adjournment. The President's Message, of which we give a telegraphic summary, was sent in, read and received. It wiU be seen that the President takes a cheerful view of the events and protgreea of mii'trJ operations, and sug gests a new view in connection with recognition. How in deed can the enemy be expected to yield 'us that recogni tion which even nentrals withhold from na ? The President alludes to certain recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Becretary of War. Among the recommendations of the Secretary of War are those relating to the reorganization and consolidation of weakened regiments a reviaal of the exemption laws the employment of forty thousand negroes as engineer labor era and pioneers in addition to other duties now discharged by negroes. He recommend i that the government acquire the property in these plaves, pledging to liberate at the end nrfnrm thftir datieB faithfully. We ere pleased to see tbat he dissents from those who go for arming slaves with the view of having them discharge the duties of soldiers. Daily Journal, hth. Tli Northern Klcctlona. To-day the grand quadrennial saturnalia culminate at the North in aa election or form of election in the various Stated for electors to choose a President and Vice President of the United States. Oce way or an other we will have the result before the end of the week. We have little doubt in regard to it, but wa have some. It is difficult to tell what may not be possible, but evi dently, nnlesa Eome accident occurs, Abkaham Lin coln will be re-elected, since ha has made his arrange ments to secure that result. We can hardly say that we care much. Abraham Liscoi-n we know; McClel lah la a weak man and an unreliable one. He is will ing to be anything for Euccess. Last night was unquestionably a noisy one through- - . ... T-l uui me xuruif out eeptxiaiiy iu ujc gicui cmua. public square was the scene of a " last and rally," every street was traversed by some procession with ban ners and torches, brass bands and brick-bats. It is barely possible that some flaids stronger than water were imbibed, and that some infatuated individuals didn't "go home till the morning," having accepted of a pressing invitation to spend the balance of the night in the watch-house. We would not treat lightly anything that could even eeem likely to exert any rtr! influence upon the present struggle, or upon the great question of peaoe or war. But we are unable to see how this election can substan tially aSect these questions oce way cr the other, to any appreciable extent. We rather incline to the opinion, however, that the election of McCleixan might soon er bricg about the desirable consummation of divided councils at the North than tbat of Lincoln, as it would place the Executive in party antagonism to the great majority of the Congress. Something might possibly occur calculated to block the game. We don't sea much harm tbat could arise from the election of Mc Clellan he could not well be worse than Lincoln and he might be better. At any rate, a new deal might improve our hand. We confess to a coosiderable curi osity, amountirjg to a strong wish, to see how McClel lan's election would work. We think it hardly prob able that our curiosity will be gratified. Ilaily Journal, 6l7i. . ai -sr XL 1 1 : II r ILa - 4- m i fft Hirers The Confederate States Congress will meet to-day at Eichmond. We presume that as much paper has been printed over with advica to Congress as would sup ply all its members duriDg the session with maoy ar ticles which they would mere readily take and more highly prize. Some cf the advice given has per- baps been good, but very much has been of very doubt ful expediency at Iceet, to use no harsher expression. Somebody said years ago in Eagland that there were two things tint all men thought they could do, even if they had never tried i. e.t drive a gg and edit a news paper. We may say that there are low two sciences which all men appear to have mastered, or think they have mastered by intuition. We allude to those of war and finance. Now, we don't know much practically about cither of these sciences, but we kaow enough to enable U3 to discover and to be amezed at the wild, radical and wholly preposterous echemes that we have seen ventila ted in print, sometimes editorially and sometimes as em anating from correspondents. Much as we dislike the idea of secret sessions, we do not Eee but that a continu ance of them might work well at ihis lime. We must think that many fancy theorists oo paper simply bring forward their theories iu order tbat their theories may in turn bring them forward. We know that while Foots and "other such" survive thero will not be want ing in Congress men who will take up its time talking for talk sake for outsiders propounding theories making ad cojitandum appeals and motions, and doing ether wroDg things Let there be no gallery no news paper pnblication of the speech of the Hon. .Noodle, Doodle or Boodle, end the aforesaid N., D., or B., will be far less cpt to r-pread themselves to the disgruntle mnt of their neighbors, and the injary of the public. . As for war projects, t'.uy will probably be very Buffi clently ventilated, even to the arming of two hundred thousand negroes, &c, &c, but we thiak it probable that more attention will be paid to executive recom mendations on military matters, backed, a3 they will be, Itf the authority of General Lee, than will be paid to similar recommendations on finance. We do not believe any man cn even guess What Congress will do on the financial question, nor do we apprehend that a sight of the scheme recommended by Mr. Tbekeolm will lend much afd to the elccidation 6f that questson. A good deal of blame has been cast opon Mr. Trexholu's predecessor ou account cf the abortive attempt made by the last Cocgres3 at restoring order to the finances and strength to the currency; but the fact was that the legislation of Congress on tbat eub. ject bare little or no resemblance to the plan3 recom mended by Mr. Memmixqer. Will Congress pay more regard to Mr. Tbenholm ? We doubt it. Mr. Mem" kixgsb was beloved to enjoy the benefit of Mr. Trek holm's experience and advice, so i that Mr. Trekhclm himself can bring little or nothing of new strength or weight to the work of influencing Congress. Such we apprehend will ba found to be the ca3e. Ab Congress is.already organized, it will ba ready to proceed at once to buainess, should there be a quo rum present, which we think there is likely to b3. Saturday, 11 o'clccs, A. M. Thank Providence to-morrow will be Sunday. We like Sunday. Some people good people too com plain of Sunday as hard to get through with, &c., &c. Now we don't. It is a great p Jeasure to rest to have cuiuuig 10 ao. ao nave notnmg to press upon your piece of mind (ours by Saturday night is a very lit tle piece) is a great thing. We abjure our devil and all his works on Sunday. He cometh not near us. We don't care a button whether school keeps or noj. And we like " the soucd of the summoning bell." It sounds like old times. Bells are familiar voices throughout Christendom. They speak a language that la known by all its nations. When the conquering Norman ordained the curfew (or extinction of fires and Closing of houseB at 8 o'clock, at night) and made the ringing of a bell its signal, he at least tempered tyranny with gcod taste. Should Abraham Lincoln have the power to institute a cwfew. at the South he would sure-! fy make its signal the blowing of a ram'a horn, or the horrid dissonance of a geng, or the awful squeal of a j steam whistle, or some other diabolical sound worse than any cf these or all of them combined, perhaps an imitation of hia- oy n snoring. There is a comfort in thinking your own thoughts none in squeezing mem out lor use in lying supine, sub tegrrnne, and so forth, and in gazing up into the clear, but not cloudless sky. Olouda are the drapery of heaven, ever changing, but ever beautiful in the fine weather of Summer or of Autumn grand even amid the storms and tempests of Winter, or the thunder-bursts of other seasons. A sky, like a life, wants some gentle clouds to relieve its monotony and bring it into harmo ny with nature and with human feeling. Happy that life whose sorrows pais away like Summer clouds, freshening its sympathies and heightening its jo vs. Half pabt Elkven. We drop the subject abruptly to look over our exchanges and try to find something wise enough in them to compensate for our foliy. We have been informed that some parties, who, we know not, have been creating the impression around the suburbs of town that cattle and hogs are to be im pressed, and that under the impression thus crer.ted they have purchased cows and hogs at a merely nominal price, or one far below their real value. We are requested to state that the only impressment ordered is for horses and mules, for artillery and field transportation. The duty of the impressing officer is at all times an urjpleasant one. It is hard enough to have to take horses and mules without bearing the additional blame of taking cattle aod hogs. Abstractions are not now much in vogue, unless, perhaps, it be the spirit of apples abstracted from the juice. There must be any quantity of that abstracted, from the great crop of apples tnd the small number brought forward in a raw etate. We learn that Governor Vance arrived in town last last night from Ealeigb, and is the guest of CoI.Jas. G. Burr. Daily Journal, 8th. Fbcm Messrs. Johnston & Schafter, publishers, Lynch burg, Va., we have the Southern Almanao for 1865, calculated by David Bicbardsoa, of Louisa county, Vir ginia. It is very neatly gotten up, and will be found convenient and useful if hung up in every place of busi ness and counting room. See advertisement. As was Expected. The prize Bteamer Advance is taking in her armament as a Yankee cruiser in New York harbor. Six hundred end sixteen years ago, the Cathedral of Cologne was commenced, and work is still going on upon its exterior,. which is not yet finished. A good deal of firing was heard off the coast Monday night lest. It is said tbat a vessel that run the block ade some ten days ago, returned after a rapid trip. Qreat Bmoka and little fire, llontes parturiunt, $c. Iff we .find any one thing more than another, upon which our exchanges are generally, if not universally agreed, it is in opposition to the proposal to put arms fn the hands of aDy of the negro race as soldiers of the South. Some portions of the press may not be fully committed in opposition to the policy referred tt, but those portions are small indeed, and represent but a very limited segment of the circle of publio opinion. One thing that we think Congress will not do is to adopt this bantliDgofsome of the Richmond extremists. We won't bet a dime not a single dime upon the result of the election at the North. We take it that Lincoln, or to come to the technicalities of it Lincoln electors have been chosen in nearly all of the States that voted yesterday. But we won't bet a dime and wq are not so very certain as to whether we care a dime. We will probably receive some news by Friday or Saturday, acd we may at the same time receive other news from ttc North a little more reliable than- the bogus dispatches with which Stanton, Grant k Co., have recently been feeding up the Yankee nation. The die ia now cast and there is really nothing to be made by falsehood. Wabm Weatiihb. After having had frost, and some say ice, here, we now have the thermometer up above seventy with a Boft, moist atmosphere, not of the most pleasant or bracing character. It is wtll that every appearance of contagious disease has passed away. Wilmington. We give lrom time to time such extracts from our exchanges as appear to throw any light upon tbe sup posed threatened attack upon this place, believing that tfcey will posses more interest, perhaps, for our readers than anything else we could offer. We extract the following from the London corres pondence of the Richmond Whig, under date of Sept. 21st, 18G4 : 1o the Editor of the Whig : News of additional disasters to Confederate arms comes by to-day's steamers. Mobile and Atlanta both captured, and the army in Georgia defeated. It has a depressing effect upon our political prospects in Europe, acd gives rise to cocjactures among leading men that the Confederacy, after all, will be crushed. They don't understand matters, and look at the case only in the light of such events occurring in an European war. Undoubtedly, the disaster has been serious, and may lead to much more serious results, but the daufage is not irretrievable. Farragut's fleet, released from watching Mobile, will undoubtedly be sent to Wilmington, and the ecgineeringrskill of Major General Whiting will then be put to the fullest test. That he will acquit himself magnificently no one can doubt who krjows him, and, with proper facilities afforded by the Govern- mem, ce win Deai uacs tne i ankee fleets and co-opera ting land armies. As lirant is operating down the Weldon road, the whole campaign may yet be trans- leirtu iu ine vicimiy oi vvumingion. Tbe latest Northern papers say that officials regret their inability to operate against Wilmington, which is a sure sign to me that they are fitting out an expedi tion against the place. Its importance to us, under ex isting circumstances, ia very great, and its capture would cause the fall of Charleston and Savannah, and place a great portion of North and South Carolina in the power of the eLemy. The Administration have a great responsibility resting upon them, and if Wilming ton ebould fall from any neglect, theirs will be the fault. I know that the General in command has over and over again called their attention to the salient points, and has told them the exact requisites for its successful defence. 1 have never had any apprehensions for its safety, and I do not think it ia possible to capture the place. Upon the same subject the Boston IravsllerB&jB : We have, by the arrival of the steamer Fort Jack son at this port, confirmation of the previous announce ment, by way of telegraph from Halifax, that the swift and formidable pirate Tallahassee had egain sailed out of Wilmington to renew ber destructive cru'sa. The number of blockading vessels now employed at this port is fifteen, but in dark nights it is almost im possible for our cruisers to eee rebel craft as they run into or run out of tbe port. The best plan seems to be that of the captain of the steamer Fort Jackson in tbe case of the Wando, which was to pursue in the direc tion first taken by the blockade runner, and, in the opinion of naval officers, if they were allowed to act ia such emergency for their own best interests, and keep in the track of such craft to Bermuda and Nassau, many more would be captured. From the best information to be obtained, our naval officers believe Wilmington to be very strongly fortified. Ihe rebels are anticipating the arrival of a very power ful fleet to attack the forte defending the entrance to that place. If these forts are taken, blockade running is at an end. 6 The health of the officers and crews of the vessels composing the squadron off Wilmington, is excellent. The fleet of one hundred and seventy Federal before spoken of aa at Wilmington, North Carolina, I probably refers to the Kraadron rier AdrntalKS? Iwhich fa dailj expected there to .tuck toe reW fcST ' From the Ooldtboro' Btaie Journal. THE FAlifj OF PLYMOUTH.- n t li. u- t,i.l r : : Alter iVraiJCta X luofc tiio uvtuc J x uvia, iu nuiuu uc 1 V - r. u-rk-.il tt t,a .-t v;a waa taken prisoner, by Charles V, be wrote to lis moth- w i .1 : A r k ; r . V,;?:Z?r.ir l.s.lA The unioriuaaie Eunarcu iniiy reuwu iue vaius ui iui consolatary reflecuoo, end in .rue Spartan sty e thus Bddressea nis motocr. ah uu uuj 4 uur rewDi uiaaa- ter, we ram wou:a cner me same woras oi comiort 10 our noble mother the State. We have lost Plymouth, DUl car DUUor IH BBif. . 1 . I Varinr. ar-rl nr fllntincr ftrP thp mmnr B whih have ccme to our t-ara. relating to the causes which led to . w. O " . I this recent and unexpected misfortune, but as careful journalists, desiring to propagate the truth only, and leave crimination to court martial, we nave eDoeavorea to "avoid the Scjllaand Charibdigof popular. sentiment nst orally incident to eucb an occasion, t hat somebody is to blame in the matter has been obscurely hinted at by seme paper?, aud we ourselves caonot divest us en tirely of likv suspicion. . From all the lDiormation we can gather, it seems pretty clearly made out that the night on which the af fair occurred was a dark, peculiarly favorable one tor the enterprise. Tba t a torpedo boat of the simplest construction, manned by thirteen daring volunteers from the enemy's fleet, and commanded by one (Japtam CoBhiner, steamed op to t'lymoatb, capturing on their way the pickets on board the Southfield, at the mouth of the river, who must have been either drunk or asleep, or both, end eurpnsedand destroyed ihe Albemarle at the foot of her own whaff. Ihcugn torewarned mat Euch an exp-iditio.i was afoot egatsst tb3 Albemarle, the lll-fittd sieamef was laadtaaaly protected. A weaK pen of loes'was thrown arouv.dher hulk, and the guard on board, though doubled, could not have t2en made Renflib'e of their iC300Qsibiliiv. The comma .diar of- fietr of the bjt slept on shore, and strange to Siy omitted to throw out pickets in boats around ber. The fatal blow was administered at 4 o cloek on i? ri dav mornicg, and the recklees gang s-ived themselves from being bdoi Dy jumpr g ovirooara hlq crjmg oui - m . . t . i 5 ; a. that they surrendered ! Jo the dismay ot the moment, Capt. Cashing, t .-ua down Jjj ster like, made his escape bv swimming, and catricd the welcome intelligence of me success 01 ma expedition to me uuei, bdu reueivcu . i f i i a l i o a. i -. : i the cheers of bis comrades. Ta3 rest were all taken prisoners, and turned over to the authorities, and the toraedo boat was captured and jnt up the Roanoke for safety. Col. Wh'.trord immediately apprised tien. Uiker, oy telegraph, of what had occurred, who ordered him to LnlJ tin ttn of II r.rr irAa nntil nn nHpmnf aHnnlr! " -, . . " . ' j: . i r e.S Z f : T nZlYnlr Tf thZ ?ffim!?E?- "T'kT t a lu Albemarle judgmg the gunboat to b3 a wreck, directed uCl uiuic compieieiy aeairoyea, to prevLni irom neing gam made available in case the town shoma fall into the hands of the l ankees. This wos accordingly aone oy oiowmg ner ap a second time witn torpeaoes. At ll o CiOCK on b nday morning the enemy steamed np the river and attempted to come upon the town oy the front entrance, but were nobly and effectually pre- vented by the batteries under the direction of the gal- lant CiOI. W MtlOrd. I bey then PUt D-iCk and aSCena- ed Middle River. . icw uuouuu.iuiio liCic, iui impeded their. progress, which thf y soon remove !. Un Saturday night thy re-entered the Roanoke from this direction, aad attacked the town in reverse. But only two gens bore upon thia channel from shore, the chief reliance agairst this attempt having been justly placed upon tfce Alopmarle. Our authorities bad no morfe reason for apprehending such a disaster to the gun boat, aod to be depiived of her aid in the defence of the town, than they had to expect an earthquake to swallow up the land hatteries. The rest of the guns being fixed batteries, they could not, in the emergency, be trained round in time to be of service. From this point tne neet, consisting oi nine vessels of six gucs each, and two double enders, poured an inces? ant volley cf grape, canister aod shell upon the town and batieries Our gunners etood bravely to their gun?, until by well directed shots- during Sunday, these were finally dis mounted and the magazines exploded, when our men were compelled to retreat to the town, which was done in good order. At this critical juncture, which was at about 2 o'clock, p. m , General Baker entered the town in the midst of a generous shower of death missiles from the enemy. I ne cool conrage and cochdent bearing ot this re doubted veterm, rrkindled afresh the spirit of all around him, and he was greeted with enthusiastic welcome by uio ucvuicu u wjw. ivcry uia icil iuj muueiiutf ii uia presence, and stood ready to act with credit the part assigned him. Gen. Baker immediately ordered a line of sharpshoot- ers to be thrown out along the river, but the heavy and accurate nre ot the gun-boats drove them bacK, ana the enemy came down upon the town, passing Warren Neck. As they approached, they fired the town in several places killing some three or four men, includiog an old citizen, and wonn Jed about the same number. Nothing more being now left to do in this emergency, but to re treat with honor, Gen. Baker issued his order to blow up our magazines and withdraw the garrison. This or der was effected by the gallant Whitfcrd, who with General Baker, was the last to leave the town. Twen ty five or thirty men, it bas been confidently stated, will cover our whole loss. General Baker still holds Washington for tbe pre sent, though it is well understood tbat of course the fall of Plymouth necessarily endangeis that of Washington. The lieneral has retreated no further than he has been compelled to do. An efficien force occupies the pass at Jamesviue, and Fort Branch, at Hamilton, bristles with defiance. General Baker has established bis headquarters at Williamston, where doubtless he will remain until qniet and security is once again restored to the unfortunate residents. of that section of our State. From a deserter who wme in from tbe fleet shortly after the fall of Plymouth, we learn that all the prison ers who were captured in Plymouth were handcuffed aod taken aboard one of the gun -boats to be transport ed North. He also informs us. that the gun-boit, the Commodore Hull was severely damaged by our artil lery, and that the Oswego, on which be was aboard, had been several times struck, though not materially hurt. It is the intention of the Yankees, he declares, to send a brigade to Plymouth to garrison the town, and this fleet is to co operate with other vessels shortly, in the capture of Wilmington. We merely mention these statements cf this deserter, intending that cur readers may attach to them what importance they please. We ourselves have not been "born in the woods to be scared by au owl " Doubtless the capture of Wilmington would be desir able to old Abe and bis minions, especially about this time, but they will not be likely always to catch a Cap tain reckless and a crew asleep, and we mistake greatly .n an attempt on w limiogton will not, like Charleston naugurate ac Jher years' siege, or. the quietly flowing river which laves its shores, like another Zanthis or Si- mois shall be choked with the bodies of willing martyrs in its aeience. Some men, and many officers too, we regret to say seem haunted by spectres, are always in terror cf some calamity. Such are only fit for old wom?n's firesides, or to retail bugaboo stories to children. Let uajcease to dread tnese cowardly hirelings and be true to ourselves and bravely act our part, and the day of deliverance is not iar distant. We feel assured, that upon this occasion, all that bravery, sagacity and earnest zaal could accomplish was done. ien. Baker deserves, as he should reciive the cordial well-done by every citizen of our Siite, and to Uolonei Whitford who signalized his gallantry on this occasion, as he has never tailed to do in other instances, we unite with other tongues throughout the State in wishing him God-speed to promotion, which he richly deserves. We would indeed have to lament the loss of this ssc tion of our State, if in the same breath with which we announce the disaster we could not declare, like Fran cis the First 1 " We have lost everything except hon or. it From the GreenBboro' Patriot. TIIK SENIOUX1 KESEUVES. This excellent regiment, made up of the men between the ages of 45 and fifty in the 6th Congressional dis trict, left here yesterday afternoon under the command of Cel. Charles E. Shober. Thev are themselves M the bone and sinew " of the country, the very best men we have, and they are commanded by a gentleman of con siderable experience aa a soldier and of eminent qualifi cations for tbe high position which he has the honor to bold. It ia greatly to be hoped that the exigencies ot this campaign will not make it necessary to keep these men and the home guards ont many weeks : and. in their absence, let every person, who can in anywise as sist in seeding, be busily occupied in the fields at home. Our people should not, if possible, let our lands stand uncultivated. We cannot pats through another cam paign without tbe usual wheat and oat crops : bat if EXf.J nQ m?Ml1. re tmP'0IM. ,0. 106 n? 0' I 3 " 1 . i . .T . sabtaSS"' m 00 01 want, starvation or - oub idbpmjs ttohm. AUG great uiurcumy wi wius war, uui.uiij tne VOUHZ iilcu ui wkj cuuuufi la imciy v i " . f .. , , . - u:.u Dractical questions between the sexes, which are not F,nu"" t .. . TtE unworthy the attention of the reflecting mind. The disnrooortion between the sexes will be so great, upon - - - . mom , th .pnnnWnfr nf the fe- j-JJ hla'vi thaHt is bv no means Irrelevant a - in An itc nnr mnmpn ? The vt; OM cn rpftf. tliaf v,P ;m K.lr2IT2 tBrfih LKJlLaLIUU VII UU9U9UUO IU DUVMil .. v.wuv.wU . . r. . ., , mow v tn man nnnd w" uuwccl J " J . T .T J.b l j; error roncirra the onnrnVfl 11 T.D6 COOntrV. Jrr ' . 11 L . - r5j; a; 1M "fSE fattiffi make their situation in single life as agreeable circumstances will permit, or the alternative of poiyga my. For the latter we have the precedent of many eminent examoles.. such, for instance, asJflCODana David and Solomon the latter of whom is recorded to have shared his affrctiocs amcng as many as eeven hun dred princesses-and royal partners. Ahasuerus, who became enamoured of Esther, and the present Sultan of Turkey toeether with those. Arabian caliphs tbat flourished in Bagdad yflord oher illustrations of the practice. We regard this, however, as difficult of real- izition in our ckeometances : and prefer to recommend th organization of Protestant relisious houses, like the Convents and Sisters of Mercy among the iwoman Catholics. Such an institution was eiriy known m the Christian Church, and allusion is sapposed to be made to it in thoc3. passages in the New Testament, where decouesses are referred to. They were known in differently by the name of presbutides, dialconmssai minisi.a.anciilcB. frc. flmY. m hisiamous account o the Persecution of the Christiana (in the first cenry) mentioLS them as ancillce ouce mimstra dicebantux. Thevare also mentioned by Lucian of Samosata, un der the ncme of widows. Bernadas Achinus and Lyse- rus defecd the practice as do Monte: q neu and Voi- taue in later times It occurs to U3 that our young ladies may even now fairly give their attentioa to this subject, it is cieariy sentimental as much so a3 convei-tual life and wil be a matter of necessity, unlees female celibracy m its present objectionable form is to throw its shadow ovr the whole land. We, tor cur part, like old maids, in exceptional cases, and regard them as the best informed and most agreeable members of their sex rational an d matured woman, instead of malapert young mibses. with nothing to recommend them but the DiOOd in me'r cheeks but, of course, a table-fal of epi listers of sixty at dinner, gray, gauct and &barp featured, would vio- late all correct taste, and is not to De tolerated, w e must retire our surplus young women. 1'hey can d,d- icate their lives to deeds of charity, and acts of mercy anJ fa q wheQ uged t0 ittia it) tbe of the eelg, A f nna!, nnPRtinn ft0nRHrn3 our unmarried nn,ia,!n wr4nt ;a nno, affrird.-d u marrvjn2 almost whom vou Dkase iast as when one atanAa nnr ,,n annlfl ippp. hfi nan nlnrk the one which hp ThP nutinnnl hpHI in this matter is. that r buraan coture will pluck only the red and richly coiorcd fruit acd thinks little of what may be moat n.nn',1f,;v(J ,n hp!th nr nonaFca thft mnre dnrahle nrOD- ertleg f0r rxorcssion and nreserviner. ah or our mum U3tlul women have been ugly and we tremble at the state of things when all this better class is entirely ex cluded from the duties o' wives aod mothers. The ab sence of ail comfort in the domestic arrangements, the absence of tbat subordination and patience which is so becoming in wives, tie transition from the domesticity oi Eugli8b life to the open air exercise of the French, ft A the attention to the coifute rather than the carictiani ty 0f tjie children must mark a period where all the ltss solid elements of the female fraternity is cot horned in Our households. Nature has so ordered it, that there is nothing of very high perfection on .earth at least in humanity. Single saining qualities are bestowed conepicuous excelleucee but never a uniform perfec tion. Tte good are apt to De weak ; tbe intellectual are ugly or bad ; tbe beautiful are silly and vicious ; or at least the Deautifal and intellectual cannot also pos sess vir iie. Therefore we applaud the ugly ; their chances u greatly increased lor am.baility acd eeosa. We warn our youug meu to ponder these truths ; when the opportunity is to be made use of, many for a life time, and not lor a honey-moon. Be caieful that your portner throDgh tbis troublous career comes to you with tbe promise of a pug-nose, a disintended mouth a sallow complexion, an ungainly form, a big foot, a dull eye, a bad tooth fly the rare and wonder.ui spell ot- feraa!e beauty fly it as Ulysses did, tied to the mist nf thn nh n. the trencher c,n minsire av that aesai ed his fnrtitnHp nfl thp fnhtrH piorns. v.,np Mpdinean W- I nua w;ji ,eat T0U t0 smiles, but she will spoil voar soup : but she will neglect your shirts : she will charm your eye, but she will sbock your philosophy ; she will for a season gratify your taste for the beautilul, but she will not, on the broad stretch of life, cheer your journey, or poor in upon your soul the ministering balm of a kin dred spirit. Ugly women will nurse your sick mind and your eick body. Charlottesville Chionicle. From the Slate Jonrnal, 3d inst. THE FALL OP PLYMOUTH. On the .evening of the 28 th tilt, Gen. Baker, com manding this Department, received information by tele graph, tbat the enemy had succeeded in eurprising and destroying the gun-boat Albemarle near her wharf at Plymouth, taeuerai Baker, accompanied by bis per sonal siaff, immediately left Goldsboro' lor Plymouth, at which place he arrived on the afternoon of tbe 30tb in the midst of a fierce bombardment of the town from the fleet of gunboats which bad stationed themselves in the mjddle of the river out of sight of our batteries. Tbe sudden appearance of General Baker among the troops was hailed by the whole garrisoa with shouts o welcome. Each man felt re-asaured by the voluntary presence of this veteran soldier, and tprung with al.icn tyio their duty. a rom ther concealment tbe enemy kept up a con tinual Bhower of canister and shell on the devoted town Nerved by the ca'm and cheerirjg voice ol the General eucQ man etood bravely to his post, ready to execute any order which should emanate from him. Finding all their attempts to sail up to Plymouth direct, fuiltd by the stout resistance fro n tba batteries under com mand of Cel. Whitford, the enemy retired and ascend ed Middle liiver. Ibere they mt:t obstructions which they soon removed, and re-enttriug tbe Kotnoke from this direction they attacked the towu in reverse, Geo. Baker attempted to prevent this by throw;ng oot soarp shoottrfe, bat owing to tbe exceedingly heavy fiia of the guo boats and the accuracy ofjtheir hre these were driv en back ; and the enemy finding no opposition they ascended the Koanoke and came down upon the town The fire tor upper lort was manned by tbe crew of he Albemarle. This the gun-boat sailed past, though Beveral times struck by tbe shots from i.s gars, the damage not p pearing 10 be material, ihe fleet theu paid their spe cial respects to Fort Jones, where they s ucceeded in dismounting till the guns and exploding the magazine Meantime the enemy threw an occasional spiteful shell or hot shot over into the town, which caused several of the buildings to fire. At this juncture, in the midst cf tne connagration ot tbe town, the necessary evacuation of the several fortd, and the landing of the enemy, Gen eral Baker issued his orders to blow np the magazine and wunuraw the garrison. The mates avre of falling back was done with such perfect order that nothing ol any value reu into the hands of the enemy witn the exception of two guns belonging to Lee's battery, tne norses to which had all been killed. The total loss in killed, wounded and taken prisoners, will not exceed 25 or 30 men. General Baker has fallen back onl y to Jamesville and seems determined to dispute every loot of ground around Plymouth, he having r" voided not to evacuate Washington. Thus ended this eventful affair, though sad in its results to the Eastern part of our State, its defence under such forbiddirjg circumstances lorms anotner Drimant episode ot gallantry in the hie tory oi mis state. I'll tell Pa, When he Comes Home. A frieod of ours, who bad taken a pride for some time in cultiva ting a lull crop of hair on his face, was called away from home on business a few days ago. While absent. an inexperienced barber spoiled his whiskers in trim ming ihem, which so vexed our friend that he directed the barber to make a clean job of it by shaving whiskers ana moustacne all cm. Tbe barber obeyed, and our friend's face was as smooth and delicat3 as when in his teens, ne returned nome in the night. ext morn ing his little girl did not recognize him on waking up. Looking over ner mother, and seeing, as sue supposed, a stranger in the bed, she remarked, in her childish simplicity, " Mister, get out ol here ; I'll tell pa on you when he comes home." An ingenious Yankee residing in ColnmbuB, Ga., propo sea a novel mode of lighting the Confederacy. Be says every nigger contains a superfluous quantity of oleagineout matter, which by toms chemical process, and the applica tion of moderate heat eaa be readily extracted without se rioca iocoLvenienco to health. Borne experiments proved tbat a well-conditioned temaie supplied in the coarse of a few days, about three gills. The oil is superior to whale oil, and oan be furnjahed at about five or teven dollars a gallon. The odor is disagreeable, but is not perceptible n a cood lamp. Persons of a scrofulous habit have been entirely cured by t be process From the Eichmond Dispatch. Two subjects of euorema interest are at this time occupying public attention. The firtit is tbe correspondence bet ween Generals Lee and urant relative to tne exposure oi our prisoners at Dutch gap in alleged retaliation for the expo- fiure CI Certain utjtrueu iu&dii iu uaiuo wilu alius iu men hands atfd clad in-Yankee uniforms. General Lee opens the correspondence b? showing that, according to the Con stitution of the United Mtaiee, naves are properiy, ana, according to tbe uniform practice in all preceding wars, are liable, when taken ani recaptured, to ne retnrnea to their owners. This piactiee he has pursued; and oculd, con sistently with the Jaw of the Confederacy, pors'ae no other. He has, however, never placed negroes at work in danger ous situations, either on the occasion alleged or any other. He desires to know il tbe exposure of our prisoners was made by order of General (irant. In reply, Grant very curtly declines to discdEB the slavery question, but says the negroes are his soldieiB, and he shall protect them by re taliating upon our prisoners precisely snch treatment as said negroes shall receive at our hands. That is to say, if the negroes in question be returned to their masters, 'he shall put our printers to hard labor upon his fortifications or upon the publ c woiks in the Yankee States. The other question is this: Bberidan, having laidthe Valley waste in h a rear, is dependent for Lis supplies uptfn the Aianaesas Gap railroad. But Mosby has been operat ing upon that railroad with terrible eflect, capturiig train and cutting eft supplteH, acd thereby reducing Sheridan to very inconvenient btraits. To remedy this inconvt-nience, the Yankee Government has fallen upon tho devici of sendiog a number of A!xandria citjzaos, of know attach ment to the bouihcin t .use, upon every trjkin, publishing the canics of petsotig thus sent, in the hope of creating a public feeling in tbe Confederacy. Railroads, of course, are peifectly legi irnate objeo s cf waifate as much s as any operation whatever upon an entmy'srear. The Yan kees are even prKot-iag tu send omen alorg with the train to miko thtmtho more secure. It appears to us that our Government has never compre hended, and doe3 not, ev.-n now comprehend, the spirit iu which the Sfaukeea are w: ing this war. They have pro claimed na rebels, and refuse to recognias any rights that we claim as bellieercnts. There is but one remedy e:t, and that is retiliaiftn lor any and ;.y offence agaiuat Cur belligerent rights. Ithascjm-j to , ..j pitcn at last, mat we mu-1 nursae that policv or srivo j the contest alto gether. The determination to place our slaves on the 6aose looting with our soldie's captnrtd in battle, if submitted so, is a settlement ia their favor of the very ques'ion lor kwLvch we are at war. 'ihe recaptured fclaves are ttic pro uertv of their owners, atd taere ia no uower in tne liorern ment to withhold it. Wo ruthr rejzret that General Lee did tot confine his !ct'r to tho Rimple question with whica it concludes ; that is, who. her the exposure of our prison ers at Dutch Gap wa nwio by tho authority of Grant or not. Tha exposure of the ciliz;a? of A'.exandiis upon the trains is a stii! jaore open i.nu au lacioas deuiii ot our bel- l!ee:nt runts. Jf BUbm:ttei t ihe const quinces prod -ne ed by a contemporary must inevitably loliow. Grant, wheu he choc-ses to luaku his grand attack ou our lines, will certaikiy piact cat-iieU cit ajus ol cur own in front uf his negro advatc d guards, md we shall te reduced to the alternative oi Burtendentjg without li;ing a gun or of sh'jo'tr.g oar own mends. Ia tact, wa cave been driven int. a coi.er, and we must do now wh.it we ought to have doiie when ButLr baLir iium ortat 25. Oi-leaas; we must put tods;th ad zen j ankees for every man of t ui s that is injured by cur lire Irm biug expOtd by tha barbarity oi the Jf an kees. We should have pursued that policy at Charlaston when they first began to fire upon the city with no military oljjct, bat purely irim malice, for every man, woman or child alam by a shell cr other missile, wo should have put to death half-a-dozen Yankees. We neglected to do it and the Y'itites went on eaToachinjr, nut)! now lhey seem io have.ccmp etely established thtir theory that we are rebels and havo no tih a. 'Ibiy innst be taught that there ure two sides to thai visw ot tue qjestiou ; tint if we ate ou laws and Lave no rights, belog outlawa, aro tot heuud to leoogiiia:) any rig!H& ia others. EXTESSIVE IXAIU UV aillK.VKW OV Tilt: SEW One of the .most daring outrages ever comJtiied in this vicinity took piace ou tbe New York and Erie railway on Thursday nig!:t, by a gaog cf fully 200 ol the worst class ot bruisers, blacklegs and thieves tbat invest New York and Philadelphia. The western bound train lrom Jersey City, at 4:15 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, carried out about 200 rnffiana from New York ab.l Philadelphia, to witness a prize fight wbich was to come eff yesterday somewhere up tbe Eiie road, between Doen&y Harris, of N. York, and Peter Martin, of Philadelphia. Before tbe cars had left the Long Dock ec-veral persons were relieved of tbeir money while passing tbrough the cars in quest of seats. After the cars had left, the ruffian e, becoming more bold, roamed through the cars, and at every stop picg place between Jersey City and Middle towa, CG miles distant, robbed pa;3ccgers aa ihey were getting in and oat. At Middletown the train broke down, and about the same time tire EiStern bound through express train came up and wua detained for sume time in conse quence. Tbe thieves then sallied out in tqaads, passed though the express traiu and robbed the passengers, both male and female, of watches, jewelry and money, and ia eome cisea usii;g considerable violence. One elderly geDllemua from Kentucky, whose aame is belteved to be Wait, was seized by u gang of ruf fians, handled in a brutal maanvr arni robbed of a con siderable amount of mjney. The ill-treatment he re ceived is supposed to have broaht ou a fit; oi apoplexy. At any rate, soon alter the cars started he expired and his remains were Itft at Goshen. Citizens of Middictown, who wero passing along the street, were also seized aod robbed, and other depreda tions were also committed before the ruffians continued their journey to witness the prize fiht. The BicG3aphi(7al Ngticks ok the London Press. Tfccre ia attached to each of ilie London morning pa pers, a functionary called "the Biographer," whoae lit erary emplovnient ia to write, and be in readiness with, the mebers of great and leading men, bo that on their demi&e a day miy not pass ere the public are put in possession cf ihe prominent incidents of tbeir lives and career. With the inexorable diligence of fate, the " Lifea Writer " of the London paper i3 al ways posting up the records of public men whose in creasing years or failing, strength renders it probable that death at no distant day may close his career. The machinery, indeed, ia said to be so perfect, that memoranda of moat liviog persons are put away in a sc-tiea of smoll compartments, under their respective initial letters ready for use and compila tion at a moment's notic. TLus we learn that not only are the Duke of Wellington, Lord Brougham, and other veterans of the Upper House, regular pigeon holed waiting their inevitable turn in the " biographi cal departments " of fhe chief London Morning jour nals, end have ber-n so for years but even the Prenrer himsel', Lord Pa'nxre-on, Lord rit.auley and otLers, are posted up every sussion in these grim fly-sheets, with methodical precision ; eo that should any ccpaalty call them Eodde:Jy to their last account, ocly a few hours would intervene before their histories would be thrown into shape and served up in tha columns of the morning press. Kxtmpttona mid Detullg. There is a vcty plain distinction between thes? term?, but eueh is the disposition in thtsi war times to con found the authority of the law-makers with that cf the officers entrusted with the execution of the laws that many persons do not seem lo know the difference. For instance, we have bee-i met several times recently with tbe positive assertion that fhe Secretary of War had issued an order eauceiln g the contracts of all bonded agriculturalists and ordering them forthwith enrolled for the field. The mistake arises from the failure to observe the fact that there are two classes of bonded agriculturists tbose exempted by act of Congress for being on planta tions the 1st of January last, owning or controlling fif teen hand3 or over; and' those either not planting at the date specified, or haviDg a less number of hands, who were detailed by the Secretary of War. under the authority given the President Dy Congress to grant details ip " ail cases where, in his judgment, justice, equity and necessity require it." There ia also given him in the suine act to "revoke such orders of details whenever he thinks proper." This, therefore, is the clajs c; bonded agriculturists whoae de tails are said, in Borne in-lancts to have been revoked. The power that grants a detail can revoke it, but no power except Congress can revoke an exemption sanc tioned by Confederate law. We hope never to see the day that an executive officer of this government wculd venture to set aside a law cf the legislative branch, whose mandate he is bound to obey. But it is idle to discus3 such a question. No order ot the kind has oeen issued or ia at all likely to be. Montgomery Ad vertise:. from the Eutaw Whig and Observer. The South i3, every way, stronger to-day than when the first drew out the sword to defend her civil ;and religious altars. Her immense capabilities for defensive warfare have been developed. The natural increase of her popu lation more than tupplies the wants of men in war. bhe has arms and munitions ct war in abundance ; veteran ar mies and fikillful leaders in th' field, and a uatient. patriot ic and active people at home, determined to endure, to the last extremity, rather than submit to the hated domination ot the north. JXothiDj? is wantinar to secure her final sep aration from her oppressors bat a patient continuance, for a time longer, in the labors and dangers wbicn constitute, in all times, the purchase price of national freedom. To Curb Meat. A friend writes us, to five gallons cf water add seven and a half pints of salt, one pint of syrup, one tableapoonful of saltpetre, let it boil a few minutes and skim it off, and when cold put it on the meat. Spend tbe meat out, sprinkle lightly with salt and let it get perfectly cold. Ba sure all the animal beat is removed, pack it in barrels, keep it well covered with the pickle. Let it remain four or five weeks or longer, and then hang it np to dry. It can be saved without iuq saltpetre, or evrup.--Uanofl, TELEGRAPHIC Report of th PrtM Association. Entered according to the Act of CongreM, in the v a-mjj, ujr a. o. xnajLonsn, iuiu UierC B UIDCe Of the Dig- trict Court of the Confederate States for the Northern DiBtriet of Georgia. UNITED STATES HEWS. Richmond, Nov. 6th, 1864. Tbe Baltimore American, of the 3d iDBt., baa been re ceived The Tallahassee nas captured and scuttled flvevfiwcln Block Islatd. Nothirg from Hood or Sherman. A party cf rebels from Canada attempted to oar prise cur water butteries at C&Btico, Maine, bat were driven off by the garrison. Beward hag informed the Mayor of Buffalo that inform, tion bas "been received at the State Department tlat the rebels in Canada have a conspiracy on loot to set fire to the principal cities on the border on the day. of the Presi dential election. Governor Seymour has issued a long proclamaticn'nrg. ing Btrong effort by all to disconntenatce Btrifo and din order ia the coming election. He directs the Sheriff and other efficers, whose duty it is to keep peace, to take care that every voter ehall have free ballot, and see that no military or other organiiod force shall be allowed to attrnJ in the vicinity of placeB where elections are held with a view et menacing or intimidating voters; against .inch in tetferenco they must exercise the full force ot the law aul all for th, if needs be, tbe whole power cf their districts. A general meetirg is to beheld in Utica, on Monday, for prayer, that the Almighty may direct the peoplo cf this land, in exevciae of the elective franchise, to rcMraia their pasuioos, that they may be dclivprcd from violence and blessed by the continuance of their liberties. Similar prayer meetings will be held in nther cities. Gold in Baltimore ia quoted at $2 33. New York quotation not reported. ONE DAY LA 1KB FHOM THE UNITED STATES. Eichmond, Novi 6th, 18Gt. New York papsra of the 4th inat. have been received. There was much excitement at Ogdensburg, New Tort, regarding an expected rebel raid, and business was rua pended on the 3d. The citizens were preparing for the de fence cf the place. A largo number of armed men, sup posed to be rebels, are on the islands in St. Lawrence riv er above and below Ogdensburg. A suspicious steamer, having on board about forty men passed along the river, cloe into the American shore in the afternoon. It is reported that the Tallahassee entered the Delaware Breakwater cn the 3d, antl destroyed several vessels at an chor there; afterwards landed at Lewes, Delaware, and robbed the people of a large cniount of property. Four vessels of war are towin pursuit of the Tallahassee. iffaira in tho Shenandoah remain qniet. . There is nothing from Grant or Sherman. Dix has issued an crder instructing tho Piovost Marsha's to uce idl tecefBsry precautions to prevent the rebels and deserters from voting on Tuesday, bnt no military force must be fcta'ioBed at or iu tho vicinity of the polling places. Butler has arrived at New York with orders to report to Dix for duty. FEDERAL NEWS VIA MOBILE. Mobile, Nov. 5ih, 1,601. A special dispatch to the Advertiser from Senatobla , the 4th inst., say a that the Memphis papers of the 21 say nothing about Price. T he Chicago Times of the 29th ult., prosounceH the dis patches claimirg a victory over Price aa bogns, and gotten up for electioneering purp oses. The Times says the Shen andoah Valley dispatches are laid in the shade by the Mir souri telegrams. Thero is nothing important from otler points. Guerillas are ia operation and continue active on tho MigsiBsippi. LATER FROM. SAVANNAH. SANANNAH, Nov. 8. There was nothing of import ance received by the Sag of truce to-day. and no later pa pers. Our prisoners have not yet arrived al Ililtoti Head. Another flag of troce will take place on Thursday next, when it iu supposed an exchange will sake place. FROM PETERSBURG. PETERSBURG, Nov. 6 Gen. Gracie captured a Yankee picket lino last night and a number or prisoners were tit ken. Tbe Yankee batteries opened and kept up u heavy fire ail night- Alt qniet to-day. MEETING OF TBE C. S. EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIA TION. The Educational Association of the Confederate trs, will meet in ChaMotte, N. C, on Wednesday next Tt.e Railroads will grant return tickets free to delegates EUROPEAN NEWS. Bicuuond, Nov. Cth, 18C4. Europe an advices to the 23d ult. have been received. Tho Baz tar in Liveipool in aid of the Southern prisoners cf war proved a groat success. In four days the receipts amounted to ten thousand pounds sterling, and about nice thousand poundsdditional was received in subscriptions. Ihe strike among the coliers of South Staffordshire was becoming alarming, and a etrioua collision with tho police had occurred. Lord Palmerston bas completed his 80th year. The depression ia financial and commercial circhs showed little or no improvement. Failures were being daily announced. The Emperor and Empress of BasBla passed through Marseilles on the 21st, en route to Nice. It was considered certain that an interview would take place at Nice between Alexander and Napoleon. Mr. Bunch, ex-Coneul of Charleston had been gaz;ttcl as Consul to Cuba. C0KGRES8 THE PRESIDENT'S iZErt'JUJE. EicniioifD, Nov. 7th, 1881. Congress met to day pursuant to adj ournment, and tho message from the President was received and read. It be gins with a review of the military operations since tho ad journment of Congress in June, and rccogniz jB the protec tion of Providence in enabling ub snrceaefnlly to with stand the utmost efforts of tbe enemy for our snl.jugatl.'a.. We have recovered Texas from the enemy, and Arkansas with the exception of a few fortified pobts ; nearly the whole cf Northern 8cd Western Mississippi, Northern Ala bama and Western Tennepsee are again in our possesion. All attempts to penetrate from the coast have been baffl-id. in Sou.hwestern Virginia successive armies have been routed. A portion of Eastern Tenneaaoo-has beeu re -conquered by onr troops. The enemy's main army, after a series of defeats acd constant repulse of repeated assaults, is still ergaged in an effort to capture Petersburg. The array of Sherman havirg onccecded in obtainiug possession of Atlau'a, Is unable to secure any ultimate advantage from this succeos. Had we been co'ipelied to evacuate Eichmond as well as Atlanta, the Confederacy would have remaiced defiant as ever. No military success of tho cncjiy can accomplish the de traction of the Confederacy, nor save the enemy from constant drain of blood and treasure which mast con tinue until he shall discover no peace attainable unless based cn the recognition of onr indefeasible rights. No change in the cocdact of foreign affairs cm be an nounced. The recognition of our independence is withheld from na ou the assumption that recognition would be val ueless without intervention. We wish no intervention We know ourselves fully competent to maintain onr rights and independence. Peace is impossible without independence, and it is rot to be expected that the enemy will anticipate neutrals In the recognition of that independence. The total amount of tbe public debt, on the first of Oc tober was eleven bundred and twenty-six mi'lionB of' dol lars. No additional appropriations are required for meet ing tho needs of the public service np to the first of July, aa the unexpended appropriations exceed the cstimatf for that time. The Secretary of the Treasury recommends that the faith of the Government be pledged that notes shall ever remain exempt from taxation ; that no issue be made beyond tbat already authorised and that a portion of tho receipts from taxation and the tax in kind be pledged to the gradual re demption of the entire circulation. Referring to the report of the Becretary of War, tho President cays the exemption from military duty of per sons in certain specified pursuit or professions is unwise and indefensible in theory. Discretion should be vested in the military authorities, so that a sufficient number of these essential to the publio service might be detailed to con tinue to exercise their pursuits or professions, bat exemp tion from service of entire classes should be wholly aban doned. Various recommendations of tho Seoretary of War are re ferred to and approved, among which is the reorganisa tion and consolidation of reduced regiments. Ia regard to prisoners of war, the President says, Each government will hereafter be allowed to provide necessary comforts to its citizens held captive by the other. The sabjact oi em ploying negroes ia the army is discussed at some length. The President dissents from, those who advise a general levy and arming of elans for tho duty cf soldiers, hut re-
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