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i" - TflB W IA,MAI jt 1 Jiy QWU ivi rirr A-- ' WILMINGTON, N. 0.. THURBDAYWAN. 35, lEtifc.' Th last Raleigh Cons ratft indulges in language which reflscta no credit ou its heed or heart. .Abuse can effect nothing, and ia cut of place now. We can only treat it with contempt. What we have said about the Governor's opposition n i wnimff trn F.nvf aaid onon what we have - w stp a mi wt tm. ska b jl a. m o mm m. - i ucuuiu - i believed to be, and still believe to be, good authority the authority of a christian gentleman and a brave sol dier, a North Carolinian who, if mistaken, ia honest ly mistaken. We have never ass.-ricd that Governor Vance requested the appointment of General Bragg. Wedo net know that he did. Bat did he not request the removal of General Whiting, or That amounts to the same thing-that be should be superceded ? Will this be denied r We thick cot. We think be'ter of tbfl Governor of our State than that. The gentleman upon whose authority we aesctttd Governor Vance's opposition to General Whitirg is a personal friend of General Bragg, and therefore ccu'.d hare and 'did have lo prejudice against that gentleman. We ourpelvea have defended Geccrr.l Bragg ten times where the Conservative has done so once. All the futs and fury of that paper is simply gratuitous. It is only o much nccsense. It hurts nobody but the writer. We repeat, we have good authority for our assertion that Governor Vance did opply to bate Gen. Wbiling apexBedcd. We da not S3y ttat the Governor did not act from what he believed to bsthe purest motives, but we do think that te ws3 under the influence of preju dices which were sincerely to be deprecated, and the result of which we can ell now fully appreciate. General Whiting has shown what he in. The Conservative might fed a better way to acquit iteeM ttac by abu?e of the absent, the wounded, the captive. The Conservative says thtt the Journal knows this, that and the other thing. Again the Conservative makes a perfectly gratuitous assertion, hardly worthy of serious ncce. No mere assertion is proof, even if it be organic ; and denunciation cf a gallant gentleman who is in the handi of the enemy, cun hardly be regard ed as tha most generous or chivalrie method cf defend ing these who are present. We do cot attack General Bragg. We merely say this, that we think the Rothschilds ac'ed upon a Bound maxim of worldly wisdom, when they adopted the rule not to employ an ualucky man, cr a nrn having the general reputation of being unlucky. If this was a sound maxim in fiaacca, how much more eo in the leadership of men and the conduct of military opera tions? General Bragg is no doubt a brave soldier, a pure patriot and a worthy gentleman. Admitting ell this, and no oce that we know of denies it, ice certainly do not, did tha4; give him the confidence of the country to the extent necessary for sustaining him successful ly ia bis responsible position ? We are cow, es we write, within hearing cf tic booming of the enemy's guns. If the writer in the Conservative really wishes to distinguish himself, we think he can be fully accommoda'cd at Sugar Loaf. We think at the same time tLat Confederate papers might be and onght to be conducted without Billings gate and abuse. Perhaps the Contcvative hua other notions. It ia certainly a qneer ilia -tration of the free dom of the press wten a paper ia to be snapped up and taken to task by aa ( fUcial organ lo3fijing what it had a perfect right to Bay. We claim no infallibility, but we claim the right to express our opinions honest ly and freely. We pupported Governor Vance's re election last year. We have never offered any merely factious opposition, and do insist that the remarks of the Conservative are without foundation or excuse. The truth of history will yet ba vindicated, and we have co fears for the reputatidn of General Whiting The more we n fleet, the more fully are we satisfied with our owel course in sopjtnin J JSSPi? it a time for candor and firmness. The truth of hisicry in regard to General Whiting's connection with" affairs at Petersburg will also be vin dicated. We do not know where lo p.ace the blame of the alleged failure of co cptration, and supposed eon sequent failure to capture ta important portion, of Butler a army, or at any rate do not seek to place it now. General Whiting ia a punctillions soldier and would not notice outside remarks unless they ajpeared in a form in which he could . notice them. If a high sense of military coartesy a kindly regard ior .military and personal triendahip shut General Whiting's mcoth in regard to a matter which could not have been other- wtoA than los.iiri?irir in l.i f y , 1 1 r. M 1 . I . i - nun, - """"'s j Jiim-g;, wut can Tve iuiek of the gtnercs.ty that takes advantage of tbese circum stances to propagate charges which the General has fait himself piecluded frcm contradicting, altboagh these charges are wholly erroneous wholly so? If they had not been erroneous, ctoes any one eeppose th?y would have passnd wholly without official notice, es pecially in view of tho fact that General Whiting was shielded by do especial i.vturitiEro,ecd that an intense and protracted clamor was kept up against him ? But we have devoted more time to this effusion of the Conservative than it deserves. Other matters can hi better and more atisfjictoiily noticed in their pro per connection, and wholly ecvered from irrelevant m t ters. Th nl)oad. Realizing the Situation. Few people are without soma elasticity atill fswer possess the elasticity of U.c people cf the Confederate States. They hardly realize a great misfortune before' their spirits begin to react from the depression occa sioned by.it. This reaction ia already beginning to show itself here among our people. They take in the leigth and breadth of the catastrophe which has given the mouth of the Cape Fear River into the haoda of the enemy. They begin to think whether, after all, the stoppage of the blcckade rucnicg may cot operate for our uuimaic aavaniago ratner than for cur lcs?.. Cer tainly we think the development of our own mineral re sources in this State would have greatly advantaged us, and this was not likely to have been accomplished while so much attentioa wa3 devoted to blockade-run ning, aad so much dependence placed upon it. At any rate that business s over so far aa this port is concerned, and where else it can be carried on is more tnan wa are prepared to say. We have heard Apalachicola, Fla , and Galveston, Texas, suggested, but without knowicg whether there was any proba bility or feasibility in either eoggestton. We take it for granted that there will be a rapid hegfra of those who bare been ergaged in " impcrtiLg and exporting." Of course blockade goods will go up, but more rapidly at first than afterwarda, because of the sudden panic. They may possibly be cheaper by the end of the week. Owing to the difficulties incident to the publicatiou of a morning paper, the unsettled-condition of the mails the unreliability of gas, and for other reasons which concern the convenience and comfort of both publisher aad reader, the Columbia papers announce 4hat they will publish hereafter an afternoon instead of a morning edition. Similar considerations induce the Wilmirg ton paperi to adept a similar course. Grant's orders to Bailor show that the movement against this place was intended primarily toeflect the capture of Tort Flahtr, and the oonseqaint closing of the port. Sec ondarily, tha capture of ths town of Wilmington seems to have been Included as part of the programme if it could be dene at once, but apparently not otherwise. Lt. General Daniel H. Sill has been ordered to August Ml ill Mwntd, coBatni at that JoptrtaSt (fist, Z1V ;;,VTt Wtttt a t I W rP rall. unable to find envthio nw from be- I ,nw 0cca8i0;aIly heavy B,elIi0; IS beard from the L. Thi iaaaid to nvnr .t coch time tbe enemy re- lieves hia pickets, whose relative positions u wards oars does cot appear to be much cbaogtd for many days. Th enemy baa succeeded in getting co irontlads into the river tbat wekuowof. It was said yesterday that there were sixteen or seventeen light-boats in ibeiiver, and it was even surmised that Ihe enemy bad Uaosfer- J red or was transferiing a large portion of bis force to th5 West sid of the river, with tbe view of turning our works at Fort Anderson, or ol Ukirg tbem in the rear ao as to allow 01 the passage cf his gunboats. This was Only a surmise. Wc do not thick it as at all hkeiy that the eoemy's land forces have ic-embarkcd and gone ofl We will be woefully mietsktn if we lay that flittering nncticu. to our souls, we think. Toere is ia all likelihood at least eleven tbeusacd of them ihore yet, il not more. It is true ttey bate stopped blockade-iunning, atd thus accomplished one part of their object; but there are three railroad acd a large river here yet, of which they probably eer k tbe cooirol. Besides, the moral iflect is incomplete without the captore of the town, which we thick, ttey ore bound to attempt. The enemy wants to make this ii flaecce complete, so far as cur legislature now io mspioo is coccerntd. He no doubt thinks that by alternate n-enaces and blan dishments, le may procure soc'a actiOD 8 will cause the State to drift horn her mooricfis aLd to carry others with her. It is essential to usibat be should cot suc ceed. Kven should W ilmiogtoo tali atd ber people be scattered abroad or reduced to poverty and rum, Wil mington is not tbe State, far Jets is it tbe Confederacy- Now is not the time for North Carol ica to faUer, now is tbe time tor her to show of what she ia capable of what staff she is made. Such at least, is our view such is cur voice. North Carolina cannot cow honor ably ialter cr fall back. She is a Confederate State She is pledged to her Confederate sis&ra. Can she, at bucb a time abandon them aid seek safety in submis sion ? We ak our legislators our rulers of all kinds our people, yea, tbe very s raogers within cur gates, to put this question to themselves look it fairly in the face and answer it without blitking or evasion. We ask co more acd have no donbt about what tha answer will be. - No matter how we may question the policy ol some of cur civil or military entborities, honor compels us to sustain them in times Lke these when the people are mutually pledged to each ether acd to their chOBen leaders. We cannot but think it productive of good' when there ia a full understanding between tbe people and the authorities. Irjuatice is most frequently done to the latter, especially by the press, on account of tbe impoesibility of obtaining correct information, owing to a somewhat unaccountable reticence, which, so far ts we can eec, can do co gocd and may do harm. . The latest dispatch from Sugar Loaf ieports all quiet. No movement at all last night or this mornicg Daily Journal, 24klh inst. A BRKATHISG SPELL. Ii is qaite possible that the instructions given to the expeditionary force of the enemy only contemplated an attack upon Fis-her, with the view to its redaction, and a subsequent advance upon and capture of Wilmicgtc, ifthatcouid be accomplished witbouc opposition. That could not be done without opposition, and ap pears to have been deferred for tha presen or postpon ed to await further orders. Il-d an atUck at present been on the programme, it appears to us that it would have Le;n mada immedi ately after the fall of Fort Fisher, so as to secu;c tbe large amount tf coiton acd other Southern products then supposed to be stowed here. That they can return again when they please, we all know. We have seen bow soon they did return after their first repulse at Fort Fisher. We can therefore pessibh use of it in setting their houses in order, and preparing to meet any contingency that may arrive. If our authorities appreciate our condition, and feel tbe strategic importance of this point, as we think they do, we beg that tbey will also stand ready to give us all the timely assistance that can possibly be spared . Do cot let it be again said that Gen. Brags has bee; sacrificed for want of force and resources, for such has been said. At any rate let as here know nnd under stand our condition. fiMH Dssxbtbks. We understand that two Yankee deserters who came into car Hues ob Batsrday night, re port that the enemy had re embarked with the exception of a tbooRan.l men, cdnstitntisg a garrison left in Fort Fisher. Tbia am j bo ao ; it ?f at least probable, since the m&io object of ibooDeoiy in already attained by the cloeing ap of our mcin pert. Bat we oabt not to forget that aow, while everyfpg xrem? to favor tbe enemy, desertions from them to n ought t be regarded with much easpicion, aad tbe talf o' cSabtfers received with a great deal of cfcction. UiMrftwo things woold suggest itself. Either these ucea have been gr.iity of some crime, or they mean to deceive oa- Tbey nay not. but it woatd look iiae as though they di4 We, at least, onght to bo on our guard. It Will probably ua ibe policy Of the enewy te app$ar to concilia 9. 'limy 'niiy tbiuk that the Legislature cf North Carolina is iu $asion and may be open to their blandishments. Their policy in Savannah appears to differ very much float that pursued by them in Northern Geor. gla. We bava no fears for the loyalty of oar State. A man works for year, wi th. inadequate means, re luctantly accorded, to picvide for tbe defect of tbe chief town of North Carolina. He studUs its means and modeyi of defence and attack, ile identifies him sell with lie 6ulj:ct. He knows every tot f ground. Uc b&3 matally mapped out tbe whole subject, and we are now; coolly told that it was no ieflectit-o upon this man's ekill, military knowledge or cCcrage to ask that when the necessity arises for - carrying oat tbt-aa placs, aooiher man shall be put over him be shall be soper seded deprived of the right and power of tarrying out his own plana. If that is the way men are to be treat ed, wo nsed hardly wonder -at Boybhing end we don't much. It don't matter who the man might be no man could be expected to carry oat another's plans as well as that othrjr, cor wa3 the whole action towards the superseded icotler and thinker any more grateful or gracious. With his own appointment to this post, General Bragg had nothing to do. Wx understand that official information baa been received that the explosion heard on Friday night last was in the direction of Battery Lamb, some distance below Fort Anderson, acd within the enemy's lines. We have heard it reported on the Streets that specie is on the decline. We also learn tbat $100,000 had been placed on the market in Richmond, at- $30 00 fcr ope, and that a buyer could not be found. Here, it is ivorth $75 for one. - , n. C. LEGISLATURE. Itesoluticcs introduced into the Senate by Mr Hall, of New Hanover, authorizing the Governor to lenJ cer tain quantities cf core, flour and bacon to the cities of Wilmington, have been passed after having been' amended in the House by msertic j the words and Saithville.' We suppose it will pass in the Senate as amended by the House. Smithville is now occupied by the enemy. About two weeks ago a cargo of slTf was landed near Trinidad de Cuba. One of the inspectors a young creole informed the government of tha fffust. fee ww Maiwsqwavtcd ia bed. 1 Josticia. , io ay a coTrnnrw.icv.on jover the above .... ... natter of jn.t.CJ o tie ! distirguisbed ld" ib-rn rftorrtri to, although wears unconscious o having done 'any irjasMcp of the kind alluded to. Oiler papers We rtferred to Gen. Bragg in terms not h in ply uccouipiiinentary, bat tvec bitter and diDonci.i'ory.. Jt would cot be right for us to oooiply with rur correspondent's request, fo point out and particulars- th forces between (bis point and Fort Fi-ber, but Wd do thick that tin safety of tbat important work dpbdad greatly cpr.a any expe ditionary force-brief immediately attacked before en trenching. Such wes certainly General Whiting's opinion, 89 shown by lbs fact that he urged this course upoo General Bragg. Such, no doubt, formed a part of his plan for the dsfence of Fort Fisher. Tbe Gen eral of division, to' whom General Bragg gave the order to attacs, reperled tbe -enemy already entrTcched. Thess faots, we believe, are generally admitted. Tbe barm was dot-e. The masses of the enemy held an en trenched position betwevo Fort Fisher and its support, iog infantry force, and tbe result was what is already known. A b tndfal of men io Fisher was overwhelmed by superior crnnben, whilst three times their camber of veteran troop", witbia sound of tbe firing, did cot at all participate, perhaps becaaw tbey could cot. Vi e take it that tbey are nv n of the army of Northern Vir ginia, and it is too kte in the day tc doubt their cocr -agt. 'I hat General Brgg did order an attsck, bat subsequently withdrew to ordiir at - tbe request o; tht gallant General of Division, is a proof that be did approve of an at'ack, and did not con sider it impossible. The reason for the withdrawal of tbe order shows either tbat it had besn to long delayed, or tbat the reconnoissances were defec tive. W6 aie iooSiDg at things simply as thry are. We do cot mean to set up for military critics : cot we bo J doaf it require military genius to eee hat is plain to the plaioest common secse ? Tbe chanee of the 6ret blow, with its conseq tent advantages, was lost and all the restoIlowtd. We see that it did. That was the only cbance for Fort Fisher. Tbat General Bregg did not have fortes enough, we take to be likely, but, taking everything it to account that deficiency on our part and preponderance on theirs was dua lo their tremendous naval force! We do cot know tkt even had the enemy been attacked at ccce Fisher would have been saved. Tbat can lojv never be krown. But then if ever theie was a ch mce. There is undoubtedly a goed del of icj3tice done by thoaghtlt-ES newspaper generals. To this we ourselves have frequently borne v.itntfs. But are tbe eneerB at such " generals " or 44 military critie3," always in good taste? Is it aoy argument to insist tbat beciuse you cannot comma id an army or make a better plan of a battle yourat If you roust wholly surrender your judg- ; mcnt acd shut your eyet? Surely net : We know a horse tbat we can say lor ou: selves is cot a good horse in fact he is a bad hors . Neither we nor anybody e'se can make a better horse, nor in fact any horse at all; but shall we therefore be preclude 1 from setiog, knowing, and'if necessary saying that he ia a bad horse? Does nobody wear a coat and use bis judgment in select ing or rt jectirg tbat garment unless he can make abetter one? Shall co man presume to judge even of our bum ble paper or of this bumble article unless he can write and print something better? We do concede freely that in judging of things wnich are of tbe catutt Of a speci alty of a life-tim s'udy and profession, unprofession al persons should approach them with cau'ion, candor acd a beioming modesty ; hut without shutting their ejea or remaii in blind to f-ocseqaetce3. Consequen ces will makj tinDis Ivvsaten aud felt, whether we will or not. We know ilut god and true man are too of tea eacr fioed, and o: thi9 ib noble Albert Sidney John ston forma an illustrious example. Hi was sacrificed, an yet ie admiittd thy propriety of the otnmoo rate of judgment woicb ducidts by and in favor of succtes. In the long ma there; cn be co other. a good soldier. A jiie of aia rerks tumli us, nor if tbey did, wou'd that be a cause for their exclusion when prop-w-ily wr.ttca. W think it a duy to give to every hocorabie ca' S such opporiuoily of beiog beard aa our means will t& nd Wo uUq claim the right 01 commeotit g upou ai y communication, courte ously, but recrdhi ti rur own n tio 18 of what is right. Tijofie are mutaal righfs. If we differ from the ouis3of any fu'j ic servant, we take the liberty ol syicg eo. If we mterepresent him in any way, be or any of bis Iriouds or o'. hers who nay d ff.T with us, shall'bi've h fais showii g. Frcm hv Pai'y Jcnrcai, 2t h int. Tll: LKUK' ASSt CIA.TIOM. We have a Relief AtgiX-iatioi here. To its lundfc tba towu has cocitributoti line-rally. Ltgt ynr tie then Btlief Asoocia-ion t e pn decti-fior ol that now in existence, wa tho nrvara of doing Uiuch gool, a-id of relievitig much liull ring. Latterly we have leaid lef-s of the operaticcs of the present ci mm it tees, ul.h(,iigh now, of all oihrr nnup, ! ii6 as?iftance icqiirtd th? eiic im3tarc8 that iiave ma-le the cll for aid 30 pres sing, may a s L,e pMiaMz d its powns of cnou. Dealers in prt)vibi- n-, fanoets, workmen, ar n' on duty, aud lit?i or in.h rtnee to town, and tor what does come pri-.'-s are deuiandtd tar pbova the means o poor men &ud wom-c, fvj ;f tboy. were coabl'd to do fall wotk, which they ca n-y do. considering the exi- gene'es of the service. His Honor tie Xayoi t U im yesterday that be was prepared to j.ay ivi ni ooce to the It lief Association tbe requ-ite ,'uc.ds, add that he had uo doubt but that Col. Bu'T wou'd uUil from the h-ru guard forca the pro.r w;eii nrded to go info the country sod proeure provisions. Wo tru3t tlwt prompt r.d energetic action wlil be tn.tor. Wo assure our readers that the ca'l is no idle one. The fol rwii g uote banded to ui this morning, is a spec'mw of the .ppeals now becomirg too common, acd too unavoidable in t! is community. Of course we omit namc-s J ANCiaT 23d. 18SS. ; ; WcalJ yon be po kitd aa to let me have some meat, e a't, or aavthmg jou have to eat. I have coth lug, DdnoooAto get anything tor me, aa my hnaband ia in tbe army. He will pay you for al. yon send ae wheu Le can. PerhapB I may get work agaia, eo I can pay yon visions, but do ea your own contcier ci tells yon. Ton have a family of yonr own to provide for. and yen are oiesita in oemg wiu teem. A ix the rumors obont peace commissioners to Washington are only so much 44 bosb," especially when it is eescrted that the following perrons have besn ap pointed cn tbe part of the " rebtl " Congress : Vice President Stephens, ef Georgia ; Judge White, of Georgia ; Messrs. Boyce and Orr, of South Carolina ; Hives, of Virginia ; Leach acd Gilmer, of North Car olina, acd Smith and Siogletcn, of Mississippi. Among these names there are some good acd true seen, but there are also some lo whom co Confederate Congress would entrust the public honor. Wk have lost some gocd men within the last twelve months, but we doubt much -if the loss of any two men baa done us more harm than that of tbe two lawyer Generals from Massachusetts, N. P. Backs and B. F Batler. How well they did serve us let tht Valley of the Bhecandoan and of the Bed Biver bear witcees, ud the failures of Butler on .Confederate Point, acd at euodry otber points attest. Indeed, and indeed again, our Socb struck us heavily when they dispensed with the services of these heroes and sages. We' mourn for our Banks, and we miss our Batler, and cannot be comfort ed. It was cruel of Ulyesea S. Grant to deprive us of these our pets. Can't we get them restored in scaae .a -t-l" 1. i' We learn from the Conservative that the attendance of members io eaoh House wei qaite large, oa the 18 th insL, bat Ji'tln Wasdon beyond ortparlng to take up tbe uafininhed busiu'aa of last session. Io th- Hen?,?, Neil McKay, Esq , wastlected Chitf Clerk, in the place of Mr. f nomas now Secretary of Stat A further - appoiaunsnt of M-giafat wss pce1pBid afier s-inie d sctiwiO'i. Id tbe Hi oir, a bill to ptovide ao tin-d police for lhatowu of FaytttevilU passed, ai also a resolution appointing F. Phillips," K q , to investigate the blockade rnoniog operations of the S ate. 'Ih Rleigb P ogitH of Saturday Its' has rather a strange edi orial r icle, tbe gist ol which is that we are totally ui able to resist the lords 61 the enemy, who before mid 8omrcei will probably have t'r.eir flig filing over Charleston, Wilromg'on, Cslumbia atd Kaicigb. As a wird np to this, the Piog ess very p!ao?y calls upon ns !r nrjds in the Legislature of this State to go in for re construction, submission, almost auyihitg. This is about the plainest utterance ol the kind that we have jtt eea from asy qiarter. N. irhcr tbe people nor tbeir tepr sn'aMv- aie qiite ready for tint jei. Kcm as Sundry ro'nors were fata l trutTdiv moruirg n h? streets. We cannot siy tbt they gained correct y Oa1 was that an armistice of sixiy das b'ld ''- pd v-'L'o'uJed tetwrto the Federal aud Con fedefa'c iorrnnxni. Haaiours of pn pos?d rewigni tiou Buel inte rvn!iQ!t wtre. cot wactinij, but no cne jenctd to attach impntanee to them. I', is iot Striois a subject to pao opuu, bnl li e fact is literally true that the heaviest re pone come up tbe river from the cneniy's gncj Daily Juutna 1.2 !' ivt WEDstKDAT li.eie was no news tbat any cf tbe ene my's forces had cross -4 ver to the S u b, or rather Wsteide of the Cepe Fear B.v-r, with a view oi op erating iipoa tbat bank 8a a mad their appearance in onr iLtkbt Tuesday acd Wednesday at $.1 50 jer piir, in specie la tbe present fxcite-d sfa'e ol the money market it would be difficult to Riy whit tha i q rival 'ut of tbis wc-uld be in Confederate inm'-y A heap; ma li cerfaio. Fur the Journal Messsrs E'iilors : I am loathe to add a word n a nt j c' which Lai ai eddy bef n worn tbreadbate b vnhiary editors, in' jaatice to a gwLU no pa'riot no h-s devoted lite end fortuce to the ca .ee io which re are u.:w iieing onr al1. ecema to jutti ty a abort con ni'icicati- D t the ruhlin by or e who has aern him on maty bloody fi Ids and who eai ach for his patriot inn hit Valor aLd i Romnn will to cocq ter or die. in this ktroggte of life aiid dra h whicn 'B now BO aOrely tax it g the patience ol vur people. Jt mM be a source f mortification tt ..M th - rood and reflecting people in ti midst to read, frc-m ! 1 day in political journals it e u becoming ceiiporta upon tae move menta f ar cop m udiu vaue a!a ihe;.tiTe drexard of the Co a 3d whic hnr i dnced th m aM witbont look ing to tLe tua' eqn ite r- ..o'ce' at their 0 xniBand. Pail nri, airaugi to y tict-ouie a-1003010119 wiib nsrm pctency, and with- n- i'f;a d tn d.fii.'ol iee which, uador other oi-corueta-icea n"i f-x'ne a l deiea a or mia iar riagd!, ihe (ffioer. o UH"erhoi diatioguwh d in the past, wha now failit i dainnd an 'I 'h a, too, by critics who kuow aotbibg tf :be tact Thongh not a j hahiti a' eorrespondat for newspapers, Heists. Kdiiors. i ci n'd uot retrain from tfaia comma nica tfon in view of the rtcm ii-ju 'ce which in heig daily done through t e j nnai uf the country iu the difttioga.ahed leadar aUndea to in the b Riming of tbi artipte. 1 oitau no less a parsonage tbn Jen. Bregg. I must co. fasn that I here teea ftomduy lodiy ceaauruinp a hU inUHary cou dnct in 1 hit department, which, my previooa hnuwiedgeof tbe wan aa well as ut thr yueral c -nid but dt-noucce a fal e and "ikin to treiEi " Why thin prone. es, ir. e-ra Editors o saddle npnhim tbe recent reiBea tj oar arme ? Aad why, e-pec ally, at t-rrp'. to in .te a I l t. him tbe recent miai irtaoe in ttna department Do ibne who attempt tbia defamation know tha faeia of the cat abo'r whioa they to knowingly cx petd their cr.ticinit ? 1. oo,.wtir do they not gite theni to the e.iger and MLquiro g public ? Does i o;. tosir wbole cnre on tbe contrary, prove tbat tbey speak i i entire inoauce o the f&ci apno which tbey dila esoleartedij ? Ii dte l, oue canaut iead ttii m witho it being remu d- d oJ the 100 common ct aiae er of inch produdiooe cox el preterea nihil. 1 am peronaded, M -iarg. EJito-s, tbat i each learned critics acd idle dtfainera woald put thsneeives to hnlf tbe trouble ;n iovettigntiog the iaeta to whioti tby do to HtoJy up tcjima ot invc!:e agaiavt a man who has from tbe be giuuing proven bicsoll au 4 good and tiaa" aa General Bragg, ou' ne apaper articles weuld at lat eoctaio more trutn, b read With more profit, aud our cause be better -AUBofn,I9, to reaud"TBTornTthTl,ut)iic mir.d snau lock more to the truih and fao's, ai.d discard tbe pn j idiees of the b-mr against oar able traders, be canae. iorootb, tb?y Lave failed for wan of means or te aoare:B in iria or Itiit uudarukkg U&i ui hope thac ior the futnre thsre Tray be a greater r-gat d f.r tbat even justice which ia bawd aLd can rest aloiie oi facts. W know that if deuif d now, hUory, that uaerrkgaroiter win ipe away tbe cubwe- s ot reproacb which are now beiug woven arooud tbe uame ot out that whom a braver and btjit -r patriot and aol.iier dots not in e Braxton Bragg. In tbe meautiaia, ecars Editors, and al who have ua deitakeo to tuiow tle wht le blame of our recant misfor tune n)oo the ra a joebt t liia. Brag, let us ba?e tbe whole ttuth ot ihe ta. Tell os, if you oai, haw onr fort eoald hive b en saved ? When was the blander made, on Friday. Hat urday or buuday ? Jnid i:ie lott or out-jde ? BeC!une Uei.. WbitiDg was not rtiaffrced or because the ecmv was not drives frora tbe land? What forces had (Jen. Br gd atd how many bad tbe enemy? What, facts were then ia p .8stss;cD ot the cummadicg U-oaeral? Wbtt wou'd yon bava done equated as be wti, yon milita ry ciitics cn ou bow, loosing back at what baa trans pired, and kacwing of course evtn more than con d btve then ben kaown 10 lie-:. Brgg of any ether peraoo, teli woat Ehoa d bare been do e ? If to do be ki"d enough te tt 11 us now wha't e piogramme thoaid Isve been and woe e-n wa bi b'U3de. We t- hali aw ah with impatience for an answer to these in ern gation , lor reli we a e anxious to know how and why cur dcior ce wete lost and now they might have been Htved 'i'::o4 who kaow. owe it to ui'ltarv science to givt iheii k owiedgw to the world, it may s&va us from similar nio'tubea in thui to come. I w ell s'ae that lb writ- r of tKia i nut a member of We. erl Brag a military faad y Von-a btpec.iaiiy, JUTIJU. -From tbe Carolinian THR PLI, OK FOR. V FI1UBR. Mr Editor . I send you a copy 01 a letter, add. ess ed by an able officer to his friend at a distatcj from this place, tbat seems to throw light npona point that has not been touched upon by either ot the newspapers here: . , L Mr Deak Fbiemd : You will have heard of the fall of Fort Fisber long before this reaches' you, and, as all the papers of the Confederate States hava declared, since tbe first attack, tbat this Fort was "impregnable" "S3 tie strongest work in the Confederate btates'' 4 could noi lie taken," fce., &c, f wi'l givi you c brief 'OO'.bt.f: of fh canss' that led to this dsr-s er in my opinion. Ho adequate military esliuiate La- t-vtr been made f the immense force that could be brought against Fort Fisher by means ef the naval forces of the United States 1 Imagine, if you can, the position of Fort Fisber, pointing on tbe open sea, upon a peninsula va rying from a half to one mile in width, and that this place must be approached by this peninsula, or by wa ter, tbat could be covered ry tbe are of ships carrying six hundred to eight iundred guns of tbe largest cali bre, aud longest range. I bat tbese ships could ap proach within one-fourth of a mile of tbe shore ovtsidt, and sweep with their fire the whole peninsula, and more tban naif way across tbe river inside I. rendering it per f ctly impossible for troops to approach the beach to repel a landing, or for steamers inside to deliver troops or supplies at t on Fisber, except in tne night. Tbe troops inside the Fort had bomb-proof shelters ; those outside, of course, were subjected to this 44 fire of bel, that rained on tbe men of Hoke g division from tbe momeot they approached to attack tha force of in fantry about eleven thousand strong nearly two to one of their own cumbers. The commanding General fiadiog, after personal ex amination of tbe strength and position of tbe enemy, (the cavalry having entirely failed to notify him of tbeir change of position as tbey were especially posted to do,) acd concurring with tbe council of brigade com manders tbat tbey could not successfully attack tbe eu perior force of the enemy, ordered a brigade to be thrown into Fort Fisber, by meant of steamers. I bis work, which ought to have been accomplished on Saturday eight, was a failure, until near the close of tbe conflict 00 Saturday night, when ociy five hundred the Fort. Boats sot aground, and machinery damaged, are tbe reasons assigned for tbia failure. You can now form -same estimate ot the work to be done bv fix thousand men under Hoke, and two thou sand under Whiting, against a fleet of seventy ships, including irou clads carrying 6dt) to 800 guns, and an infantry forca of eleven thousand men posted across the peninsula. Had all the Generals in the Confederate army been present, tbe dister could not have been pre GKJIEJHAI. ASrx.nUuY. HOUSE OF COMMONS. I be Speaker laid bf fore the House the retigpati m of Veil McKay, Esq, as Principal Engrossing Clark ot the General Assembly, which on motion was seat to the Senate with a proposition to go into an election to fill the vacancy, aud a list of the names, Messrs. Hill Haske and Pholl. - 'I be Senate concurring, tbe House proceeded to Slid election, but with no result, neither candidate receiving a majority of tbe vote cast. Mr. flanea introduced tbe fjllov.iug ' Resolutions on tbe subject of a general C invention of tbe Confederate States. Whirias, The present system cf legislation by fie Con gress or tte Confederate States by which the most opprn ive aBd unconstitutional iawa have bsen passed from time to time, by th votes of irresponsible representatives Iron the 8tate of Mirsoori, Eentacky. and other States, some of whom have rever seceeded from the gcvarcment of tbe TJjiled States, but have at this time their tut quota in the arm if a of.inr enemies, and who therefore h&F no eocsti tueata npon whom tbe laws passed by thn can operate, and some of whom dare not erei show taemselres in the Bute which they profess to represent., ia b cu'rage Qj wbich no free peopli ought t submit, and Wukbsas, Article V, ottbe Coni:u ifm cf tha Confed erate States provides that. 4,uion the dm vud ot aey three ftta'ea, legally asaa mbled in tbeir a veat c mvutionB, the Coi-grebS ehall eummoa a conve rtioa of ke Coa'edjrate States to take into consideration such ameodxents to tba Cotfeutatio ' as the aaid fcta'es coocnr in sB.jitt-s.iLe at tee time tne earn aenuna is made ; and snouii iiuy ol tn pro pose l amerdmenta to tbe Constitnti n be agr'ed on by tba ' said Oivention voting by Slates, or by Couvcn i -es lt two thirds thereof as the one or the oth r mode of ra' iu cation may be proposed by the general C )tiV-?titloo thry shall thfrncefotwaid form a part of tbia Conti o' ioa. But no 8 ate shall without its consent be daprird ui it r re seu'ation in the fceote," therefore, Besolctd, Tnat tbe j int selact corrmittee ru Codter at re la tun? be instructed to frame acd trap iu a b 11 fo th with, calling a con venti n of tfce pt op!a of this Sate r tab muting tbe qnestioc to tbem, po as to f nab e tbem toa-eemble in coLvemioa should a mijort y of tbam de-.ierod-so ior tbe purpose or so smcndi g tbe Ccds.i ta i-ja as to trvide that he earter tha rrprcatntativrs f anj 8t-te er (states, whe territory ii in tbe hincs of the euetuy so that the Cor.federa'e 1- wa ccnuot be enforced t. e oin, shail not, during the cni tinuaLce ot such occupa tion by tbe euemy. be permitted to vote uron aayqut stion ot a ion, but sLali have oulv such rights as ate al io d to the delega'its from th9 Teiritoriaa of tbet-oifet- an mates, aLd of considei iog 6ucb other amondrmnta te lue siiid three B.ates shall concur ia puggestir g. Rtscloed, farther. That State aovereiKniy be;Hg tbe ptii cipie on wbiou-Noith Carolina ad tha other mates witttdre from tbe Federal UuijQ, the States oomposirg tbe fcoutlieirJ Con fe Kerrey are eoveieigns, and the Con federate govetnmeot ia only their agent, ana subject 10 their control: atd that tbe rtaies in tht ir sovereign c v pacity, iu Jeceral C nvention assembled, hard a lirht to uegoiiate & pc.ca with tbe overnrntnt ot tba Ua ted sta'es without ooueuiting wi'h the Premdent of the i on- federate Statte, bat suect only to th sabeeqne it ratifi ca'ion of the bevtrrai btatea in tLeir separtte (state CobVfan 1 ior s. Iu support of tbem rtsolationa Mr. Hmes argued at length (fas remarks being unavoidab y crowded out) and at tbe conclusion of bis speech lr. Pnihips movd the resolutions b2 printed, but Mr. "Jrerspn moviog tbev ba laid on tne table, tne In uie so ordered by yeas 58, caya 39, tbe vote being as follows : Those who voted ia the affirmative are : Mei-sre. alctoc, Amis, Austin, Baxter, Bi nbnry, Fond ol Ga4e. Bovd. Brown of Madison, Bcown of Mecklenburg Bryan, t'ha, C. bb, Costner, Crawiord of Rowan, Craw lord ot Wayne, Cu tnugham, Dargiu, Drtvis ot Halifax Davia of Franklin, Dike, Erwi.i, FaiB in, Fauoette, ia-k ns, ierge, Ciidaey. Grier. Ondtr, Hfarnogioa, iiaruoo, Hastell, U.wfc Jooer, Joiki h, Line, Litbam, Lewis, I n t?e. Love. McAden, vc0ormick. McLeaa, ouUrbridge Pa'too. Pcaca Ferscn. Pool. P- k. Powell, Kose, th-p "bvid, Sbipp, hhober, tmi'h ot Caba rus, Smith of Duplin, rt; ncil and Wooteo ayes 63. loose who voted iu.the negative are : Messrs- Alliaon. Asio.th, BaLki, Beat, Bici;, Bond ot Bertie, faldweil, Caleirt, Caraon ot Alexander, Carter, Clapp, Cowtes, Craig, Flint, Fowle. Orisom, Hadley, Baoea, Henry, Ho too, Hortonot Wataaga, Hortou ot Wilkes. Jordan. Lvre, McCebee, Mciliu, Murril'Pat teruon, Phil ips, Koditera, Bus-jell, Sharpe, Hlmm jns, rimitb of JohbBion, Sti.e, Wauh, Wheeler ai-d Young utys ZJ. A second vote lor Engrossing Clerk having co re snl M.r. iSmith, of J -hi ston, introduced ' a bill to call a Ccnveniion ol the people," which waread ani referred to tbe Committee ou tbe Judiciary, f Tnis Dill, whicti states the 44 resent condition of the country ceanndp that the sovereign people of this State should assemble n Convention to ifL'ct, it poesible, an boaorahle ter mination of the present war," is iu form essentially the fumeas the Convention Bi I of 18G0,und provides that an ehedon shall be held on tbe 13 n of February, 1865, the vote to be for 'Convention " or 44 Ao Conven tion that if a majority of votes be cast fcr Cocver tion, said Convention to be hJd ia Rileigh on the sec ond Monday iu March, 1864, aad consist of c ne hun- d.eJ and twenty delegates u.rin auort'v tbcituurr iojuurutu. Constivative, list r'irf. ENGLAND AND HIS UNITED STATi The Times pnbiiehts tbe following correspondence from London : WAR BITWEEN EKGLAND AND AMERICA FKASTLN'Q AND STARVATION IN EKGLAND ADVICE TO ARTISTES. London, Saturday Dec. 31, 18C4. We end this year and begin the new with three mat lers of interest. War with America, a new agitation in Ireland, acd the Encyclical of thr Pope. I miy mention one or two other subjects, but these are the chief, and nearly absorb tbe attention 0; those enlight ened miud) tt at are tDeged in giving light to others. First, of tbe war. England does cot want war with any civilized country, end dreads it morethan all with America. As I have heretofore explained, it would be disastrous to commerce, destructive to manufactures, and might be ruinous altogether. But it has beeu tbe prevailing opinion here for thrje veers, that war with Ergland would ba in pome way the termination of the war in America. There is a powerful party here that would ass nothing better. I bey believe in the power aod resources of tbe tfritisu impire, and tbat a 44 short sharp and decisive war " between England atd Ameri ca would secure peace and lndeteadecca to the South tm Confederacy. 'Ihe Tjmes, which, more than any other paper, speaks tbe real feeling of toe GovdrnmeDt aod governing classes in imagined, siyp, in ineot : 41 1 you want war wilh Ecg'and, co ahead. We will do cothiog to provoke it ; but it yea are loo!s enough to do eo, we are ready, and whatever els 3 may result from it, it will secure oou'eern independence." Here is a lit'lo of tha old traditional bloater, no doubt ; but e fair pretext for intervention, and etrikieg a blow lor tne boatb would be welcomed with 1 y by thousands. Canada might ba lost or not as it bupj-eo- ed, but, except as a question of honor and prestige Canada is of no account. Canada has her own destioy in her own keeping. England will not desert her io the hour of ceed, but hl iglaod weuld not ra'se a nngei to coerce her lo remaiQ a colony cr appendage of the crown. The lo.s of Canada, therefore, is cot a matter r f enough consequence to be a motive for peace. I be 1 eve? that in spite of the terrible costs of war to Eng land, it could be brought about, and I judge so from the toce cf tbe most friendly Pro-Northern, ai well as tbe mcst violent Pro-Soutneru papers, invade British territory, ia accordance with tbe orders of Gen. Dix snd war would be begun. 1 do not know tbe nature if tbe dispatches sent to Canada by tbe last steamer, rut there is cot a British Minister who would' dare to face Parliament, if tbey were cot in accordance with tbe instincts aod traditions of John UqII. The last news from America, after a!l the whittling down Ol which it was capable, was a terrible shock. S atrman safe, Hood defeated, Sivaonab taken 1 It was too much for one day. Of course Savannah was safe encugb and Hood bad fallen back for strategic reasons; out tbat Sherman bad been allowed to reach tbe At lantic was sufficiently aggravating. Confederate stocks tumbled down slight pcULd3 in tbree days, it wae enough to make the Southern press belligerent. If a newspaper article could be a casus belli, the review of tbe war iu the limes ihia mornicg WDuld be as good a One as ever was cuereJ. ONCE A WEEK. Pntting, for a moment, the divine obligations of tho Bab bat ont of the amatioo. ooaht we art retire from ao tive business life at least as often as once a week, in order to ait ia judgment upon ou'selves? Men with the strong est desire to be Jmt and honorable may, without being conscioas cf iat the time, defiact from the straight and narrow path of light nndr tbe insiduous promptings cf self-interest. The individual who wi hdraws rromthe par, su t and pleasnrps of the world one day ia every seven. and on that day aabjects bis ac a ana motives to a rigid moral (eratiej who, as it were, institutes for hlaoselt a onvate aod neraonal fund ay School, making Conscience its monitor, and biiagiag ap all his work day doings like so many scholars to be eatechiatd, aad approved or con demned, according to their deserts-is r9 to discover, and likelv to amend, many serious fault?, which micht otherwise have become habits, and have obienred his good Bate, aad, pernapa, mine enn, totally undermined his in. tegrity. Once a week, depend upon it, is not too often for the mn who wishes to do h's duty to his neighbor, to stand aside from secn'ar ifliirs and review the past. He can scarcely do less than tLi. and feel assured that hs is doing strict justice to his fellow men ; aid La certainly is not perfoming bis dufy to the God wh watchful eye is always upon hia crea'ares, and whose unwearied arm is ever outstretched to shelter and to save if ha fails to de vote so small a fraction of bis tins aa one dav in seven, to devout graUtads aad. earnest praise rMustraki Afcvcs. FITE HCI"DoB AND FIFTt-3E7ENTE DAT. ' A Yankee Monitor on Dicket durr hptb r.,.' aium.rie ui.u oumier wat suaaenty sunk, supposed by a torpedo, ab..ut eight o'clock Sunday n?ght, ledmg only ber smoke stack above wter . J 'Vre harlmr n tK 1 O 1 , , , " -v.vu . urlB lor'ssaislarifp jvns distinntlv h r.l nn Q iHtir 1.1 , j j uiii.au a IMUKI. A. portion of the crew are supposed to have been los Tbe sunken Monitor is believ-d to be the "Mcntauk " wbicb hs been the picket boat r,f. Sumter lor some Lme pa u J1 YM tug b'8 were-employed at the wryck slants Monday, making tfforts to save soma o the furniture of the wreck. Tbe'abBecoe in the mor ning of auQiber Monitor Irom the flaet led to tbe report that two of tbe Yankee iron clada had suck, but to wards evet-.ng the misa ng vessel re-appeared iu the licet. Xothiv else of importance occurred durin? the day. Charleston Count r. FIY2 HUNDRED AD SIXTIETH DiT. Alou' m'd-day lhurday all tbe vesncU of tbe fleet raised thei.. flairs and tired a salute in honor, u . ,,0,1 of the fall of Fjrt Fisber. .wsuppcau, 1'bere was onusnal aotirity displayed aacotthe fl?et dmirg the day, acd aUo amongst the troops on kkorru' Island Tbe fleet inRide the Bar hs been increased by the adu. tion of i.wo Monitor, l-ight VL ooiiors are nw reported of! Murrm Island. 1 he fl'lrg heard in tbe direction of Stono was from rom oi tbe batteries praotiy:og. unarieslon now ter. From tub Eoad Tbe eLemy, at latest acconntp, r's Corner. About coon. we.-e ercamped at Gardener's Corner. About eood, ilotday. a considerable body or lanieo lufantry ad vanced o witbia two tnd a balf nr.le of Combabee bridge, but retired without making an furtlier demon strations. A. a tenet who coma into our iwez oandav n'ght statte tbat tbe foroj which moved up frooi Port K ival 00. suts t! th'j whole or the seventeenth aud put ot ih 3 Fifteenth Army Corp;, nod tbat their destination is Charlestoo. Tbey Cure vry few wagom wi:h ibeai. but are expecting to meet Sherman, who is nportti ui.'Vii g on the SAvanoah road with bis train. Charleston Courier, 11th inst. From thr Road. A dispatch received tt If .a 1 qurtera, Tuesday evening, dated Salkehutchie, Jaout nelT'b, snvQ : 4' N'o i.Hi'? direct has be.n receivei' trom Gen. Wheeler to day. 'Oue of tbe line of coirier whD left from below Mcliride's bridge yesterday morn iog, reports thy enemy etill below. 4i Doners taken report two corps hd crewel at PortR)yul 1'rw courier says there was cavalry, in fctry a id nrtilery coming frim Coosi wha'chie. 44 I ht? force) I tiie enemy are believed to b? cou Ciii'.ratin about Mcf'terscnviile." Charleston Courier, 18th tus'. I'.m rub i'OAi 'lha on'y intelligence receied "ed nesla) wa-4 from (Jombahe. A dmpicu from tin at point sta'etl that the en "uy had m de a simi ar uiouuat q;,o 1 the ierry to iut of the prevhuj d y, when they retu-ne to Cardovi's Cormr. Th 1 mov'jtnfiit is bjli.vei to iu a ietnt. No trw movement of the enemy wis rep ted Tha lay. Everything wat q net aloug the lines at ti t anc uat. Chas. Courier. hTKA PI Ell. TAMSMAW," oriUDKRKIJ. V'e rf gret t- bear of the loss of the above narnd 7e-et and her eiro Tha Ameri-ican n'Av. OfviUe, Capt. J'io , from Pbiiadj'pbia bjuai to Nw Orlms callad o!T i-t (ieorgs ou rnudaV latt land pt Kn"x, UtHjer). Ore and Pnssang is ot the late Steamship TdLsmin wbic'u he rescn-d trom liiat VetsHi when in a -inking oadiUon aS .ut 350 miits to the westward ot these Inlands The T. was from Wilmington bon l to Bermuda aod bad 453 biles cotton ou boai d. Bermuda Gazette. 3d inst. On Board Fcob Orvillk," l Deo. 20, imi. J Captain Knox, Bir We the ui dArKlgrjed Officers. Eonijeers an 0 Passfn gers by the dl faud Hteaua-hip '4 Talismn." lately cnl:r your command, ake the eailist opport init of etpre aing to yon our sincere thaoks for your Modu-ss aod urnan ity ot tcanner shown to u on all 'occasions. We beg to compliment you or the aman-liK qualities exhibited by yon during our recent diuaaur, through wbich by tie ot Divine Providence you were enablod. to save tbe eutire Hh p'a co u any U person in all. ThU is indeed a truly great ai d uob aet. We further brg to BUle tnat w cot sider jru en'irely free from any tl ine whatsoever is f.ir as the los of the vfsl is c 1 can ed, as no m rtal cm!J have saved her, and ws condole with you sine jrely on your lots. H G. J. BILLFNH, Chif Offioer, JAMES BhaDLEV:. 2nd 44 GEO RGB WEST. 3rd 44 ALXNDER NE-W, Chief Erginocr, KOBlCRl JO'iDeiN. 2od " Wtt. HRNHl" OKAiG. 3rd 44 BSNJAMIV JdNNS, 4rh 44 K. COrrLHSTN3, PateeDgsr. . W BOLTOM, J. BELL, 44 W. BaLL. U. A. LiAUEIN, " Captain Semmis. TLis distinguished naval ollli the commander cf the Confederate steamer Alabama which wassuDk in an engagemeLt with a Yankee ves sel, the Keuracge, spent a day in tbia place last week whi!e on his way to Richmond. iHeveral gentlemen paid their reepects to the Captain, and eDjoyed a short conversation with him. He appeared to be in good spit its and health,, though far from beicg a robust man. He expresaed the opinion from cxperienca and ob servation abroad, tbat a large majnity of the English and French people sympathize with ua, aud wiah our cause success, but tbey are uawillio? tj interfere in oar behalf simply because they are trrraid that thidrmonied interests would snfl.r should the United States declrre war against them. Tbey are not afraid ot beincr. whip ped by tbe Yankees, but they fear it jary to their com merce. Ia answer to a elation, Capt Scmmcs said he dil cot think tbat n propositien fiora as to England and France to abolish slavery, would fiflect' tLu course of tliose nations in tbe Last it would do us no good, acd might do us much harm. The discussion of arch re positions wai imprjper aud out of p!a:e. But be ix preastd hints If as decidedly favorable usin? hi qegrpts ia tbe army at;d Ohticg thein ajaihat the jac kets. Oj Friday eveoiog, by invitation, Captaio Semxci met a large audi-'tc? f the citiz'ns of Charlotte at the Public Uall,and,'faf:er being introduced by Wm.Jal n ston, Esq., made a shri. ap-ecb, relating many iniereet iDg incidents connected with his thiee years' cruiso. Charlotte Dem., 17ft inst. MAJOaOENERAL ItOUERT HAHIOH. We regret tokaow that this disticguished ofSccr baa been relieved from command at Cbaneatou, nt big own request, on account of declining hei,44 On 1 late trip through North Carolina we bud itm u..or ol icucvriu? the acquaintance with him, which v.c formed in ti.e ccmeiioem -nt of the war. We travelled . with bim no tb-f . i u.,ts side (f Culumbla. He was jusl frc tn his laie HcacVj'nrtcrt1, on hia way to bis preseot home at Lexington. We found him unreserved and commu nicative and tcok occasioa to gather from him, 1 s tar as we could, his views of the present military feitustion. We were gratified to find that he was cheerful anJ re80?ule. While be was suitably impreesei with tie importance of our late reverses in Geargia and Til ties see, Le discovered In them nothing to create alarm cr to produce despondency. He verypropcily rrgardcJ tbe late dieastrou3 repu'se of tha great YaLkee fl.ei off Wilmington as sometffiet to Shirman's achicv ments and Thomas' success. He assured us that his conviction wastpo8itive, tbat Sherman would never ba able to pass across North Carolina, even should he reach tha Scuttern border of tbat Sate. He said tbe spirit cf bis native State was tborcugbly aronsed, the Gov ernor was himself a soldier, brave aod determined, tbat tbe whole population would tarn out en masse to ripe tbe invaders. Tbe question of the present statua of Gen. Joj Johnston was di.;cu38ed,'and be expressed tbe opinion tbat tbat officer would Le sent to take command of tie Trans-Mjssissippi army. It will be painful to the public to learn that Gen. Ransom ,a Jongs are seriously enacted. He is a gentle man of tbe higbsst order of intellect, acd an cffic?r of experience and akiil. whose services camnt be spared. vv e trust tbat the repesj and quiet cf home acd th soothing attention ot tbe domestic circle cf friends, w.:i soon so far restore bis health, that he may ba able to resume his command in the ecsuicg spring campaign. Ciaiksvdle ( Va ) Tobacco I'Unt. Arrival op Capt. Skmme3. Captaia w-hi Semmca nhnao rr,T7,,l in thr, taOCracV HaU DtCa previously announced, is cow in Richmond. Tbe Whig sat a tbat the gallant Captain hi looking as and his. many iriends will be pleescd tha.tm!? has accompl.sheJ bis long ana teaiuus . , ward in safety. We are not intormea w Ucm movements ; bat tae country can ill BPie t0 great thitrpbere of usefulness in which ba t naj tbe a reputation for nimseu ana y B country s cau?e. thi Trioun. tbui aaaJaoctfa a iaws of . v 13 his release: - vui. t date of January f . 1t , deathi out of the gate olaeu., , : ri.:. j
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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