Newspapers / Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, … / Jan. 5, 1865, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE WILMINGTON JOUKNAL. COXf KOKKATK STATKS OF ANKIllCA, WILMLNUTOS, N. C, TBUBSDAY, JiN. S, 1SG3. It is iktebestixq it i surprising, to m-uk the dif ference between the epirit displayed by our soldiers and the grumbling and desponding too common among cur citizens at home, although as a rule the latter have suf fered little cr nothing in comparison with the former. It can do no harm now for ns to eay that among tLe troopi that bavo been with ua, and with whom we have met lately, Ilcke'a division has held a prominent place. Many of the men and cfllcers of this gallant division are frcra this section, ond with many cf them we are personally acquainted. If in their ranks there be any faltering or Uiiicg we have jet to see the first evidence of it. ihey have no idea cf beietg subjugated by the enemy they never dream -of such a thing. They eecut the idea of submission. "While these brave men bear their toils, their dangers and privations so manfully, it ia eutely wrong for those. at home, who are comparatively uubarniL-d, to depress them by complainings, fcreboding3 and dospairit g-s. They have no right to do so. Their conduct in- doing bo 13 a epecies of moral treason of wbic'i they ought to be ashamed. TLe Bine filing to which we Lav3 alluded ai per vading Hoke's Division also characterizes, cur gaUant eoliicrs at the Forts. Oae would Lave thought that alter the tremendous bombardment of Christmas eve, Christmas day, and th2 day after, they would have had quite encugh of it, and perhaps they had, for. comfort ; but their surprise w&3 that the effiir was eo soon over that th enemy was so eoon repulsed that in fact they had tot been called upon to do more in order to b.?at Lira rff. It will come cat after a while how much he did scfl.r. The morul of all this is : It 03 keep up our own spirit and Lot depress the spirit cf cur soldiers. No good can ccme of despondency. A3 long as the spirit of the people remains unbroken, eo long is tho cause Eafe. When the Epirit fails, all fails. Ptfclly Tnu, The Editor of the Countryman, a moat excellent and remarkably plain-spoken weekly paper, published by J. A. Turner, at Lis plantation of " Tumwold', ' neer EatontOfl, Ga., in a recent editorial article says : " Whatever might be the cc.se, in ordinary peace timee, tLere is no difforecce, now, between a constant, syste matic opposition to all the measures cf j.tho administra ticu, without ever finding anything to conimend, t-.r j eppesitfeu to the government itself. 13y the success of our admitLtration, we are to stand cV fall. And he who willful'y, w&ntody, n:d cons'atly throws obstacles in tLe way ox that success, is to all intents and purpose? as much our enemy as Abraham Lincoln himself. And not only so he who benfls all his er.e?uii3 to a denun ciation of the confederate administration, now, und:r pretence tuat the administration '13 a v.ry different thing from the overcinent, will ca certainly take an open and nncu iivccil stand, iu favor of Lincoln, Gaally, as P.aylor did, cr a3 the sun shines in the heavens." "!lore Dlotliads itunntts. The C01 k Ikrald reports that tritbin tho wpefe there Live neeu four etearccrH at Q leenstowa. bouaJ cut, to iu i l.c Houth Aiiurlcan blockiiio. The Secret , C0 lor.g.Capt. i erkly, w'sfiuh htd pat ia ibrongh Btrces of weMiOr, pro-fft-iled or her vcy;ie 10 Jassat:, en hucda?. The Sman Eiri :e, i'o ious, e.'3pt. Grcuiicilo, wLich had put ia tor re-T-airs, awaits ftvornbio weather to orocecl. The haud er.me etear.er Kmiliv M'i torJ;, from 'l!irgl)w, arri'-l at Qaeenstca on Monday morning to fill a; coals. When biic Las coaku lu tho weather satt3t)-o s i'A sU't for Nas sau. I3y the way blockade running ought to be pleasant to those f.-nd cf a !ittl;3 hc-ithful excitement. We leatn lhat the Hieamcra thai got here just after the bombard iiicnt approached the coast when it waa at i;s height, and the people cn board of ihenj heard the guns boom, irg away out at sea, pc-f.sib'y beyond that g?.eat "ocean Ptream," the Gulf stream He me of them were chased and hv.tl to run clT, and, ns they su:pectcd what was afoot, they naturally kit seme nnecsines'j as to whather they should ever hz able - again to run into their ac customed haven. It did not rcepire the crew3 on bof rd these vessels to be slrorg Confederate sympathizers to render them anxioua for the fate cf Fort Fisher, or glad to find the Confederate (lag &UI1 waving over iia battlements. Com to the Yawkcee. In strict conforaity to tb law of gravitation, a tele en&h optrator, lidaied Baer, fled froa tbia city to Yunfcecdora. He anived iu Gract'a lii ca last Saturday, and wnb eubjectd to a " severe oxaminaMon " by"Ule8c Whether ihr re id fcou:t.thIr. Ia ttlo iLOuence n'i Yankee fltni&Hi.hcre to OiSso a departure troru uuflj, or wlietncr Baker had atlaat funnd hid trao level, phiic-opLcra may tl?. terrain; bat tLe YanlKfc papera Kay that to fas;acioa Hakor stitcd, endc-r cth, thtt intullcncc of. th la;l ct Suvancedj, rjd iho ciiitsreol tho n ire fbrce13,C00 in ranabor corr.marde 1 by General Ilarda?, had reached KtcLaioad a !e lums ttfi?re he rnada hia escape. TLere vas a report jireVaiHa at-tha da;ua time to the effect tts.t Foil Fteaor, commdici; tba eatrano to Wit mi'tor,Lad als.i falloo. thrih a combined attack by Ilf jor General HuUer fnd lieair AdaiiralTorter'o force?, but tl;U could not be traced to d!y reliable snuco. Tte rpiribJ cl ihn cin'zens of Eichraond ho describps &s in a very riiuch depressed fctate, sad it wp vjilh difficulty that the tat'ioriuca coald exercise any iLilasace whatfcv. r over ihe pre3d acd cit Becfi, eac1! were thti fraarij Dianiiea tationa cf contsaapt lor. ma action of th Kebcl (iovera ment. - We wi'.l state, by vay of explanation, that Bikr J3 a Yankee by birth aad iQaticc'a. io ona iegrea his depar ture. We cut the above from the Iwichrnond Whig of the 20th ult. We ere not at ail surprised at Baker's con-, duct, but we are surprised at his being trusted in the confidential position of operator in the Ilichnion J of fice, after hia former escapades which proved his dis honesty and treachery. Dr. Morris, the President, (self cleetec) of the telegraph company has much to answer for. jS'EWJrArs Consolidation. S. W. Whitaker, Esq., having purchased from E. II. Britton , Esq., the es tablishEwnt of tho Carolina limes, published at Char lotte, N. C. , that paper has been merged into the Char lotte Bulletin, of which lit. Whi taker has been pro prietor for the pest year. Air. Britton takes the posi tion cf local editor of the Bulletin. The Bulletin is de cidedly neat looking and spirited. Thece is one gratifying result of the failure ot the enemy here which ixsay be almost as valuable in its wiorcii efiect as tho repulse of Lis vast armada was in its military consequences. If the latter ha3 saved the last remaining seaport cf the Confederacy, the first hss done much to restore the epirits and confidence of ccr peop'e. It has been the turning-point to a lorg succes sion of disasters. It has shown what can be done, when people are determined that it 'Mali be done. It bhows us that we are neither deprived ot help from Providence, ncr rendered incapable of helping ourselves. The newd from Wilmington was immediately felt at Rich mond. Fending the attack here gold disappeared gb totally ia Richmond as it did here. As soon as the re pulse cf the tcemy became known, it began to crawl timidly forth, at gradually dec'inicg rates, although fearfully extravagant. Gold went up EOmewhat in New York. It will probably go up still farther. Cen D. II. Hill. We had lost sight of this gallant m& fighting General for some time pa3L. We notice that the Charlotte Bulletin says. he passed through Charlotte on the 29Lh ult., under orders, as if under stood, to report to General Beauregard at Charleston. Uomk U?. We have pood authority for Btatiag that du ring tho late Btona oa our coast, in whicb the Batler-Por Ur expedition was cagM,tbe entire Fifth regiment U. 8 Eegvlan wra drowned. Not a man of them, it is be lieved, escaped. The disaster, to th3 expedition are com- ng to light.-Qtl&tero' Siats wna I, &q. 3is. Coxhally's Kbiqadk. Wt learn U.t thin biigade, composed of tbc 8th Ikgim-ot ir.d Li t!ej:hn'B Bat talion of Senior llvMerviB ; the 3J Ugiroent of Junior Rserves consisting of Rc-V, French's aDd Ellicgtoa'a. Battali:na,tcge'her with the 2 ad B'giment South Caro lina Cavalry, and seme fight artillery, all under the command of Colonel Comply, acting Brigadier, were charg-sd with the arduous duty of guarding the ecus t rem the Pet t to Masorboro' and ot supporting Port Fisher or Sugar Loaf in. case of an attack upon eitter. 'ibis arduous duty tbey performed until the ar rival of General Kirkland, ihej beiDg ercuroped and having their headquarters at a point convenient to pup. port any men cad point. On Saturday, we beiiivo the Juniors were ordered into Fitber ; the Seniora occu pied the lines at fcrgcr Lett, which pce-iticLS they held untilthe ie-cmbaikation cf the enemy. The prompti tude of the ircn in obeying all orders their patience in tfce endurance cf fatigue and privation, and their gene ral qualities es soldiers were worthy cf all praise. Al though the enemy threw shells into Sugar Loaf as well ps inlo Fisher, yet did the men, not on guard, steep as scundJy and as qiietly on the second eight of the shell ing aa though resting tratquilly at hemp, such had been their fatigues for days before. Of tfve Juniors ordered to Fert Fisher, pome were put into the bembproofs end seme were ordered to an other point. Of these latter, something like one hun dred and fifty under command.of Jftijor Recce, were por rccdered to a Cop'ain and five men, who demanded the surrender, informing the Major that he wes surrounded and that resistance was useless. Lt. Hamblin, as we learn, refused to surrender and walked eff, and some twelve mep with him. The enemy had no force to stop them. T hey had no force to compel a surrender. It was o transparent" sell which ought not to have de ceived Major Ileece or anybody elsa, but apparently it did. No one suspects treachery, that we know of. Tfce rcBErve3 showed themselves reedy and willing to do anything that might be required of them, and if they wcie net closely engaged with the enemy it was not that they shrank from their duty,' but from the fact that tere really was no serious encounter with the enemy's land forces, and that the positions they held were not attacked. - v! It may be as well to say here, that it turns out that there was a mistake in the information regarding an assault cr cssauits said to have been made on Fort Fisher. The enemy's skirmish line approached within lorg mnsket range of the Fort, but no attempt was made at storming. " A Savannah Refugee," (iappoasd to be J. Hen!y Smith for a few weeks past editor of the Savannah News,) writing ia a receat number of ths CJiarleston Courier delivers a bitter diatribe against the President aid all in whom the President is supposed to have aaj cot fidence. The whole thirg ia iu the a.'yld of Jeseph B. B own and others ia tr &t State, who havo done so much to break the spirit of -the peop'.j and alienate thera from the Confederate goverrment and the Coufedtretj cause. We confess tLut we did not &tfach any geat Importarco to lb: 9 ctf attics, and, as it was long,' did sot cv&q read it through. We are told thit it makes an onslaught upon! Gen. Brag?, chargirg him with dacsiving the people of the Ptte, by telegraphing that he was coming with."riiaforee wests of tea thousand rren ; v?horeas Oen. Bragg never telegraphed anything of the kind. He bn tight reinforce nn8 all he ccnld get even to ths point of stripping the woik? hero, and he b?gged ard impcrfneed for more from Elchmond. That' tl ey did nnX come, was not hf3 faolt. Wo rney bVre mention a circumstance vbich we oy vouch for so far as to say that we have it from a highly re spectable 91 urc . It ?s th's j Tha enemy had reached Waynesboro', Ga., oaths Bailreai between Milieu and Angusta, aud had g-.t possessioa of the Telegraph ofSi. They immediately pot an operator to work telegrapL'.rg to Anguata as thtugh from General Wheeler. Our operator at Augr.a?a immediately suspected that something was wrong; op6Tato?s know each other's touch, we suppose. He eoir.muaicatf d his suspicions, bat answered the call of Waynesboro' as thoagh snapecticg EOtbicg. Home cor reepondonce ensued, in the ecu-he of which a dispatch was sent ircm luusta to Wheeler (i. e., tho Yankees at Way. cesbaro') to hnld on for a day and Gen. Brag wonld come with ten thousand infantry and two brigades cf Hampton's cavalry. The enemy instead of fooling anybody was fool ed himself and swerved cS from Augusta. As we have said, w cannot vo ioh for this, W give it aa au on dit, but if so it ia tbe enly time that Gen. B'-agg ever n&id ho was coining with eu thousand infantry, and tha enemy ia the only party that was deceived. Shall tee complain of that ? Wo arc sick and tired of this ur j jst grumbling withpnt rhynse or reason. We thick cur leaders are conscientious ly devoted to the discharge of their dnty. Their lot is not, generally speaking, an envfab'e one. Generals Lee, Beauregard, Bregg, t&e President and many others are among tho heavies; loosers, and mny of them are exiles from their homes. And why ehonld thy be cliqaed ca" agaiuet ? It ia wrong it is worse than wrong. Yesterday wea hiring day, but 00 little was done in that way to establish any hiring ra'es for servants, and upon enquiry wo can find no data upon which to base quotations. We suppose things will SGttb down in a day or two, and parties come to an understanding. We noticed tut one sale a girl 18 to 20 who brought $5,500. For hiring prices we heard talk of ccy thing from 8500 to $2,000. Daily Journal t '3d inst. The State Journal says that Bbtler found it conve nient to stop at Beaufort en route for the moutu cf the Cape Fisar. During hia stay he visited Newborn where he made a speech in which he declared his pur. posa to dine in Wilmington on Christmaa day. Bat he didn't do it. Fikb. The alarm of fire last evening about eight o'clock waa caused by tha burning of a large wcoden building, sitaated near the river, m the Northern portion of town. In the building was stored a large quantity of rosin about 3500 to 4000 barrels which, together with the wharf on which tio building stood, was entirely consumed. The building and contents were ewned by Messrs. VaxAm bikgh & Co., whose hiss in Confederate money will reacL about $ 100 00C. The fire was no donbt the work of an ia oondiary. The firemen vera promptly on the spot with their engines, and were socn at work trying to subdue the flames. Messrs. J. H. Cn adeockn & Co. suffered some loss by the burnicg of some timber ia the dock next Horth of where tho lire originated. Da'ly Journal, 3d. Tnz Stolen Mask, or the Mvetericus Cash Box. A Story for a Christmas Fireside. By Wilkie Collins, Columbia, S. C: Steam Power-Presa cf F. G. De Fontaine & Co., 1864. The above ia an entertaining vouvelefte of 31 dou ble column pages. That it is by Wilkie Collies ia a sufScient gurantee cf its readability. Price $2. It is a matter cf some doubt whether Sherman will make hh Stst movement against Augusta cr Branch- ville. Either point v:oald answer hia purpose cf sever ing the railroad connection between the Southern ard Southwestern States of the Confederacy. At one cr another of these points be will most assuredly aim an early blow. Either, if successful would be deeply in jurious to the Confederacy. We think it quite likely that Augus'a will be the first point against which Sher mm will direct the weight of hia arms. Indeed it wae even said a day or two since that he had advanced a cettain distance on his way to Augusta, bat this ap pears to have heen at least premature. Foreign Iutervntlon. The fourth year of th present terrible war is draw ing cear to its close, and yet we Bee no signs cf its dis contiunanbe. Wa cannot end it the enemy' will not. The element of peace-making is wanting. That eu:h would bo the casa most have fitruck most reflecting persona at a much, earlier period in the pon- test. It cvr'nin'y H'rtick n a fi tcii' aa to lend ns io express the op niouh it i.t ith-r p -r' could or wou!d recede from its poeitiru ; tl-t th-o '? had reached a deed lock, which 8 rce outside f. ic;j or it-fluence could alone relieve. The" enemy my thick they ara approaching a solution by the gnrj.iganon cf th-i Scu'h. They urc domg no such thing; (jlxjmy ps things appear for us the eremy d.?ts ru' eve 0 fxgin fo opprocch that solu tion. Can we cm-q'-er sx jh,ca trcm the North ? We do not think anvbtdy hiicves a!iv snch tbicg. It would be folly to enter' ai'i snvh on idea. We, at lensf, do not entertain -.. It i? rmy tht? North my ttngbt the fiit ill ty of itstff .r's :t lgrttion, but that ;s - lesson Tvhi'jh it h s'ow to let-ra, atid the triamphant re-election of Mr. Linsotn Bhowj that aa yet it has Lot made much progress in that dirtciioj. The policy of the United States is fixed fjr years to oorrie. The dead lock con tinues. They won't etop 1he w&r. We can't. Nothing" that, -ve know ef .bnt a miracle cm stop tbla content without foreign "iuttrveniion. We are sorry to say u, buc we think that it is even so. Take a survey oi the QrM frrm first to hst ; view the "situation " t ow, w; A say if it ia'not if ca'm re flection dees not peiut that oal aa ibt only way. Would that we knew how ? rotke u of iti.it way 1 Comtnercinl treat irs and other things ef that Jciod can be ofLred by the Oculcdtrratg iiovernnrstnt &3 in duccmeof8 to foreign powers. L'biral conceiw'ons might be mde of t iingi n- iri.tr itvo!-ing our Jnde- pendeucc nor the inncrare s i our society nor t: or ganic com-p. i t t.ur Conftdiraey ; jnd t!:f33 ouglit to bo freely tendered, tni nothing rtbtiu r to slavery or exceeding th i pocs granted to ths Confederacy, or trenching up' a tbo:e reserved to the States These things roust te lr ft here ibe constitu'ion leaves them or our labor s in vain. W k concur with eur co'eoiporary cf lb ) Catolinim inalliteajs d.prYcatory of the recommendutiens of the Riehmord Ehqunec, but not iu h-e'ievicg that that paper Ka9 any reU'iesus with tho C01 .'derate autbori ties at Rithtrond. Its c.iursi f.r months past would appear to indicate the rcv-rso. If there be any paper id Richmond which iu any way occupies the position of an organ or may be supposed to maintain confiden tial relations with tho Executive1, it is the 'Riehmord Senttrel. We must not attach top much importance to these isolated uttenncc of any papar or papers The Confederate gnvernmrnt is expressly forbidden by the Constitution eo interfere in aiy way with the ques tion of s'avery, an J any proportion by it to foreign powers based tion any each tbin would simply be a mockery. President Davis knows thb', end feels it All propoaitiocs' tased upon any such interference tcu'd only look to a dLo'ation cf he Coaled, rate compact, a3 they are ia express opposition to its tctms. A ec-ecial c'i ben the M-:i1d:au -Chn-jn pubiibhed io thi? p;ip. ? on Sutu-diy Just, stated that Major Geruera! Pile died at Dooi'-y's Ferry, Lafayatte couaty, Arkat:3a?,-ou the 1st of D.ccmbe-, 1861. A later, account stat-s tbut Mij'-r (-jneril Pi ice wis at Cane Hill, Was-h e$ on county., Aikar sa3, -Deeeoiber 3d. Now wo iir.? at a b-;3 to kaov hovf Gen. Price could b'. dead on thu I at and jji'e o i iheSl ult. It may be vhut lota r&orta are corrcc", but w-a e-re in doubt aa to v,hjt!ier cither report is correct. On Satcrd" Las' ft h a.iii bj the mrse cf Piara? G. Gili.toan wan arr-n':-l by rBstib!e H. I.r t-si nKKH, cuier a warrs"t iH?Tifi by Jons J. Ci xotw. K q., . ocial m.;g9 trste cf 1 h ? 'cuo, cr. bo -h 1 go -t tir re.a 'lvr e-f arorber seamftn nce-i Jons Bltrn-j, and has bcfcu ct mmitted to Jail. Wo uv-Jers av.d 1 h tt ttn i.t.'-.! ri.en utra crorsirg tie river in n sma'il boa1-, ha a liL-put tT'fo-between t.t-m, and Gillioin FC'z rl -bo t 1 cr of the bout, ord knrck?d Bcrn'3 oveibi-ard, who irr mv'a't'y tu k titd'as drown ed. Both if the mer. b'i. igsd on board :hs blccksda mu ning htoarter Yirjji-.1i Au ii .vcfctiijan'oi i ftlio elixir will be bad as 3oon f.s -he 1 -soic r w;tn s-3-d c.iu bo t btiined Thk dis iptttd of rlie Y-it.kt.fc exjicdiMo i igairi?t this place bojiia to be f. u ;d out. As yet the rep-.-rts 'ire vague er.oagb, hut wo third? there is pomcthirg in them. Rumour saya that the fleet has rciumcl to Raufort which is likely. Rumour also fajq that transports car rying a brigade of-negro troops wire lest c3 JIatrerr.M, also that a regiment cl U. S. ReguLsrs were losr, alset. eix!een hundred i;rti:I-ry bo, 3.-3. We think these rumours are moro than L'a'f trur Th'e transports must have been hardly used in tho s-orm and it is certain I bat they luid no hor-ica when tb'-y got here. We s'-all li st bear drhiiite'y ibn- gh Yarkie papers. 5" Lieutenant Colonel Vm. Ley Davidson, of Mecklenburg, has been coinrnl53;oaed Uu'orei of the 7th Regiment N. C. Troapp, vice (Wi K !. (Jrai-am Ilayvocd reii-veJ. Frcri t!i? fl&ri-iian. Whilst cOLCdiMjg h-2 fact that th-s branch cf the service ta-j done much good, ard that it numbers many honest, brve s:-ldi r?. among 'tij mcmbfrf, yet we are constrained to aay bi-t ii one-half tho tvil reports we have heard about them lately Uj true, there are large, narrbers of t? ern tb.at are doirg more to destroy tne attechuen! cf tLe penpln of Gto.-yia to our cause, and weaken the &trcLgih of the army, than all elce that can b3 accorapliahecf tj cur enemies iu the fisld. Frcm what we h am the people have been indiscriminately robbed by tlera wherever they bave passed not only that but the ladi s have been grossly insulted end abus ed. In fact, the cutrages committed by the;e outlaws have ret-ehed such alani-irg proportions that they have awakened the indignation 01 buin the civil cud military authorities in our Eister St-'ie. We rt j-'ice !o see that stringent meures have been taken to check their vandal propensities, and at the same time rid our army cf its foulest digraco. Gov. Brown baa issued bi3 proclamatiou ord.ring them to be slain wherever found committing outrages, and Gen'l Dick Taylor bis promised that, in plain cases, where the proof cf the" robbery is satisfactory, aad the parties can be identified, he wiii order thsm shot as eoon aa they can be apprehended and the facta established. We hope every cne of the guilty wretches will meet with his just deserts. It ia bad encugh t6 be 'despoiled by the common enemy, but when it comes to thic, that the people are robbed and outraged by our own soldiery, we think a depth of infamy has been reached that has no parallel, and no punishment can be too severe for the recreant wretches. As to Gen. Wheeler's personal character, we have assurance that he is a perfect gentleman, and is the last man on earth that would ecconragd or sanction euch iDftmous proceedings ; and, as to generalship, we have but words of praise to utter in his behedf. Thus far he baa done nearly 'all tti fighting against Sherman's grand army, ted we feel certain, that he and his trusty braves are not to blaraa for the acts cf waatoness and high handed villiany perpetrated by the recreant set cf vagabonds who unfortunately belong to hii com mand. Scp rime Court. Opinion1; delivered in the follow ing cases : Bv Pbabsok, C. J. In Patrick v. Carr, in equity, from Greene, demurrer eustained, bill d'smised. Io Coley v. Balfanoe, in equity, from Wayne, directing de- cree accordingly. In Jones v. Oiark, m equity, from i?Lw -irr-r-nrder revved. 1 Ufc I -W ii? JiATTiiS, J. iu vy oca a ca?e (inoeas corpus) or der reversed, petitioner discharged. Ia G. H. Clark's case ; Baaie. In Branch v. tioddin, from Halifax, judgment reversed and jadgmen.t h?re for plaintifi. In JJerring v. Kornegay, in equity, from Wayne ; decree for an account. In Jenkins v. Faulcon, ia equity, from Halifax, dmurer eu3tained and biil dismissed. By Manlst, J. In Lane v. Lane, in equity, frera New Hanover, declaring th rights of the partis-j. Iq J. Casey's case, remanding the petitioner to tha custo dy of the officer. In (jadry'a case, the same. In (1. Caaey's case, the same. Iu Cox'a case, judgment af firmed petitioner to remain ia the custody of the cS-cer. I'HOtt jmK TBAKB-MIMISUPPI. The lice of couriers from Price's army in Arkansas has bten re es'abliahrd. Ooe of our trains in attempting to crbes the Miseis sipni bea been captured. Gen. Piice was at Cane I MI, Washington Ucunty, Arkaceaa. Dec. 3. if neral Price has orgamz-xl the recruits brought cut of M;ssouri by him into five new brigades. General Joe Kelly and General John B. Clark, Jr., have each a division. Genera! Jeff. Thompson commands Kelly's brigade. Colonel John T. Coflee has recruited a regi ment, oce thousand eight hundred 3trot g. Oa the I3th of November, Geceral Prica was iBSuing rations to thirly-three thoufand men. His expedition into Mis souri was aa completely successful as bis orders per mitted it to be. lie has now the lareest corps In the Confederate army, and every man a Missounan. len. Fagan, whom he detached for that purpose, captured Fayette-ville, with its garrison of eight hundred men, on the 4th of November. la a late fight Gens. Marmaduke and Cabell have btf n captured ; the latter was wounded irrbis arm. Cols. Lawther, Shanks ard Smith were also captured. Price lost some eight hundred rmn and a few cannon. Us afterwards ceptnrcd two cannon. Price's army ill go into winter quarters, rn Red river. There is a large number of arms in 'lYxas. Notwithstanding General Kirby Smith's orders, iloueands' of fine beef cattle ore daily :un Into Mexico by re-sons rr tccdirg to have Government contract to fiirnislr the fcofdiers with beef. They have the cattle mar ih? river during the day, and at night cross hun dreds into Me.ico ; and even Mxicans come fn ra Mexico and gather beves and crops thim over for spec ulation. General S'ar.d Wstie, ctmmacding our Indian troops io (he "Va?;s Mississippi Department, has fuUy clothed and armed ell bis men and is in the vicinity of Fort Smith, attacking and destroying ..Yankee wrgn trains. ' From the Mobile Tiibane, Pec. 11. A. BOLD BOV. Yesterday Dr. Rotner advertised for information cf his son Frank a youth of sixteen who had mysteri ously disappeared. The lad hatj returned to hia heme. List Monday, while preparing to have it for the col lege at Spring Hiif, of which he h a s'udent, a heavily bearded man approached bitn bnd nsked him certain questions, by which he was enticed a short distance trom hi3 father's houee. As soca is he was beyond observation, the nun se:z?d him by the tLroit, drew a pis;ol, and threatened his life nn'ess ha went with him quietly. The lad had no nPernative. Tha ruQUn th?n searched him and questioned him concerning the defea ses of Mobile, the cumber cf forces here, etc. This in formation Frank resolutely refused to give. Tie con sequence was that ho wa- obliged, at ths perii of bis ilf , to go with the sfrr-oger. Th? two slept thai night in the woods, and there Frank resorted to a stratagem, wheh shows bis res :uiion and qu'ck wit redness. For a tinie he feign?d to be asleep. I'he mm fueling secure d.-n fell into a s'umber. Toe boy, vvitchirg'ihe op portunity, made movement to test, th-3 obvioueuess cf the rascal ; und, being assured, rapidly seized his pis io1. lie ha-i him ibua at no. advan age, F.nd thu.m -.rched him ail the way to within a short distance of Pneca gou.'a, where by gave Lim up to f-oene of cur scouts, who happened, oppor-une )y, to mxki their appearance. Tee boy returned to his ii m; yesterday, shaken in nerv-sttid exhausted by his long, tramp and exposure to the inclemency of ibe watl er. One instance exhib its hie tpiicknees ol tppret.n?ion and bolduea3. While cropsin the bridge on ihc-.r w ly djwu th-3 coast, the ruffiA'i mnd ? a movtm nt to dra v out a weapon from hia coat, f-s was tupposed. I be lad instantly drew up for offensive opera-nona, ard s.'Ctually made the ftWow tuko cfl hia Coat u&d c .st it over the bridge into the river. Itisa ry secular cirenmstar-co. Ii is snppogfd that th tcJurtdrel wn3 a Yankee, who desired to abduct the yrmth iu ordt r to '-ovey him within the enemy's lines 6:r the parpr.go i f .forcing- from him what infor mation be bad in respect ta the defences and forces of this city. Wk teke the following eyuopsis of the Revenue nc. of this State from the Raleigh Progress of the 29:h ult : Synrpsii of Ilvimc InT, Av. ad valorem tax of on? pr cent, y levied for the rup ooft ot the Tp.to Ko-fircnieut, Hip r'vrosnt of i'B dbtB, Ac . np.n ttio H8st.s.d ch valoe of tho following fcubj :ct on the lat d y ot Aprjl, 18C3, to wit : I. Ueal es a e in this r,;ite ; Provided that tthero pro perty lab bcei wholly or in prt Controyed fiicco that tiaie, the valao is to be fixed by tLe owner, seoator attornev. on oa'h; and io cas ine tax takiT 1j di-ssat.iisfled, two free holdirH ar to d?cide the vatm, and if Ihvy disagree a third opo 13 to bo seiected by t' em, and their decision is to be fififtk 2. All f-'Uves. (except euch as the connty court my exeirpi, ) in? va no 01 eaia 8'avps 10 oe ascertameu py the r 1 . -. same persoaa wan etscrnaiu ne vame or lana. 3. Wouey d io from eolvenr debtors, er oa hand, or on uf"i 09ic wit h iEcitQaa'3, or in thq baaica, or other corrjo rations: Provided, th3t Coef iderare and ytati- Trearury no e.' and coupons past da-i, or the bonds of aoy Stats, or corjjor.v.ion, ex.vpt oonporja on bonds i f tho btate idned priyr to Feb. it, !861, Bhall b considered money, and Prcv idrd, thnt t(;r veron hstipg the money on hand ftnd at inMifst Nhell be allowed to dtdact oinar bp him ao pnncipa', ant uu tu.-cy where tho prmcipil is in 8olv?ut. 4. Mouev invcorcd ia macn'actariDff and steamboat cor po-ii'io.i i, or c rapauic, accordinst to ttie shiires, as fixed by-tfce ohATtPr. it ttia threa h iu a orr-oiatun, aud il there b no incorporation, tnn upon tbtani-mit itiyestoii monoy iLvente'1 in biute bonds i,saed bioce be 2Jd of Fob., 1'il : m-me? icvested- la c-?oacy b -nia, or bond? ol iucor- ooTined towt.3 ; und uIjo in every Bp-.cis oi liacio &l6 tivffi-', n.it otl-erwiuo taxed. 5. Ilonshrld and kitten fi'T.itaro ato?3 'hivalaebf $200, --X'.ei't arcicifiH epecificaily taxed. 6. An (V'Tfoa and nvil aiores aid toiiacco xcsnt owned by tho producer, or ben pnrchaed by the owner for hia orrn ne. rr that of lm family or dependants ; and also soch cotioo na may hava bt?n pu; chased by any prtsoti or cor- noratlca for tno purpose o' mana'aevnricg : Provided that no mo-re coitii hid by a iuannfac.ui-cr shall be ex- enpt than n De-id-n for tho cacsamntioa of one vear. bEC'2. Tho lohosing pioperty thsll be exempt, from t&xauon : Ail Uud-i or otbrr property belonging to tho Cocfedo- r-ue states, or tnis ptate, or io any couuty iu this tate, 01 to the University, Colleges, or oner institu'ions of learn ing ; all town hal), ruaikt hou-ies, pnb'ij squares, 3u cart hanical and rarmiDg tools, books, canoes, seine, &c. Property tax? d more than otv per cent., not to be liab'e to the tax ol on per cent., bat to be listed ssoara'eW. Ob every d dlcr of neit dividend or profit, not previously lis-ed, declared, received, or du?, oa or before April 1st, in each ye.r a?OTi mcney or cap'.-al invested ineha-es in the Bank f Vashii:gtou, ASercnant 9 Bank, Iim k ot Wadea boro', B;nfe ot Fayettevill-?, liotainsrcial Bank, Bank of Norrh C,roiiU5, Bnk of Charlotte, and the Bank uf Yan- caypilic-, a tsx of e.ght (S) c?nt3, and to bn exempt from couaty lai. Upon CoUidf ralc s.nd corpiauuK bonds, I.,-, oi-ifci wi." ixL"i, oi;e-ejxvri or me loierest aanuiily ac cruing tbti .tock or io.erojt held in all corporations r.r L-udiueea io usieu wua ina otcc-r lauivuual proper ty. Taxes cn all property listed to be patd to tso Khoriil. (Schedule A.) Account of utdiatod property to bo ren aorfd to the fcheria on oath. (Schedule B ) County Courts to fix pay of takers of tax lists. Comp trolicr to lursish printed lists. . SCHEDULE A. The folios inn 3 ubjects to bo listed, in addition to those already men 'iooed : (1) Every taxable vl $3 : bnt sol diers to ba exempt, wheiher in the service of tha Btate cr the confederate Mates. (2) loll gates, turnpikes and fer ries, elx perxent. oa amount of receipts ; and on beepers of houses of entertainment, whose aannal receipts aiuoaat to S300 or more, a tax of three per cent. (3) Every sate permitted to be erected across a highway $50. (4) Note shtivers, Ac, to list their profits aud pay a tax of twenty per cent, upon the same, in addition to the tax imposed upoa the interest they may receive upon euch notes, &c., jio deductions to be made on account of any losses su3 taiaed. (5) Persons engaged ia buying and uellinjr, slaves, five per cnt. on amount ct purchases. (6) Persons not re gular dealers, but who buy slaves to sell again, two per oem. on amount of parchaseB. (7) Pleasara carrisgeq, over the vulus of $50, two and a half per ceiit. on the value 8tuis aad jacks $15 each, or the highest price lor the seaaaa for oae mare. (8) Gold aid sliver plate, plated ware, jewelry, ic, warn by -males, if over $25 in value, two and a half psr cent. (9) Watches, except thoaa wora by soidiers, two and a ha f per cent, on the value. Every harp $5. Every piano $t. Every gold head ed cane . Every silver headed cano $2. (10) Two aud a half per cent, on the receipts of sorgeon-i, dea tiatii, phygicarss, lawyers, portrait piiaters, daguerreaa amain, coai-nisaioa mercDp.B, iac;ors, produce brokers, an-i auctiouera, when snh receipts, amouot to $1000 ; and l05 .f1 other persona, except Judges, the Governor, and 7 f?f P' axouLt t $;000, oae per cent. (11) On every do, not uqaer eigns monuis oia, s tu, proviaed, two dogs are ex empted far every head of a laxily, and one dog for any perooa not the head of a family. (12 Dead heads " on railroadd, fire cents a mile. (13) Brardv distillers for themselves, and thoss having brandy distilled, 60 cents per gallon. (14) On liquors Drought from beyond the State for sate, 30 per cent, on the profits. Liquors bought in the State lor sa.e, 15 per cent, on the profits. (15) On divi dends aod prcfi s, five per cent. Oa profits aauually made in buying and seliing, or ia the manufacture of cotton and wo Men g"ods, and leatkeror articles made cf leather, Iran, ton it co, and in the making of salt where euch- profits are i-qaal to $10,000, a tax ot eight pt r cear.; f ad if equal to to) 000, a tax ot twelve per ceni.; and if ec;nal to f3n,0C0, a tax of fifteen per ocnt. (IG, 17, lej 19, 20 on collater al decerns from tso to six per cent., according to cofisan-guialty. 8CI1EDULB B. BUBJ8CT9 TJXED WITnOCT BilNO LI3TSD. (J) Cirrus riders, exhiMtions of animals. &o . $'00 for each county. 8ide shows $50 for each county. (2) Ktage and theatrical plajers. Ac, except amateur performers, t'M j l . n n ft THran.in-T-ir &Q.. Z ij JOT each county. (4) Every inBuraico companyIncorporated n- nfiioUi.f. ha nnr r-Ant. nnnn its cross receip s. (5) Every egeccy of a bank incorporated out of the State $1,000. (6) Every broker, private banker, agent for a foreign banner tr broker, Ac , twenty-fiv per cent, upon his profits. 7 very express company 20 per cent, on gross receipts. The Bame on B-iilroad Expresses Both exempt from county taxes. 9 Every publio biUiard ta ble $1,000. Every private one $100. Every bagatelle or roulette table $200. S Every 1 ublio bowliuz alley $00. 9 Every public bowling alley $200. 9 EwrF public bowliag ahey $200. Every pr.vato one $35. 10 Every livery btable, or place wbfere horses are kept for hire $oO. UJ Berail license $ I. COO. Each retailer, in additioc, to list aod pay aa provided ia Bchedale A. 12 Every noa resident who purchases any slave, corn, poi k, bacon or spirittron.s liquors, shall immediately become liable to pay a tax of to per cent., and on neglect or failure to pay the tax shall forfeit and pay $1,000. 13 Non-residents to pay two 1 er cent, on the aaioun; of each slave hiought into tho Statu aud sold. 4 All persons buyiDg or selling slaves to be cor-Birfercd non residents nntil the contrary is Bhown. 5 $5 per pack on playing cardf Bold. 10 On jaiea of vehicles matufactured out of te Sta e, two and a half per ceut. (17) On auctioneers five per cont. on gross amount of sale, the sanio not to b subjoct to conny tax. Bales m;de by itinerant traders or non-rcsidenta ton per cnt. (18) Oa Piarchantg, merchant tailor 1, jjwsLers, grocers, apotLecuries, drugyist'. io., odo .er tent, on amount of purchasas. where each purchases are not elsewhere taxed. (19) On every male niunufno'uier of garments for "males, five p-r cent, ou i riti s. (20) On r.atent medicines and nos rums tweiit) five per ceut. on umouut cf tal-s, 21) Horse and mole dr vera live per cei-t oa annant ot sales. (22) On studs and j ick belot.ging to non-residentB $35, or tho biheet t rice fur the sea3on iorc'n mare. (23) Ped lar's liceuHo $200 (24) Ititerant lightning rod mtn, 'or dealers ia spirituous liquors taxed as pedUra. (94) Ujp sl s, foriune-tf-I'crs, &c , $50 for e ah cuaa y.- (iti) Per sons arriving at a taxable age after July 1st, may pay tax toshPiitf Ail ii-c-rporations by special act $50. Marriage Hcene $2. Mortgage dee i, tuaniage oon'ruct, deed ia trust, $2 ea.-.h. Kvery br.ker n t a roi-idjDt, ten per cetit, on ail fhraa drawn ia 3j)eoie or t'xch-.Djr-r from iuy bank, to be ac imnied for by the chiflr of suoii bank. Ou eaoa share of bank ktock fotlows : limk of Wanhiogton, 2 cents, ltteTchnu' Birk, 25 cents ; B uik rf Wdd;tjboro' 124 ots ; Bauk of Fa citf vii'.o 1' cents; I'omniereUl Bank 25 ctf.; Farmor'a Bank 25 caeti ; Bacti of North Oarolia tO cents ; Bank ot lexicgton, Miner'd Aod Pih 'iter's Baa?, Bank of Coioiterc aiitf Bir k of Clarendon 45 cents ; Bjnk of Cape Fear atid Bu k ot WibnloKton 9) cci.te ; BRnk ot Charlotte 12 cents ; Bunk of Yaucsy ville '23 con's ; Bark of Thoroas Vil o 4? cents and Back cf Kcsboroogh 45 ceots. CAPTIOlWa (' Acts and Resolutions passed by the Legislature of KotUl Carolina at its present &ssion. (ODNTIKCitD. 3D. Xtafiol-ition ia .retoroncc to the payment of Bounty money .'or sol Vers. 40. liesolutlcn in faverof W. W. Holdcn, lat5 State Pri iter. 41. fimoluvr-n ii relation f a brigadinft certain North Caroli; :a Hegimtnta. 41. Kesoiuti n !n fsvor cf Diurr King. 4"5. i solmioT-i in favor of the Junior He?eve. 4i. i'esoitition in r -la'i 'n to the pay of the Djor keep ers. 45. Ke9olutiot!3 coaimcnd.it ory uf the N. C. Educational Asfcc-i iticn. . 46. IkSGlu'ion ia relatioa to pajrncntof taxes to John 47. An act to increase tbe Capital fctock of tha ?aponi Iroa Company. 4S ' AnfiCuio aJT'end an act to chtrter tho ilhelby aad B oad r-ier 1'ai'road Ooinpisy. ii). An act to provide jast ocmper satio'u to the Publio PrtoJ.!-. 0 At. ftit to aaiend t: e th H.;Cti3ii, Chap. 112 L'eviaad Code, in ie:ati'c to tb Pat lie Tieasuror. 51. At act to legiiizo aa urder of iho Special Cvutt ol Bertie Oiunty. 52. Au'act '0 incorporate J.m-;8town Cotton Mills. 53. .An act to ir-corrrate Blackner Lodge. No. 17), io Bunccmhe Vu'.ty. 54 An act to incorporate the Le-roy Town Mining and Manaractai iug Co i-p'any 55 Aa act to iucr-rporrtte the J Jigad Mmlog aud MatU-feciui-Irig Compnv. 60. au act to incorporate the Cranberry I. on Company. at. An net to incorporate J-.i'ivil,e Dttel Jroo ( ompauy. 6H. An ac to Incorporate Kavnaugti Button Factory and Machine rshops. 59. iii'r.ct t". ioc-rporate V& Hill Cemetery ia the coauty ot Bnrkc. (!0 Aa act to icorjiorato tho Ccu'ederate Cctton and Woo-o a Mills in the coun'y o' (iiohmond. 61. Aa pet to amend the charter cf the A'hrvillo ard Greenville Piank Hoad Company. e;2. The Bev cue Act. 63. An act f ui the f-uppoit of the North Carolina lesti tntioa lor the LKar, Uauib and the B hid aud for other pur- p.OffflS, 64 An act to iiCiCsso tho tlJica':cy ot the Homo Guard Organ '7. tion 65. Aa act for ioc 1 define:?. 6fi. An act to grade the Commai; Schools and to in crfas3 their UHetulnes'. 67. Au act to incorporate tho DcGp1 Biver Transporta tion Corapany. en. Au a t lor Cue relift tf the wived and familioa of ro die; -Vin t! c nrmy. 9. Au he: to authoriza a'tacLcacnta agiinst Corpora tions. . . 70. An act t p.nthorize tho M-tayor and Commisslonors of tin town ot Fayettcvilie to nippiy slid town with water. 7. An act to Incorporate the North Cfcroiiaa Company of Ch; raid's. 72. An act to amend tho Hickory Not Tampiit- Uoai. 7.J. An not to amend bn act untitled "an act authori zing .hs Governor to ivsae coin aiasicca to hod couta of vjer i nd Terminer " aud 'or oilier purposes, ratified the 12-hdiyof Utc?a;ber, lei3. 74. An act to t-ecura the .ate. Salt Wo:k- front inter ruprio;a. 75. .An act to provide for tho koep'ng np the Poblia Boada in 'he county ui vVruaGgct. 7tl, An act iu rt-Utioi to ti e colJCetioii of arrcar&ges of taxes :1a tie ct'Oulies of N..sh aLd tiobesoa. 77. Ad acr, rur tJLe relief 0" tiie iad gout latches of sol ditrs 1 rem Norf harn-'ioii couaty. VS. in cc to lLcoi-jotate I'ee Dee Lc dp, Noj 150, A. Y M.( in the ccuaty of ir!-ti,isly. 7: Au act for lbr. r'i.-t! t- aufirir'g and need- prioa ers of -&r troai N..rt!i CaoJiia. 0. .Ao act to ao.o ..i 'iii HJd 'batf:r ot the ao of 1858 -59. ; ,.at!td ";a net to auM or-zi the Kuaoko A'av;gation CotJip-iiy io diccoir iua too use oi their cinai a ouca the Giaa.i talis 01 tne KjiUoiiC tivar, and to make la'e of their reft.1 eaiatp, watiT lower -tr.d o-her prlvi'eges, between the towi'6! ct tiaitoc -!.u -veteioa i2 ti. oiate of iScnh (.aro-lin-i. 81. .An fcet to legalize cettain acis of the coaiity ccurt Of Madison ar.d for other purpoe'!. hi. An act to iccrjomte Loafeesvilie Lodge, No. 136. AiiCieiis 101K htfaoaa. 8. au uct to ui-ihe appropriation!! or the Miliiery Es tab iHj:iaient, of the State. fci jvu act 10 piuviUfe for holding tie courta in the coun ty of it en lord. 85. jiuuct to ii'curpor-.ti the WiJum i'. Davie Lodge, A. Y. 1-, ia Le x:r;g-or, N. C. St. ,n act to aQiCLU tie chart.-? of ihi tierobant's Bank of IV ev tier a. b7. Au act appropri itiug mcey to tho Ijotae Asylum. b8. An t-ct auihyr'ziag tUv ;al3 of let j in the tcwu of Weoiter. h9. An act to hvorporate the Lnpbce High School. 9d. Besoictioa ia lavor l. m. Bay, 'ihx Collecor of Medieou Con-ity. 91. KesonnioD in favor of Joseph W. teeu, Jormer iher ifl of Rand' jj'U '"ouoty, 92. Kcbo ii i jr. a for Uio relief of Pt ws.l, Loe i Co., of Wi m rgr.on. 03. liesoiQlk n ia reference to the oKicer3 of the General Afc8emo;y. 94. Beaoluia favor of J. S. Mcatgoniery, of Caldweil 95. Be!-oluti(:n in fa7or of Messrs. Creech & Litehford. 93. KeaolQiif;ufor the protection of the tttatoSalt Workn. 97. Kcs-lul'ion iu favor cf VirgiLia AtkiLsoa, JExecutrix of P. A. Atkl' tson. 98. Ke8::a,ion in reference to the Revenue LawB. 99. Besolation in favor o.r W. A. Maroney, cherifi of Da vis. 10Q. Eesolo tiona protest!ng against ill-trca'iaopt of slavca coosenbsd fur Military parfuaea 101. BeHolation istrccting the Stato Salt Commissioner as to the making of Salt iu Bladen county. 102. Be&ola tion o thanks to Capt. John A. Tcagae and tho men ucder bin command. A CoNJScruRii. In an article in the Charleston Mercury, of the 30th nit., relative to the attack upon tbi3 place and its cessation, wp find the following : Other reason i are given as to the cessation of t!;e siege of Wilmington, among which, we may raeotioa the follow ing, which, hoT fever, i only conjecture, bnt reaches us on good authority-. 1. is epppcaed thai when Sherman occu pied and was . wcure la Savannah, he .despatched a boat to the Wilcaiagto; l fleet, stating trmt hii army wad eufficient to the task of - ;apturiag Charleston aad Wiirnir gton, and that many valt Able vesnrls might be saved to the "Union" by allowing hi. n to complete iha work he had w success fully couiajenc 3d. Look oat for Sl8l Unionville, S. C., Dec 2i. 1864. I take this method of notifvino the nnnnlp of Ihia State that "ih&re are spies among m actively engaged. To diy a rjnaa in soldier's garb, and on horseback, came frcm towaxd Chester, callin? at the hon-a of two r.iti- zens in th is vicinity, using very insulting language to inrllnn 1 1 1 I . .,uc muioa ui cacu pacer, anu speaing alternately iu i- VOr Of hflth Tn.nkpr.fl ur.A I.nniraina At nns of thosS pVajces.he very deliberately alighted, went into the V am - LA.. At 1 - 1 . f J liuucsc, wen i io ?ne glass, comoea, orusnea ana snavea, Went rflnnd nnrT tnri a anrtiai enrnnn nf the nifmiapo minutely examining the sign boards near by and then ieu, usarmg up tn e conntry towards opartanDurg. H Win Cif Tl-:th o r'ranf inn H Klonb hal -A tinA iK bily dressed in "ec1 lier 's costume, acd carried a canteen. moat vigilanee. ai ii each family be provided with fire arms, and arrest nr ahnr. t nvm onm.if.inns rharaotAr vbriiaav ba Been prowling abq ci" over the country. T. Wt 8U1TH, 7'jjb followiho is the much-talked of emancipation article from the Richmond Enqxirer". The concluding paragraph, which alone ia specially objectionable, l og akeady gone the rounds. The article in full can now do no barm, and may offset aome already done : t; A decent reppect for tha opinions of mankind " re quired our ancestors, when about to dissolve their " po htical banda " with Great Britain, to eleclare the cau.-8 which impelled them to the separation." That high, noble precedent was not followed by these Spates when, " in the course ot human events," it became ne ceesary for us to eepcrate from the United States. Tha absence of such a declaration has enabled our enemies to misrepresent our cause, and to place na before tho world aa a nation seeking, not rclf-govercment, but the perpetuation aad extension of elavery. " Why," said Mr. Cobdtn, in hia recent speech at Rochdale, "ia there no such declaration T JJtcaups " they havo but the grievance that they want to con- solidate, perpetuate and extend slavery." Thus the occasion ot the war has been misunderstood and niiarcp. resented for its cause, and the righteous, noble object of self-government, for which we ore hgnticg, kept out of view, and slavery perpetually paraded before the world as tho corner-stone of the Confederate States. Can tre, any more ban our forefathers, affect to disregard the " op-nion of mankind." The opinion of mankind, aa entertained in Franco and England, and throughout Europe, is that r f anti slavery ; and was it to be expected that that opinion would revolutionise itself merely to divide nnfl dissever the United States ? Tho. right of Belf government was as much at stake In the denial of cur eqaal rights in the Territories, as that ol our. forefathers was in tho tax on tea. Eat the enlightened opinion cf the world does not eo understand our cause ; the vio.ent anti-slavery discussion that for thirty years precee'ed tho dissolu tion of the Union, and which so often predicted civil war, very naturally led tho world to nndersiand car war na solely undertaken for the perpetuation and ix tension of slavery. Terhaps the time has pat-ecd for any such declaration of grievances to be oither proper or profitable ; bnt a manifesto cf objects aod purposes, setting forth ciairly the reasons that induced ua to resort to war, the man ner i which that war has been conducted, the doclara tions and acta of vengeance leveled against onr persons and property, tho confi'cation of all estates, the estab- beginning of that extermination, as evidenced ia the devastation ordered by Lieut. Oen. Grant, and execu ted by Major Generals Sheridan and Sherman, togotber with an avowal that slavery shall not be permitted to prejudice our recogni. ion ns a nation, would, wo be lieve, secure our recognition, and, ptrhnpe, induoo in tirvention. These States are asking recognition from the r.atiou-i of the world, these States believe they are justly entitled to that recognition as a rigV- hut the nations of Europe will not yield us the reci gnition bee iU3e they believe we bave rnshed into war merely for negro elavery. This ia the belief of the great mass of the European pec pie. There are many wi3t: statesmen who understand our cause propeny, but tbey cannot rpedy advocate it because of the anti slavery prejudice that besets it among thiir people. There are a few men who defend ua despite that prejudice, but their influence expend' itself fruitlessly upon that rook of pnjudice. Tni Em peror of the French correctly understands our system of elavery, but be will not j-opardixj h'a dynasty by doiug violt-nce to the anti-slavery sentiment ot his peo ple. The ministry of England are anli slavery ia sen timent, acd hence they will not aid or recogniz3 a na tion whom tbey believe founded upon negro elavery. The heroism and endurance of cur struggle, despito this prejudice again?t slavery, has wou for our pec pic the undisguised admiration of the world, but has not and will not mollify that prejudice or dispose tho na tions to recognize U3 with slavery, ns they understand our ccuae, the cornerstone of our system. If we wou d reap the rich bhesinga to which our heroic struggle en titles ua, if we would chrystalizj. that admiration into acts of aid and comfort, wo muat conviu?e the world that wc are fighting for the self government of the whites, and not for the tlavery of the blacks ; th.it the war has been forced upon ns by our enemy for tho pur pose of spoliation and subjugation ; that the freedom of the negro was no part of the purpose of onr enemy, but that commercial vassalage and dependence prompted acd impelled tbia cruel w ir. If it be rx'c.:et.iry to con vince the world that we are fighting for the sHf gov-. ernment of tte whites, that we should liberate the ne groes, and if that liberation can be niada to secure cir recognition, and the guarantee of England and Franco to our independence, we believo that the people ol these States would not hesiiaic to make the sacrifice. In Buch a liaht only do we understand the following dechratioca from the Richmond Sentinel : We think that our lata advorses have doae roach towards preparing the minds of our people for tho moBt extreme sacrifices it th?y shall bo adjudged necessary to tho sec cess ot our csua-j. nd in truth thoy are not sacrifices at all when compared vith onr tUnation ir subjugated. It ia a tjoes'ion einip'y whether we i-rMll give for our own usss or whether the Yankees shall taUo lor theirs. rJubj igation means emancipation and cocflcation. All our servants aod all our property yielded up to assist in detenoo of our country, would mean no moe. But It would be far moro glorious to devote our me.s to our success than' to loso them as spoils to tha enemy. Our situi'.ioa, too, stripped of our property, but master of tho government, would bo icfluitely better thn if despoiled by tho cnouiy, and wear ing his bond '. Tuere view havo long received the theoretical Hent of our peopio. They are uow our practical, realizing convic tion. A thousand prejudices, a thousand conaeoraMd dog mas, are von ready ur r e yielded at the bidding of neces sity. Any sacrifice of opinion, any sacntlco of property, any sarroiider of prcjidico if utcet-ary to dufeat our ci--mie is now the watchword ar-d reply. Hubj igutlon its a horror that embrace all otrier horrors and adi anorniuus calamities of its own. Tho people see thM. Th-y have a vivrd perception of it. Tuey are ready ca ttmr prt for the duties which it implies.'; If we have given to our cutemporary a bruader in terpretation Uaa the writer designed, ve do not believe we have misrepreeeated the determination of our poo pie. Tha consequences of emancipation wrald full npon the unfortunate negro, and God would hold responsible those who have forced upon na the act. It id cne of necessity, not' choice ; an act taken against our judg ments aud our convictions, but to Bave ua lVora lie hor rors of prolonged war, and the dipgrace, ruin and de struction involved in the succce3 of cur enemy. iIt France and England will enter into a ireety with theso Confederate States, recognizing our nationality and guaranteeing our independence upon tho abolition of slavcrj in all thCBO States, rather than continue the war, we should be prepared to urge tho measure upon our readers. We believe such a proposition won.'J te favorably received and acted upoa by thesa nuliona, uud ought to be made to them.' Hit YanJt-erti nt Cirliin VundalUui by our own SoldUrs. rirte LaU range Reporter, of th2 9 lb, aaa : We clip the following from a private letter written to us by a friend living- in Griffin. The picture ia a horrible one, and we fear there ia too mach truth in it, so far E3 our cavalry are concerned. What a burning shame there can be no more discipline and order among the soldiers cf the Confederacy I Tho writer aujd : "The day af fcr writing the foregoing our cflice closed heie aa the Yankees were advancing. Next day our militia men passed through Griffin, retreating to Macon, and after them came Wheeler's cavalry, piande ring and destroying the country as tbey went; burning up all the corn, grain and fodder, and, ia some instances, demand ing and taking the purses ot private citizens. When they came to my house, I pointed to ray four helpless little girls, and prayed them to leave me a few weeks' supply the answer waaa laugh of derisioD! I then pledg ed my honor to destroy all the grain, Ac, upon the place, if they would let me move it out of the houacs bo as to eave them; but, while I plead, the torch was applied, and in a lew hours the fruit of a year's hard labor way in ashes. Mrs. T drew water an J the children carried it, and by nJmost superhuman exertion 1 kept the flames from my dwelling. While I write to you there are wives and children of Confederate soldiers (from whom the fast polatoe was taken) crying for bread. You have never written anything of the cruel ty of the enemy which approaches what some hen havo suffered from our own soldiers. Men were whip ped almost to death to tell where their money wa-j The lewd women of the ccuntry, and many who hither to had been coDsidered honest, followed the soldiers to stores, mills and barns, and encouraged them to rub bery. Many of the officers and men that I saw were drunk, and much mischief was done by gangs of Con federates calling themselves Yankees. Huch ia tho ef fect of war upon men and women who were onoe re spectable, and it mu3t grow worse and worse till socie ty ia wholly disorganirad and destroyed." Many citizecs of Western North Caroliua, who went . oS to the enemy a year or two since, have voluntarily rxari1" ed, and given pledges for their future loyalty nd gooa conduct. Some of them, we learn, express themsoives very emphatically as satutied with their experience mine Yankee service. It is not, they fsay, th. feast to whkn they were invited, and heaoeforth the? are with the coa teleracy, tot tf oal or wo-JL3Ae9t tfewfi.Q lishing ot negro eafeuority over our people oy the en emy, the threat of their Congress, through William L. Chandler, to wage the war for "extermination," and tho
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 5, 1865, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75