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TAB WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COVFHDKUATK STATES CP AAIKRICA. WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FSB. 3, 186. We out the fallowing account of circumstances con nected with the fa: 1 of Fort Fisher from the Raleigh Confederate. It gives scma new pointy and may teed to remove lalse impressions and correct injustice : THIS P.-LI. OP PORT PISI1KR. We have received the following account, from tbe lips of a gentleman who, we are eure, is as accurately informed concerning tbe labj engagement between oar forces and the enemy, at Fort Fisher, as any one. The movement of the enemy was sad JeB, as we all know. Alter the previous failure, it was not antici pated that so quick & repetition of the eflort would be made. Gen. lloke had baen withdrawn towards Wil mington, cr above it. On Thursday, a Mr. McMillan as our inlormant heard discovered from near Top sail Sound, the up -reach of the enemy, and sought to communicate by it egraph to Gen. Brag?, the fict; but the operator wus not in a condition to send the despatch; and u became necessary to tranemit the news by a nieaseoirer. In two houra alter the intelligence was re ceived, Gen. Hoke was oa the march to confront the enemy at his point of lacding. Oa Friday, the enemy landed under cover oi ins njei, near uaitery uatim, about nine milts from Fcrt Fisher. While he was landing, Gen. "Hoke appeared, and drew up in line parallel, to watch h-s movements, and intercept them when possible to do so. It waa not possible to prevent the landing, owing to the Ehaation of the point chosen. The enemy landed oa the baLka, jaat above the neck of the Sound, Ihus interposing a email surface of water be tween them and an attacking force ; or compelling euch force to circle around the lower extreme of the Sound ; either of which movements would have to be dene under the fire of the whole fleet.' f si t . . - . i . When Gen. Hoke lound this to be the situation, he established a line facing the sea, and threw out what cavalry he rcqaired, (if he had it) on his right flank, to wards Uattery Andersen, wjjich waa down the beech, towards Fort Fisher about four miles. The interve ning country here ia broken ; and the low places are grown up wi.h thick bushee, and are marshy. The purpose of this cafahy was to observe the movements, and give the signal of the first advance of the enemy towards establishing a line across the neck of land to the river, it being ' .e crder and purpose of General Bragg to have Gt . Hoke attack him aa soon aa he ad vanced. In this condition matters rested until Friday night. Daring the night, tha enemy, passing between the cavalry, ai.d threading their way through tha thick marshy undergrowth, made their way l the riyar, ad on Saturday morning, Geo. lloke fjund an intrenched line on bia right flauk, extending acrosa the peninsula, from the sea to, or ne.ir to, tha river, lie succeeded, however, in maintaining his base at Sugar Loaf, imme diately changed his line, acd informed Gen. Bragg oi the status. Then Gen. Bragg gave the order to charge the enemy in their works. Jn the meantime, General Hoke had made a close regoaLoiaance, under the fire ol the enemy, and discovered the strength of their forco atd poeition. On receiving the order to charge, he communicated tne result oi hla observations, and asked Gen. B.agg to rtcoLuaitre in pcorton, which he did ; and both theai officers concurred thit it was not proper to assault the lints It wa3 then determined to rein force tbe fort, and steps tre taken which, but for a natural, but aa far as we cau ss.c, unblamable miscar riage, ought to have succeeded, failed to a great extent. By this time, tho enemy, four thjusand strong, were secure behind Ihjir worU3 ; and the fl;et proceeded to bombard Fort Fisuer, vfhk'h wa.3 done uniuleiTuptedly nntil Sunday, about six, p. in. Oa bunday, the column cl assault, numbering aboui four thouaunJ, n-oTtd irom ibd tut my's lines, and as they a Vance J, tht y w re plainly visible from Fort Fisher. lint her . .e.iguercd gurrisoa wag kept closbly oonflued wiihin the bomb proofs, by the concentrated and continued fire of Seven bund.td guns pouring tor-. remts of thell and unfiles on every epot. Oa the land Bide of Furt Fiaher, we had seventeen gars sufSclent, could tLey Lavj been used, to mike it impossible that any lore could have advanced under their fire. Bat, as the Lne ol c.si l&ura got nearer to the Fcit, toe whole fleet concentiatcd thu fire, ia richochst shot, on the land bidf, and eptd ly dismounted every gan ; and this uniutermittea feu d'ener " or in plain English ktll fi.t Rua kepi up unul tha enemy's line was in sixty yard cf the wuiks. i'heu it ceased, acd with a rash and yell tha charge was made. Uapt. BradJy, it is said, sooiniii dvd tuo cnpany guarding the Baily- port. Oa him the hope of the garns.n hung, to keep the assailaas oui nntil the men. asd elixirs, who had been packeu iu th-3 bociD proofs fjr fifty aix hours, could get out and make ready, lcsltad of making de- ftnee, tLia cf3eer ai.d hi:j comuiaLd, it is s-iid, surrender- j j... . i , i - cxi mbu iuo Bieuiy erj.ema ice open gaie. uar msn were benumbed and exhausted, and tbe thinsr waa thei work ol a moment, ihey wera cbuged to fail back in order to rally. Col. Limb, with that cool precision Which distiuguiaaea him us an officer of greoX merit, brougl this men into iine neir Head Quarter?, General Whiting being present, encouragicr; and cheering on the troopa, and creating enthusiasm by his ardeut aad Whole soaled heroism Under thesj inspiring influen oei, our mtn were cught to tbe charge. The num bers were against tLeai in the proportion of four thou sand aided by two tnouaaud m. riues, to two thousand, but they forctd the cuemy back to the mound, and a band to hind fiht, of uaciitig.ited desperation and fury, ensued, continuity ironr seven to aoout ten o'clock, whiu bravery, eduranci and dtrodon failed to over come nuiabeta. Oar nun wore overpowered, and the woik of assault waa acv.omilish&d. But not until the eneuiy hid paid dany (or his priZ2. Ho hod not lost a utn uuiil ho ente.rU Vm- fort. He loat two thousand, out cl tbe six thousand that en eied its precincts we five hundred. Oi' the courage cf our cCicera and men on this occaden, fu ure tongae3 wiil speak. Foreinoit in that little baud of noble Lero.s Whiting WftB everywhere where prii was moat besetting. His Toioe cheered his cpirit animated his arm struck down the fotman's flag. He put his life in the holJcw of hit hand, aad held it out a free oflering to hia coixa try. And bo did this eo gloriously, that whoever thinks of him in connection with thia farioua struggle, will yield to the .gratification of being absorbed in contem plation of splendid courage, and will forget ail elae. We are glad to larn tnat he i3 but slightly wound ed, though in eevcral places; anu we mourn the fact, that that faithful ani true ollicer, Colonel Lamb, is so leverely injured. That he uny b3 cpared, and bicsied with a speedy recovery, caut to ba the prayer of all oir people. It there be any f It in thia matter, we leave others to find it. Ho.vev.r great our Icaa, end sad our dis appointment, we fel only like re-echoing the just senti ment of the Comer vMivs " All honor to the noble de fenders of Fort Fisher, if they did not ovtrcom2 a fright ful edda, wLicj mortals could not do." Eesolotlon 1st. Bo it resolved by the Legislature of tie State cf Its. ..a. That - neither the abovs proposition (reuDida with cuarantec ol oiaverv) nor any other can be made to the people or ihia Ma..) by tha Un.ted States or any other for tijn people, the Ucvertment of the Confed erate States being the on y organ of the Btatea'la the Cot federaoy for the transaction of basiuesj with torelguca tiocs, and each prcpotitioaa, it mada at all, must be naif to the Uovernmcnt of the L'onledera'e Btotes, and, it aiada ol the UovorLinjnt ot thia state, will mt be ente;iaiued. Hesolution 2d. That wo rsco-nize in that peace proposl tion no good Uiih, bn' merely an inidh)Qt policy to "divide and conquer;" a policy through wh:ch it U hoped to de tnch some ot the fcUtej iroaa the Contedaracy, thereby to weaken and demoralize thereat. To accomplish thin, an appeal ii made to ttr lov j ot i ropei ty, which, aa it ia the au-prevallmg motive totheaelions ot the people of tho North, they tappoted wtuld control our conduct. Eeaolution 3d. That it wiil be well for the people of tire North to understand, tveu at thii late day, that the South ern States did not Be cede trom the Dnioa rtpuu any ques tion euoh aa the mere .risarvatiou ol the slave prouony ol their oitizena. list thii, bdij; tree and Bovereiga btatea, they were resolved to preserve their lreedom and their evereigfity. Thy wer j Jree to govtin themseiveB ai they and not others, eaw t, They nere free to change their government, tc erect a new o.e, aad make whatever alli ance! they bbGtld cb fa. And alter nearly tear years of ardudoa war, thcEe a -tra are still unwavering in their rej olntion toprteerve Ucir iri!dom and their sovereignty, wiihcat which all else is valueless. Besolation 7th. We declare that we are earnestly desirous of peace, bat ws say no lesa d Btinotly that it ranst be coupled with cr lndepe'.dence. And if the pevple of tee Dnitd States be really dispoBtd to terminate the war, they will best prove tbat ckpofiitin by makiag their proposi tion to the Govertm iLtcf tha Comedeiata State?, whio alone can en.ertaiu it. In the fall cl Fort Fieher federacy have lost a h rt, but t'ie troops cf the Con now tLeir heno.. North Carolina, m par:ca:r, has reasoa to be nroud cf the prowess of her sols. IV.b is not the first, the second, nor even the fiftieth tima.that the soldiers ot that Mat baveproved the mettle whereof the are made. There are-oo better sol .iera in the Confederacy or tbe world There is very iuttegaa cr humbug about North Caro Una; bnt, at the pinch of the bill, she is always siroug fend tiue. We have no worda to express oar admiration of the stern and steadfast neroiana ehe has exhibited in tha war. Hicomoita Dispatch, 24fA intt. TELEGRAPHIC RIorta of the Prcaa A oclntlun. Entered according to the .Act of nonsrra. to the year 1863 t j J. 8. THRASHKa. ia the nerK'u Of&e off lis Dmtricl Court of the Confederate feutes tor tho Northern Distrio of Georgia. BE80LUTIOX5 OF THt; FIFTY-THIRD VIRGINIA EGIMENT. Richmond, Jan. 27th, 1865. Tb fifty-third Virginia rei nject, of Piokett'a division, h unanimoubl; adopted a nerlea o: resolution, declaring their porpoaa to figbt for liberty a id self government bo long aa the Bcutberu 'Jcnff dracy an furnish a cartridge ; and to every dishonorable offer of peaco and unbmiaBion made by the tneny they will reply wiih.tho crack of r;fl:s and hout8 of dt fiance. The last resolution reads : These are onr sentiments, and we Call upon the people at Lome and tbo anthont'es to support and ra'Iy around n, ani, wih God's blessing, we will bear tha Southern cress through fire and blood until each star upon it shall glow and Bhiae-forever in trfes fir mament of catiooa. CONGRESS. Eichmcnd, Jan. 27ch, 18G5. Hie mo jt imp: r rant business done in the Hou3e to-da y i web the consideration ofihe Senate bill to provide for tbe a. m i i r r 3 - , employment of free reroea and slave? on fortifications, to. Mr. EamBay moved a provis j thit aaid elaves thall not be armed or need aa auldiers. lir. Milen supported the amendment; be was utterly opposed to arming cur slaves. Ib the midst of his remarks the House unstained the motion to transfer the bill to the Becret calendar, asd then resolv ed itself into secret session. The Senate concured intleHouao joint resolution f thanks to Gen. William and parsed with amendments the House bill to increase tbe efficiency of the cavalry. Also p&sed another bill to increase the number of acting midship men in the navy, the provisions ot which are intended to obviate the objections oi ino PxeBid-jnt to the bill recently vetoed. Mr. Wigfall introduced a resolution directing epcul ?J all lawa authorizing imprfcs-LLe.jt of property for the ute of tho army)except by milftary ellieera in ca30 of absolute necessity, which aiter a long debate, was adopted. FKtftf KLCEMOND. I'lCUUONP, Jin. 27.1:, 16GS. Twenty-fife surgeons and assistant Surgeons, captured at Franklin and vicinicy, arrived here last tight from Ya rina. Mr. Seddoa continues to act as Secretary of Wur. The position was certaialy tendered to Gen. Breciiearidge. Theieare no reliable developments relative to Biair'a miesion, though It ia generally supposed that he prop- aed a re-nLion on inch tero.8 aa the Confederate auihsxitiea might submit. NOETflEEN KKWti BL A 11;' IsLssION TO iUCii- rixciZiroND, Jta. 27-h, 13i55. Tae Bilti.uore mericn (veaiyg edidon) ot the -3d injt., has been received; 1: contain. very hv.U ef iater est. Gold at the firet boar J, ia iit-w ioik, w.n (pu'ted at 2004. Gsn. Grant was is Washington oa tvita.uiy. A letter received iroai FhUad-:ipui& Biys t t r t B'air had full authority trora LiLCJln to gva 5la coa-iuot to Wash ington for peaca conimisiioneia ttoai Pr?idc-nt D?.i3. The Katijaal IateUi&encar'g aanouueentent ct Biair'u socond viiit to Kichiuond, gayi-.: We have c,coi reaaoa not to say autUoruy, for s-atmo: that I5liir " goed to ivich mond upoa no bellow 0? herti-ica rnis3ioa, but ti;.oa one of substance ; giving bono to ti.s patriotic that an oppor tunity for tho liigheoi; re.avn, v;i l bo t H jeded to alasea- mon to.brin the preaout cisll war to 1 CiOeJ tioa. Tha Herald saja tha, Seward h.n lae m .nt lions with tbe managers of sh-j intcJi;gen. t-r. by n-: :o ia- lfcla- 6TB Yh.D. CflABLKsroK, Jan 27, b, lSo. "Tire x'axtkee gunboat Deachiag got agi-vad ia tho Com-bah-ee river yaB'erday. Onr battena 0;-i:ed on fcor ard aet hor on lire. She burned to the WAtei'd edge. All or bar crew, txoaptii.g a Liute.iaas atiitlvo laca, escaped. The prisoners were brought to tha city to-d.iy. Thoy re port that the Monitor which wa-i tank oit recently ly a toptdj was tbo Pi.l2,ptCv. her crew cf three huadrcd, were saved, drowned. Ksthing; important from be-1 jw. finilivaii's Inland C-nlj' five, cut ot AH tio rc:i; weie C!3 AN 3 IN TIIsi ton;d.4.'U Oif Til SilCiiD A letter from General L's army announces that Major General Gordon baa been placed in command of the Secoad corps, lately commanded bv Licutcuant General Early. He issued aa addrei3 to the troops up on taking command. TUS SEOSETAKT CF WAP.. Ko appointment has yet been mada to the office of Secretary of War : indeed, the efiice c.wnot be said to be yet vacant, been accepted. aa Mr. aed3u 3 resignation nas not Among the gentlemen na med to sue- ceed Mr. iSeddoa ia Governor Lstciier, of irgii-n. TILE SECEKTART OP STAT3. It was reported yesterday that the Hon. J. I lien jamia, Secretary ol 8tate, hud sent in his renigtiuiion. We think this ia true, though we cavd no pociavo in formation on the subjuct. Mr. Blair, Penes Coutiulsstoitcr Ills fAcviiicu trf. It waa said yesterday th.at Mr. F. P. Bhiir, the vnerabla white-winged harbinger or peace, hc.d leit town, feel 01 e breukla8t, oa hia way ba.ck to thi iiiia of Linco'u. Though we wore uot regaled with, a giimp&e i-'f the old gentleman in any of the puolic places, aad heard of no dear lrienda ol former years blinking hands with hi.n at tbe President's houae or elaewhere, we do not believe tiiat he has left as. lie Wuuld not have coaie s. far to .vo etiid bo short a time. We have no doubt that he visaed the President jestavday ; but have he&td notbisg of ile iator view. REClG.NITION. A report la delng ci.cnlated thut Fia;.ce: and Koglud intend, after the 4.h of March next, to i-ecj?n:z3 Liuco n as the Praaiuent ot" tho Noriaera States aad to Thcogniz the South aa an independent nation. Taia is f ocudc-d cn a Paris letter, published ia tho rTorthern p.ipera tno weeks ago. Pariu aewspaptr correwpondenta nstoricasly draw upon their imaginations for their facta. THh. EXEMl'XIOX BIuL. Tho ITouae of i:epreHentativvJ, on ycsieri'ay, paced an exemption bill, which provide radical chir.gea ia the pre sent exemption law. It itspoalH abdolati'v the fifteen-negro law ; provide that no maii contrac tor -under forty-uv jeara of f-gs ehall be ex emp't, atd liajta tha power of detail hithorto vested ia tcehand3cf the President aad secretary of War. W fc&ve no reason to btlieve the bill, ia its present form, will pass the Senato. Toe sense of the tfeuau, aa recently insidentally expressed ia debate, is in favor of- leaving uu- teucn-ea m? ex:mpuon law cow iu lorcc. Jiickmond Jlitp.iic't, 2Wt iusl. The New York News, spcakiog of tbe abortion par ty, saya : We cannot cunccive in what manner li.ece red Lot fanatics would have the South approach cur govern ment. Do they expect that a people that, have man fully stood tap for lour years against the unparalleled might of oar armies and navies will crawl upon their knees to the White House, and with " bate I breath and wh-'spered humbleness " beseech permission to en ter the Union, stripped or their property and despoiled of their political righta ? The extravagance ot bate and bitterness tbat prompts sack opposition to the very first step of compromise muyt be ubuued,cr there will never be peace between the sections. We believe that there exiats to-day a disposition rmong many cf the leading men Nortn and South to test the virtue of ne gotiation ; for The sake of our refutation sa civilized beings, let the attempt ba made. An exebAPjje tells the fjiIo?iDg auccJotc ot Juhn Ffcceaix : A little characteristic specimen of FLoen'x's love of fun occurred at West Point oa the occasion 01 a lecture upon astronomy. The lectu. er was io the habit of assuming that all his students we rs totally ignorant of the very first principles of any p irtioular branch of science which ba might be cMaeussing.. It hapceced on a certaia eveniag that he w lecturi rg upon the aloon, and Ptexiaix, who was at the head cf hia class, with two or tires others, were determined to balk tLe Pro fessor in hia style of teaching. So h c becun : " Geatlemcn, our lecture this qv mitsg is upon the Moon, one cf the mos mtereeting euljjicis," etc. " x oa have all seen the Mojl V " No," said Phoenix, 44 1 have 1 tcver seen it." " Whaii 1" said tbe jProfesaer, " never seen the moon ?" " No," the first memira of tho class declared they bad never seen tbe plane1;, acd persisted in the expres sion of their perfect ignorance ot its character. k1 v prtaiisea " 01 lb Profesaor were removed , bh? " base line " waagone, and he coliapssiai into utter ccn fnsion. . THE FACT OV MOOD'S BKTKBAT THE L.Y I!MG YANKEE BUL.LETISS. 1 he Washington correspODdent of the New Totk News exposes the lies indulged in by Tomas in. refer ence to Hood' retrograde movement to the Tennessee river, and shows how, instead of beiDg pressed by 'I hom&s in that movement, the Confederate Uencraf carrtji it out leisurely and without any peril to his army. This copl'tea be circle of evidence trat the statements of the Yankee Generals and presses as to j flood's ?08, and the elemoralizatfon cf his army, were f:i!fe. Tbey are d sproved by witnesses on both sides Hood juit missed doing a great thing, but be missed it. We see r,ow, that bad Ye been content with taking Ufca'.tanooga and Znoxville, and opening communica tions with Richmond by the Virginia and Tennessee RiilreaJ, and kept his army in a position from which be m:gbt have cpera'ed against Sherman in hiB advance" against Savannah it would have been safer for his army and better for h s country. Let us be glaJ and tbar.klul that bis loc8?a fall short of the reports, and that valuable service nuy sail ba expicted of his army. The correspondent says : The war mi-u a:e not half satisfied with the news from the Southwest. Much to their disappointment Heed declined have bis army smashed to atoms, end tbe mortification consequent on tbe non fulfillment of the sanguinary predictions telegraphed from Nashville 13 so keenly felt by them that they stand abashed before tbe array cf fcis which can be no longer concealed. Hood's army was not in the siighest danger after the third day cf the battle before Nashville. His retreat was conducted in tbe most perfect order. Thomas fol lowed him to Hack river, and then had to wait two days lor hi3 pontoons, which, through soma blunder, bad been ordered to Murfreeaboro. When the pon toons arrived Hood waa Dear tbe Tennessee, leisurely making preparations to cross. When Thomas got his army acn es Duck river he pushed forward as rapidly as the condition of the roads would admit, bat when be rer.cjed the Tennessee the main part of the army was .afecn thf? other side. Forrest's cavalry covered the crossings and held. Thomas in check until all Hood's infantry leached the eouthside. Thomas' advanca mada several attempts to harrass the Confc derates while cross-ing the river, but Forrest followed him iu every instance. Not a shot could ra.cu the peatoons, and where the infantry1 and artillery were ea'ely tran-ported to the south side. Forrest went on leisurely, and left the Federal army powerless cn the north baik of the river. He had to abandon some wagons, t.o-wevtr, owing to the impossibility of extri catiog tbtm from the deep mud ; but these comprised the only poiat of the " pursuit " to 1 Tennessee. The lacts now knowa, and which were heretofore consider ed, fully cvnfirm the views so of'en expressed in the Neics, ibat the disaster to the Confederate army before Nashville waa "cot half so great r.s it wus represented by th!)';e. who concocted tcJcgrnms to that city, asd seal them broadcast over the country ; and that the pretended vigorous pursuit was n realuy but a fraud. Ii discrcdiied the assurance that Hood cuuld not es cape, that hia army was demoralized, that it would be captnrad or unoihiUted, that bis pontoons were all d Btroyed, and that hJs retreat was intercepted ; and the A'cujs wa3 porf. c ly correct in counselling its readers not to giV' credence to any of these assertions. Hood's army leached the Temfts3oe on the 22J"cf Dcceml r, acd proceeded without any ddfioaity to cross 10 the souiU fiidc. A Jmiral ascended to near Flor ence cn tho 24 h, aud reported th? enemy crossing at tbe sto i'p, bat far brycnl the range of hie gunboats. WkB tho Federal ai my oa his rtr and the Federal Beet on t k fhuk, IJ jod pushed forward, and oy the 28 ih had carried his command out of all danger. WhG last heard horn he wus safe at Corinth, his army ;i8 ia good conditicj, and ha was engaged repairing the Mouiie and Oiiio railroad. What have the authors oi the Nachvilk sensatiaa tckgraifis to eay for them selves, uo that their i jfamoua attempts to deceive the country, by fl jodiug it wi'.i lalic diepatciiee are cx ptsud ? T&e Richmood JSsamicer thaa relates the latest c-x- psricoocol Air. iiiwura A. 1 oil mm wunc uuutr iau- kec durance. L'ue anicie coi:ciudcs wi-h Boms interest- i.:g rttjult8 of that gentleman's observations at the North. Mr. PoiUrd reported at Fortresa ilonroo on che lOh November bet jt exchange, and without any known cau&e, was pLctd there ia solitary conSaement i;j a guara doa, where ho lived for eome weeks without ppace to walk io, and sheltered from tbe weather only by a shell cf boards, ven ikutd tbrougb seams half an ioch wide. This waa in consequence of a din ct order from secretary 8 tan ton, who, ia this instance aa in othvia ot the oppression of oar prisoners, ia directly and n-rs:m-iHy responsible. Strange to say, Butler relieved Mr. Poifftid iiom a situation in which Mr. L snya that an officer of ti c guard at Fortress Monroe declared that a man eouid not reasonably b8 expected to sur vive for two weeks. Aa it ia thi lust act which Butler can probably ever do to a Coafedv-rata prisoner, it may be mentioned lor nia benefit. For we learn from Mr. Poliard that on Sunday iast, Geo. BatUr wus removed, 'not enly from the cemtuaud oi the army of tne James, but from all ! other command, and ordared by the Adjutant-General t TTas-hingtoc to report biaiadf at Lowell, Alassuchu sst, which ia hi3 residence. The terma of thia order were tonsil ued to the cff.ct that B. F. B. had been re moved to d;e?raee. Mai. Gen. Ord takea command ot i Uia Department ol V lrgiuia and INortn uaroiina : Dut j Uris ia tapposrd 0 be only an arrangement ad interim. U any event, Butler ia shelved for the war, and it js thought a not improbable consequence that we may H'.At bear of that individual declaring & war against the politicians in Washing on. During Mr. Pollard's term aa a prisoier eight moaiha he had an interval cfparoie on account of his iie&lih", iu whicii ha bad opportaakics oi visiting many ai the Northern citiea New Yurk, Boston, Brooklyn, Baltimore, &j , end thm gathering much of the true publio sentiment aud political designs ot th3 North. He aays generally, tliAt rhile there ia not the le .st hope for the South in any present political organisation in the Nortii, tiieie ere g.ounda of encouragement in the mil itary situation of which the people of tbe Confederacy have nothing l:ko adequate idcaa ; that the military re soirces of the Norvb.althouga auperaouadaat and im pitssiag at the firsc view, are notr practically available, and ere fast being contracted by certain moral lorcea which tbe new.-papera do not take into their calcu lation ; that their syatem of draft, hitherto patched ap by foreign enlistment, negro enlistment and boun ties, is nearly at the point of exhaustion ; that the draft of Lst summer lor 500,000 men furnished but 70,000 efLctives ; that the expedient of bounties cannot be carried much further, some counties having already been-taxed on thia score actually in excess of the vaine of all the real and personal property within their limits, eome, for instaece, in New York State having accumulated a debt of a million and a hr.if of dollars cn the single account of military largesses ; and that, fioaliy, all intelligent men in the North are given to the opinion tbat when tha necessities of the war are pushed to the point of an enforced draft, of an actual coBEciiption, that it is precisely at that period and pre cisely from that cause that tha war will and mast break dawn. Thua tbe conclusion may be drawn that inde peodence cf the Confederacy is to be achieved more sarely by the sheer force of endurance than by anything tisc, and that even if we should fail to accomplish it by the eignal strokes of military fortune, it will be worked r ut at the last, and that much more speedily than ia generally supposed, by a simple compeiition of the real resolution of the Sooth with a confijeu8 in tha North, now bloated and awaggeriog, but really on the verge of the list and fatal necessity which ia not finances, not political revolationaor any of that bo3h of tbe propheta of peace, but simply conscription. Tub Coxtinbmt an Iciierq. Prof. Agassiz, in tho Atlantic Montult, cornea to the conelnsioa that the continent of North America was at one time ecnverd with ice mile in thickness The prof ia that the elopea of the Alleghany range of mountains are glacier worn on the very top, except a few points whiob. were above the icy mass. Mount Washington, for instance, is over six boadred feet high, and the rough, unpolished surface of its summits, covered with loo&e fragment!, jast below the level at which glacier mark eome to an m3, tell ui that it lifted its head alone - above tbe dasoiate w tate cf ice and snow. Ia this region, thca, lie thickness of fee asset cannot have been sauch less than six thousand feet, and thia is ia keeping with the same kind of evidence ia other parte of the co-entry; for wherever the moantak-e are mach below eix ibou tand feet the ioe seems to have passed directly over tkero, whiie the few peaks rising oa the hights are left untouched. The glacier, be argne waa God's great plough, and when tba iee vanished from the fact ot tbe kind, it left it prepared for the band of the husbandman The bard sarface of the rocks was ground to powder, tbe elements of tne sail were mingled io fair prcpor. liens granite was oarrwd into tbe lime regions, lim' was mingled with the more arid and vaprodactiv; dia trieie. and a soil was prepared fit for the agricultural as a of man. There are evidences all over the polar retf oas to show that at one period tbe keat of the trop iea extended all over tbe g lobe. The fee period is sap posed to be sabquent to this, and next to last before the advent of this earth. Orkblt wrote in 1860 : "If tbe cotton States uni tedly and earnestly wish to withdraw from tbe Union we think they eaould and wonld be allowed to do so Any attempt to compel them by force to remain would be contrary to the principles equcciatad in the immor tal Declaration of Independence ; eontraap to the funda mental ideas on which baman liberty ia based." Go. Scott wrote to Mr. Seward : "A debt of $250,000,000 (it ia long gone over $1,000,090,000) and fihten ;vasta ted provinces to be brought in harmony with Heir cor quercrs, but to be held by heavy garrisons for genera tions at an expense quadruple the taxes it would bz popsibld to extort, followed by a Protector or Boa per or, to that I would prefer to say to tbe Scuthera States, 'Wayward sisters, depart in pgace.' " John Qaiacy Ada ma, long ago foreshadowing the probable contin gency, said : "Far better will it be for the people of the diB-United Statea to part in friendship from each other, than to ba held together by reatrakt." Taking lbs Oatti. We are permitted to make the following extrac from a private latter. It is one of the beat and briefeat disquisitions upon the nature and obligations of an oath that we have ever-seen : " If a man really prefers the United Statea to tbe Confe Jerate, he may take the oath and then reside here 8 an enemy, bat if, on the contrary, he regards thia aa his country, no temptation, however stroBg, should make him renoance a sentiment tbat next to allegiance to God ia the most sacred. There Jire some who bald that these oaths, being extorted by force, are not bindfog. Bat they are not extorted. To be sure the aherna.ive ia presented of the oath or confiscation, but thia is the nature of all temptation, to sacrifice truth and -right eoisne for some temporary or secular advantage. In the very terms of the oath the juror swears that he does so voluntarily and without mental reservation. Tcere is no essential difference between taking a false oath to ob:ain money and taking one to retain it. One ot tha characteristics of the rightecua man in the 15th Pa ia . He sweareth to his own heart and changeth not, and one of the dangers of worldly prosperity is pointed out in Timothy : "But they that will ba rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurt ful luata which drown mtn in destruction and perdition, for the love of money ia the root of all evil, whico, while some coveted after they have erred from the faith and pierced th mailvt s through with many sorrows. 1 he mar tyr might, with jast aa much propriety, have openly re nounced tbe Gospel whilst at tha eame lime Le seeraly believed it to be true, when threatened not merely with the losa of property but with death. B-Jt this refuge was forbidden him. "Whosoever deniethme before men, him will I also deny, etc." la no case are we permitted to do evil ttat good may cctne. To eccare the desired tnd of this contest, as the soldier must not desert to the enemy, nith.-r most those that remain at home. If we are ail true to the end we will be saved. If no individ uals are eubjugated, the couutry never will be, and sarely, fidelity to theve who have already saorificed their lives, requires el as, if nectary, to sacrifk-e cm fortunes. K C. K. Who Would qo Back. The Selma ( Ada.) "Rebel" thus plainly describes tbe spirit ol the miserable party who at this stngc of the war are willing to give up the contest : . They arc prepared for tha lestoration of that rule which four years ago had become hateful, and which we have ehed so much blood and made bo many eaciilLes to CisS esid.1. They are ready to forget the perfiiiou? conduct of the Northern people, while we were associa ted with them ; their disregard of constitutional obliga tioas and sacted compacts ; t.eir gasping avorice; thcii thieving pi openaities ; their uaceaaing meddling witb oar itstitutions before the w.tr ; and the cold blooded, barbarous and unmanly traita they have exhibited sitce hostilities commenced, aad swear the 01th 01 CmIw and aikgiacca to those whose garments are dripping with the blood of oar fathers and brothers slain in restating their monairoua acd insolent efl rt to trample aa in tbe dual of haraiiliatiau and subjtcion. Toey woald for get tbe burning wrongs we nave sullied, the outrages our enemies l ave perpetrated, tbe remorauiesa an. bar baroas . eel ty they have practiced upon the helplete and not Sending, oer country dtsolattd, end our land dotted With the gra .3 of our lailen heroes, to procure for themselves an ignoble and pusillanimous exemption trom the hardship?, the danger 8 and sacrifices incident to the peraiateut and determined prosecution oi the war. Some of the papers ia South Carolina have announced that President Davis has written to cii-zna cf tnat Stte, saying that he will take care of Sath Carolina and do ail he can to defend her from the enemy. We have no doubt that tha President ia disposed to do ail he can to drive back Sherman aad hi3 army, but Le cannot save South Carolina from ruin uniesa the people of that State aeaiat, and at-sist with all their might. If ihey remain at borne and atttad to their own private affairs, and expect the fiesideat to drive anertnun back, tbey will find themselves wofaliy mistaken. The peo ple of Georgia, to a great extent, gave all their atten tion to their own pecuniary afiiirs and ai'uwed Sherman to march through their State, and then tamed about and censured President Davis for it ! A better course ia expected from tbe people of South Carolina. It is expected that every man in the State will turn out to meet the foe, and fight to the death or conqier. N. C. Bonds. We lern that the receat advertise ment of onr State Treasurer for tha purchase of State bonds resulted aa follows : The varicu3 bids rangtd from par to 121 premium lJut the large bidding was at a premium of 103. Tne Treasurer, however, in ac cordance with, the reservation ot a tight to do so,' which be had wisely made, rejected all the bids. He baa since sold about $150,0U0 of bonds at from 150 to 175 pre mium ; and about $300,000 at a premium ol 200 We f'nrthgr lu.rn that be haa declined making any addi tional sales, until it 9 ball be seen whether tha five or six millions due the State from the Confederate States Government, chfefiy for clothing to our troops, shall be paid. Ral. Conservative. 9 A pariaimonioua sea captaha, answering the com plaints of hia men that the bread was bad, exclaimed : "What? complain of your bread that is made from flour ? What do you think ef the Apostles ? They ate "shew bread," mada from old boots and ehoeo." Messrs. Editors : I have eeen ia both tbo Journal and Carolinian, articles headed "Have we a Belief Association." That inatitntioB was r8-organized, I think, in October last, by a town meet ing, and a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Purcha sing Committee, Ward Committees, and a Committee to pa: chase Wood were appointed. A Store was rented aad a store keeper appointed- Since then all the funds paid to the Treasnr-r, by the towa and other contributions have bdeu invented in provisions and wood, and delivered to tbe necessities upon the order of Committees. Much good has been accomplished aad especially by the supply of wood. Aa soon as possible, a statement will be rabliihad snowing the nnrabor of persons Bupp'ied, and aa account exhibit Teg tbo receipts aad how disbursed.- The prisc'pal amount received, was from the Kay or, two earns of $2 V 088 earn hve been paid by him. The publio may rest as- a X . A. A 1 at V . I . 1 soreu mat ins genuciuea iu ccarge win ezpeau au ine money that tbe Mayor and o'.hor parties may pay to the Treasurer of tbo Ass-oiatiOD. Tha scarcity of provisions and depreciated currency renders It very difflaart to make pa; chases. All citizons, therefore, will confer a favor by giving notice ot artiolea for sale, aad all should donato as liberally aB tbey cau of money or provisions tbe latter preferred. This work" has to b a met by tha authorities and citizens concurrently, or maeh eaSriog, yea, ttir ra tion will result. On hundred thousand dollars sounds largely, and stress is laid oa tbe fact tbat the town voted so Liberally. What amount of supplies will it iurnkh how long will it laat i II Col. Burr will detail two good men to travel acd pur chase proviBio a, and when they are not so employed, to aid the Ward Committees and Btore-keeper, so that tbe worthy only may be supplied, be wiil do a goo aot. It in well known tbat persons who have private aflairs to at tend to, cannot do lull jastice to anasscclatioa ol this kind, in a time like thia, and as this is a woikot necessity and must be attended to, it is apparent tbat tbe aid eaggested would be a pablic benefit. These ernde remarks are written for general information and to elicit attention to the snbjaot. B. D. WALLACE, President Belief Association jy Bince writ Lag the above article, I have received the following from the btore-keeper, which pUaie append : 273 families, .928 persons, eaupiied front October 18th, 1864, to Jan. 10th, I860, with e2 lbs. meat. 10 S36 ibs rice. 6 241 lbs. Soar, 31,(46 lfes c jrn meal 746 lbs. eait, 426 lbs peas, 9 bushels potatoes, 27 loaves bread. Yarae of the above, $37,215 CO Bold during the same period, 81 lbs neat, 1,470 lbs. rice, 1,294 lbs. floor, 11,119 lbs. meal, 91 lbs. salt, 41 barb, potatoes. Valued at..: $13,562 00 'B. D. WALLACE. From thb Road. The enemy moved a large body of troops from Savannah oa the Aaguata road Wednes day morning. Tbe .objects of this movement was cot ascertained at la3t accounts. Our scents also report the en ''my withdrawing their forces a short distance from their position mar Poco taligo. Ail was quiet at other points on the line. Chcultston Covxics, 26 inst. CONFEDERATE COXOBEjS. Januart 23d, 1865. The Senate resumed tha consideration of the House consolidation bill. Oa the previous day, Senate substitute for thia bill had been adopted. Oa motion, by Mr. Baker, the vote adopting the substitute waa reconeidered, and after vuriona addition al amendments to tbe sabstitute, it waa ogain adopted in the following form : "A Bai. TO AUTHORIZE TES CONSOLIDATION OF CCIITA NIK3, BATTALIONS AND REGIMBNTS. " The Conress of in Confederate States of America do enact, That wbentver any companies which are now is the servioe shall be so redaced as to number less than thirty-two men, rank atd rile, present aid for duty, and whea it bball be proved, to the satisfaction of the Secreta ry ot War, or ot tbe general commanding the department or the army in which said companion may be serving, that tbey oannot be recraitd to tbat number wi bin a reason able time, tha general commanding Faid department or army may, under general rtgolatiocs to be ibuued by tbe Secretary of War, consolidate euoh cempaUes. "Section 2. Tbat new companies xaay b organised from tbe coo-commissioned cflicera acd piivate of the companies tl.us consolidated, it they are from the same State, having tbe Lumber, rank and tile bow fix id by law ; an! the conaoaisaionjd oflicjra of Sbid. companies tan or ganized shall bo one captain and one flat and one Becond lieutenant ; and tbe nou-eoaimidJionei officers, four ser geants and four corporals " Section 3. That companies, if tbey are from tbe samo Sta'e, may be organized into battalions and regiaients ; and 'be officers for companies battalions and regiments shall bo ianm jdiattly d.-ainated and placed ou dtuy by tbe geneiai commanding tne de-partmonl or the army in which tne companies beforo oou&o.iditija may havobeea serving. Officers tba designated shall cottinud to servo until officers shall be appointed by tbo President, by and wita the ad v:o aud consent of the Bonnie; and a l se'ections of effi cers made by tbe general to command said new organisa tions, or appointment b the President therefor as herein provided, shall bo trom the commissioned tftisers of the companies, battalions or regiments from wbtch the new orgL.z ;tiouS were iormed, or lrooi such non-cotamissioaed officers or privates third or as may have baen distinguished for meritcnoua aud s jidterJy conduct, 01 lor valor or skill ; and the certificate of the coio&et commanding tbe bit: alien or regimant ia wiiicb aa:d uoa-comiiisdtoned officers or pri vates may buve eervrd; tbat they have been so dljtia galbhid, it approved by tbe biigade and division com m&Gders. b'uail bo kr.uijieat proot tbercot. "5tctijn4 Ttiat utLcerB ti tLe t jrnpnios, battalion and tegimfln;s wLioh ruay be d;Bbandd, aa Lcrein provid ed, ana who may not be selootoU aud appointed as requir ed by this act, &aail be drop jicd from tho rulld aa fcupornu Uifciary omcers ; bat such obijers miy, within a reasonable time, to befixid b? Geaetai Orders to be issued by tie Se cretary oi War, rs t troops in tbe States cant of the Mie-rtiseit't-i riv.-r, and by the general comaiauding tbe depart mviit weat of ihe .'ia'5b'pi river as to troopi therein, or gan'zo iheniieivea into compauies, !t.'tta:ioiiS and rcgi menta. tba ctiiccrs to which thall ba appointed by the Pia eident, itii the alvice ;;nd oonseot of the Senate, tr said oliijera may volunteer into any company belonging to the department iu whJch they iast served, or to thd State from wcich the company or rt giment to wbich the aald eCi)era belcnced ma bavs Cime, oi any arm ot the sorvtca ; aud all ciEa3rg who may, within thirty difa atter the data 0? tba order coiolida iug the eaiap-ia?, b'talioif or regiiiu-ut to which be ma.f havo ilongfd, volunteer and enlist ia euch new orjjaidziiious r,r in o'-hcr compamei, a3 aotboriaod herein, bhtll receive treni tin time ti.ey wtro dropped aa eupcriiu noriri 'S, fj? twelve montba, pay at the rite tbeir graio entitlea thorn to a. the time thoy were no dropped ' " Socti-ja 5. That fceieaicer ail vacaccios ia ths cm:tB of 2d sociioa b-j filled by tclyction, ia tho manner pointed out by the 33 ee jt oa of this ac:. ; aad all officers who auy have be.'jr.ged t j thn Cvssolidated organizatioaa, aud who may ap: duted t ) the bame grade ia the new wi icti t'uey held in the old rganizitiaiia, ebalftake rak from the date of their brst comm ssioa or appoiatmuut ; and, herija.ter, ahoaid the new cjinpaoiea organized under the pro- iiotb ot this act become reduced in number eo as to bavj huu than thirty-two men, rank acd fi e, present and fit for duty, aud a va.'fc:icy fchouid occur ia the orLo of second iivnten ant, the same shall Dot be fi led'; and should it be reduced below th namber of sixieeo, ihn a Vftcancy in th'i ctGe f &cX lienttnani fcbuil 1 ot b'j ri led. ' fiection 6. Tbai the ofliccs ..f aajaants ard eud:gn3 ot battniio.s and ri gimct are bt reb. abolished ; and here atter the officer eomuiandiLg a battalion or regiment my cvssin any bubaltero of t bo line, belon-icgto hisc.'ruHia'Jit, to serve as adjutant. &nd aaid saoaltem, whilst so servu g. sbti'l receive, iu e.dtl tiou to n:a pay and a!i wances. liirt dollars per month ; and the o Uoer cj (.minding ebali r.lto siga, to act aa coio. bearer, a uoti eorani'SSicod ofliu r oi private irom Lin coma.iu.1 wboniAi be dtsiiugauhud ur aiir toiou j or syidieily c jduct, or ior valor or niii.i, and said non coaimissioctd -tllcer or private, wLiUi so acting, shall rccc-fve tiie pay ol a first lieu'e. aa!;, t:ec'io.i 7. the i'aaae.1 qf battalions anl regiment cr ganiasd uadr too provisi ns ot thw act ubali ba t:e tunics ot tas old bau&lioas and regimjiita trom which tbo new wero formed ; aud th. colors of she olaect battalija or re giment toiming tbd new BhiU be t.ia colors of the now or ganization, a d tjo color- of tho otb-r batta ioa3 and re giaen's shall b-j transadttod, by the eeeretary of War, to ihe Govern T3 of the i'esiectivo States, w.tua 'tatem-jnt vi the battles ia which tbe batt&lic or regime u to which they belorg havo boms a part. 4 -Sections. That all sUfl, lino and other officers' who may uot have any coiuinaud, or who may uot at aoy time be on duty lor a period oxooedjng thirty daj-s, ualcbs tbey belong to tho invalid corps, or aro prisoners or war, or a e sick or wouuded, critoo t fcy leave of the ec.&iaiy of Wur or the general coai&uudiiig tho department or army to wh:ca tbey LeloDg. Bhull bo dropped trorn tha rolU and held to service &s dm provided by law: Pr&vidod, That the President be, and he h hereby, autiioiizcd to aa .ign any orlicer ihrosu oat oi conimind by the opertiou ct tuid act to vacHucica ia tbe stall, isuu tho runk tivld by thc-ia in the liae. "Section 9. Prisoners of war may, within six'y days af ter their cxchiuge, avail ibt'rauolve of -he proviai'ina of the ;outth bec;ijn vt-talu act; and h'&c.f'.er when oomtau sioued uilicjr: ot coatpatiis, baixuliu.a or reginionta may be captured by the cusm, tha general coinmaaiing tho department or uiniy t o wiiic'i they belong miy dtjainnate, or the PrcBidfiU isay appoint, other uitiocn to li;li their places, as provide 1 in this aot, to serve; with temporary rank and command, to bo held only until the ictun of said officers so captured. 'Stction 10. When regimrnta, battalions or campanies shall have been cu;.no;i.uted under tbe provisioua 01 this act, no Bubav q iem oou-ioli Jatioj of tho aucao shall ba mds unless by virtua of iwd iiereatter to be pa.Bed. FOREiQV EXTP.LCI2. X. MSRCISR INSTRUCTED Bt KAPOLEON OX THS ITAL IAN QUESTION, The Europe, of Paris, gives, ua an exirct from a dis patch of one of the &mja33ado;a accredited at tbe court of St. Cloud, the substance of a conversation said to have taken place between the Emperor Napolon and M. Mercier, late Fr-.nch Miniatcr in Washington and the now ambiBeador to Spain. , The Emperor having expressed hi8 sentimsnta res pecting Queen Iaibelk and ypain, M. Mercier ia aaid to have aeked that if h;ahou!d find in Hpain tbe opinion wbich appears to be generaUy entertained in Fiance, namely, that Flo.enee wonld bo only the provisionary CBpital of Italy pending the ncqasitioh of Rome, what waa hts to reply ? The Enperor, raja the Europe, an swered : " Say that, for my own part, Florence ia the definitive capital of Italy." As the Emperor ia not U3ed to expreaa himself quite so explicitly, the public will, of couraa, tase thia re port with ail reserve. The " CDrnmunicationa " of the Europe, however, aecm lo bo generally very well in formed, and that th"iy asm: timea give uneasiness in high quarters i3 signified in ths fact tbat lately the pa per haa been seized in Paria by order of tha Juiuiater ot tbe Interior. Till POLISH REVOLUTION LAST REPORTS OF TH3 PA TRIOTS. The Russian Government of Oracboarg, Siabriek, Baratow, Samaria, Kozn, etc., are aaSeriog dreadfully from incendiary Urea. These Governments have been lately selected for the reaidenoa of a great cumber of Poles condemned toy the severity of the law in Poland. It appears freta an article in the Botschafter, of Vien na, tbat in some tewns tbe fires have been attributed to these unfortunate psop!e. Many have perished aavic tima of tLe exaepsratioa of tbe masses ; and, far frm seeking to auppreaa thi oat break of popular passion, some Kalian joarnala, including the Invalids, an offi cial journal, aud the Mcebow Gazatte, tbe most widely circulated journal ia Russia, echo tbes3 accusations, and add to them insinuations adapted to excite still farther the passion of tbe multitude. Nothing baa transpired thus far to give the least appearance or foundation to these charges, while on the other hand, naaieroua facta seem to disprove them in a m inner moat honcrabb fo the Poles. Thus the Northern Poat of the 7th of October atates that after the fl,re at Oranbourg, the Poles liviDg in tbe Government of thit name hastened to eend to tbe peo ple deprived of shelter and means of subsisteae: two carts filled with bread, gruel and salt. Seme days be fore, the head of the police at Oranboarg, Col. Michel ! Fedorow, bore striking testimeny ia favor of the Polgs. THB JAPAN DirriCCXTT. Ofioial advices of October 28ib, from Yekttbama, con firm the report of tbe opening of the iclacd tea ol Japan by the allied fleet. rIha engagement was brief. The allies loet 12 killed and 54 wUnded : (he Japan eft 200 to 300 & filed sod wounded. The steamer Sea King, chartered by Minister Pruyn to -accompany the fleet to represent the United States, did good execution with her 32 pounder Parrot guns. She as arterwar Js eold to tbe Japaneee.Guvernmebt for $108,0u0. The indemnity to the Americans ia expected to reach $200, 000. The commissioners of the allies wre to meet the Japanese vfiicera at Kanagawa on October 19, to ad just the amounts of the indemnities to the various ni tiotifl. The forts are to be dismantled and the fl st will remain to see that the Tsposin keeps hia promise. It is balieved that the Japanese Government will hence forth, be able to keep the Emily aoble ia check. From tho Colurabna Tlea "TUK SAVAKSAII TICAITO! S.' Mr ?InRi'3Tb6 Procling3 of a Citi.. meeting held at Savannah, and copied in the co'u.'C of your paper of the 9 th, haa filled th? raindj of a'l iZ men throughout the State whb profound indication Had these recreant creatures apoken for them?, ivea ar l the polity, we should buvi felt mortiS d at th i j,uu ucgia.ia'iiu, iiuu pliitl cavannac m ma meeting as6Cmbhd-whfcQ rthZ a tfimnt to draf? down in. 1 1 1.1 . UJ Ul ,, r; 7 . 0 , iuj uase icvti iney nuve ict-el aU who claim a heme and aQ intend krein-Vnv" tbetr siater cities to unne itl then in purcui proapentv rt tbe cost of honor-when tLey ca i nr'a an old and honored State to prove fc.!se to hlr rait l tory.and, placmg herself m the van ot taoso w! 0 f; by the wayside, sell her birthright for of to ba silent, weald be udj uat to those who rcmiir" iDg within ber walla, have no opportunity ot tVtifcir 1 to the truth within them, and trtusoa to Ur s )l I keep watch aud ward over a nation's honor and' w j ' fare Who are these men that have spoken P. r a d!y ? Who are these men that have bidd- oa S ate to t'i" unnatural and unhallowed featt ? Who aro tbe-e v t that, thrusting themselves forward t.s the champion of a dishonorable peace, invite tnecarclai ecruMuy ut iLir former fellow-ci tizaoa ? I3 -there omocg a mia who haa felt the hardships of this war, upon oithir nwr son or property ? Not one. They have been bnhlii.".' ia the sunshine of prosperity, and resting m inioiinVj ease, while their brethren aud eona 1 ave been butilin,' with an nnfqu.d and a hated foe. That they wett- vci' tlemen of worth, intelligence, rtfin.mtct and UK-id standing, is but audirg a deeper tinge to th. ir tljutnc Dr. Arnold tho Mayor cf the city u physician cf merit a man cf intellect would never luvt preside i over that meeting, cor uttered the sentiments a' inci ted to him, hi.d he been you&ger. Uut 'lime ha:) I;;ia his heavy hand upon him has stilled the iistLw pul-u of youth ha? "bmugbt him to tbat poiiu wl.-trc '! the kef-ppra of tha bouse trunbie," ar.d "the etror: i;,t ." bow themeelvea," md 'ffears uro in the Wiiy." it will be eome coLaolution to his former frionds to know t!,u' he, at least, will feel no rcmoraj. Nature cau u: react iu him, and while we pity, we caua t blame. Colcccl W. S. Hockv.eii v.cll known tL.Hu;;!;. u'. tha Stats for his great pretentions to militury :.'a,c.j, stratgetic ekill and the art of war, beforu tin- vr.ic l.-ut better known to tie Army of Teuo's ee, ( n h i c t ta. deiweot a ten daya' carnpa;gn of uotoKi, Lc.:t:;; 1; .. tried hardships) for his utter incapacity a.vd h.cii those soldierly qualitita exhibited by l im i:; .!:.'. j.-. tie eff.ir ol '36 has roiled i.i t tnut proud po. i i . ; whither he id Eaid to hnvo told tie lamented lirt..v his prelercncva led him. lie preferred to live in Savan nah, where chmpngmi and oystcra could b:- L aud ra L cr than in history." If h story rciueiabets lii n m it will bo to record his nzw? among tlios; v,,v.: j.;.! country, for hia couutry 'a good. ur. 1 . 1 . v i:ns, w.;o c-im-2 irc.ro li-lu : aught we knov. fjrthta NorLh, will 1j ft-ciiL'.'l bertd by t.he stockholders ia tho jiiguj a anj nah Kailroad, as tLe enarprieig Prts d ut. r. !: .v;.'v. frauduUntly, but dezteiioua'y, purchased a l.r- q iu. -ti!y of slock ia said Road at a low figure, Le;. 10 L puwlisasd to the dflmb-loundtrcd an l aatuid'kd sucli nvildjre, a scheme which he had BOinetimu bclre ,-r-lected, and which had the ifL-ct of doubting t;.'j v i!;.t of the stock. ' Ho madj fcr himxil' a very pr. vy, t j a very dirty penny, by it. The wonder vs, ih.-t t spirit of hia noble eon &!ain in b.aile C.d i.m tin from hia new made grave rnd rebuk: hiii Ii,.ivr .i gaiiufit yc-uth worthy son of an uaworthy tia' h. :.. ol 'many a hord fought battlo liuld a nut na.-ja... and honors tf u e, th ugh tby own futher had j-r .:i friendship the bloody bunds of murderers', aa 1 .-. ii.' " traitor " upon thy hallowed rci.m piac:.. A. S. Hanride. who qiiekiy dolled f.it lu.h iii habilinini3 after a briei sojourn aa A. 1). (J. ti: : n tl s ail of a brave cfiher, and slipped into u ei u' r peaition of a war tax collector, id .perhaps -niy i.:..v aa tbe brother cf lion. Juliyn Uiirtri , r rt. f t , tive from the fiiet Ccn-zrcesional du-triw-t ot tieoc-.a lie him attempted to iniiict a sinb upo'i t!u: n -j u u'i of aa honorable bcuac, 60 cobly uphi-ld by !.i.j l: - (. , in ti;e fluid, and ia tbe built! ol Conjjrevj. ill tu . uu-. .Mr., formeily Major Robert lv,iu h n:..j chivalry, ond delighted in loiimr day a to d- :.: u the virtues of hia native State of South Uc mIl 1 '.-i the commencement of thia strife, fedb Lh u". , 'l bili'y to hate the Vankee nation, he wou'.l 1 hired a world to .help him. Uut tiuna are ( and he now "roars you aa gently ua a fnu-kh , ! "V d. dove " He, too, wi4B tempted oy tbe pomp at.d c reumsiuii of glorious war to lead "a afgtr l.(c," but li .uii); tir datits srduoua way dangerous hu qubtly u.Awd th occupation cf a quartermaster with that 0 u ev)a.i;.i.i i-ion merchunt anu a f-j ecuiator, uud fo deftly wiu li.t joined, that cue ecu Id taidly teil where one tii, tr. t'other ended. Rat what of all th-l ? Jlci:..-i hia wealth and icut noihii g but biy Alderman Villalonga, a very "weak di.-teijik wtalthy ; Alderman Lippman, iecu'ator of Ih Jewi;-h persuasion ; L. G. Miila, who gavu up th-e liil.t m..' cried " hold, enougu I" ete it txan ; Martin U iccn and Alderman O'liyrne, famous vblj lor tlie faei i'y with w; ich they changed one fi ig to ano'btr ; Vr. It. Weed, a coarse, unmarinered Yankee, who teut hia not.3 fud his money to Kurope at tbe begirnin of tb' wur ; and Alderman Lnchlieon, "a canny r'coicbniari," who Laa by thia ucguarded act canned the blush of phm to mantle the cheek of bia "brave braw Uddij " c .m pleie the roll of infamy. Thi eearo the n;M iippoin-.cd pece-makbra ; m;n 44 Skilled lo crock the pvenint hinges of tho knee, Tbat ;hr;ft may M'ow fdwiiitg." These are the men who have spoken Tor a city u;..l I r a State. 'Ihtsc are the men who 1 ave crawli d ii.to i..-. presenca ol the oppressor ond made 'debasing ni'ru to catch his eye. Thefe are tbe men who huva dcwv.n 1 up their wives and daughters to tbe tender tm r i-d d hia eoldiery. These are tLe men who have n i d to weaken the arm? of the brave men 8'.iugglbifj ujr.n dis tant battle fizlde. Tbeec are tbe, rten who have tri- d u. blacken the fair fame cf the martyred dead; wh ?'. f .i'j they ate unable to emulate. ' These are the men that invite .their K.!a'c to f . r: be-r Leritage of valor to forget the Ltrojc deed oi in , sons to forget the proud trust of ber h .noi?J euro .1,' and 44 laying aside all differences, and buiyiu all by gones upon the grave of tbe paat, endeuvyuu;? to k store " what? " proppenty and cominetch." Aa a citizen of Savainah, proud ol lur l oner ,rA'u" her fair fame in the name of her good n.en cr'nd, and bOT.td down by this iguominoa.i aat iu the nuui-.-of her fair dsnghters, ever foremost, in dedd of eliiri;y aud wotda ol encouragement, outraged by twse bcit-tr who arrogate to them3elvea the virtu's ol pa'riotrf :.i the came of her brave soldiers, facing tho ect-ray up-:, every bat tlefield and finally, in th naoie ol her l e.-o'w dead, who sleep in nttnieli63 graves upon the sIop-3 of the Blue Ridge and in the vidhy of the fc;!.cnarida!i from Pennsylvania to Texas I protest n.-picst Vi'-i covenant of treason and degradation. A SATAr.vAa Eoldie:?. Tbe Pat of Lo.ndox MiLLi;aa. Day work ra in a large oditary eatablibhrnent earn nine tl.ilii;' u week, or a little more, of which half a crown, cr twci abillicga, ia paid by each for t',e roora ue cal.'a her cv;.i and the reat has to find dresa acd foo i. Tbey get cn! j their tea at the place of business. At 9, 10 or 11 on a winter's night, they go home to their cell garrets, light a fire, if they can allotd fad, acd cock ttc tc .n'y ineal that is the only real ineil cf tbe day ; or, if t'. y cannot light a fire, go to bed cold, supperlees, pert if ?, and ofttn tbialj clad. There ia one i.ease tbou-htfai enough to reep a servant who cooka for thrsa poor g::,' at midday tbe little dinner they may faring thtir chops and sausages, potatoes, cr batter in galh -o4.1? Many, eajB their cock, bring meat cc!y row an 1 the-: some never but eat, instead of it, broad end ba' r or bread and picklea. A pennyworth of bread 1 a pennyworth of picklea ia a common dinner of 'hepocrer needlewomen. The pieces of meat when brought at a often so email as hardly to be wortL c ookLijr, o.teu ooaree little scraps, and evta tainted. Thw rcpnt n'a. be it understood, the ponditioa of tba mic'dle cUsi ci needle nouen, in ihe prime of life. What Ucv-m-a f thera ween they are old 7 Ab a common rale, wif', cf course, c arc car lor she unnnlf-nftn. her iidedjnind thr. kpon. nnwhafMii palled tiStfl anrocg wcajLi. What becomes, then, of the old drr .aaktrs t Artemus Ward writes that 'he is tired of atsrint; the question as to how many wivta LngUam 0un3 has fle aays that ail he knowa about it , is, tbat be one day used up the maltiplication table in counting the long stockinga ou a clothes line ia Brigham's back yard aad went cfl feeling dizzj. i the Jack of thut tv UX raPe which would bnve enabled tfVm o r.va hrough the fierv furnClwtLe 0ri,.,a, whic!. prov' r tempera the Bom cf every Patriot-OBSCaC when these men .vt. tu many exceptions, adrtB3-maiier ns oMaa ten - 1 ji . - i ri',r,h'( ii a.-te. 1 naruiy get cuii.tuyujcm iu niwu.n.." . is prematurely aged, her fingers Lavo io-. has loat the mtertaim uic 0
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1865, edition 1
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