Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-11-09


who would not sacrifice his life if necessary to pre-
serve him to I" his Car and his country" TotlebeT
is about thirty years of age and we'll proportioned
with most prepossessing features. is, DR.. Davega
{ thinks. Russo-German. His wonderful celebrity in
increasing and Strengthening the defence Of Sebasto
! pol astonished even those who knew him BEST and
! the whole army entertain the most unboulded con-
; hdence in his energy, his ability and his skill.
AS TO the movement of the Russians, the most pro-
found secresy is kept by the generals and to this is
attributable the success with which they have in
: many instances been attended. No one knows be-
forehand what they going to do, and all their
plans are generally carried out with precision and
despatch that has often surprised the allies, and
taken them at disadvantage when they reposed in a
feeling of perfect security. The old adage, s" hear,
see, and say nohng is held not only in the highest
reverence among them, but is law the observance
OF which is commanded and enforced with all the
power and authority of military rule
1t is the opinion of DR.. Davega that it is utterly
impossible for the allies to avoid another winters
campaign in the Crimea in any other way than by
leaving it altogether, ThOir work has only COM
menced with the taking of the south side of Sebas-
topol and the capture of the north side-f it ever
| shall be captured-will be attended with still
greater loss than they have yet experienced He
confirms the accounts We have already published, as
to the seventies of the climate and the character of
the country. They will be compelled to encamp, as
they did before outside of the city, that part of it
| Is,
said, completely unenabe, and such is the nature of
the soil during the rainy season, that is utterly i'm
posslble to use either cannon cavalry, while the
foot soldier sinks down TO his knees at every STEP
! !he prospects which open before the allies, under
these circumstances, are certainly of most gloomy
kind. Gortschakof spoke truly when he said Cen
erals January and February would do all their bust
ness for them.
We have spoken of the feeling of the Russian SOL
dlers IN respect to the war; and may add that it
| IS nIInn VThIn n,o+nr 1oo1 all Il
throughout the empire. The mobiles are willing to
sacrifice their fortunes, if necessary in war which
they look upon as of the most iustiiable that
has ever been waged by their country. In common
with the soldiers they believe that they cannot be
defeated and are determined on fighting for every
inch of ground in the Crimea before they give it up
The religious enthusiasm of the soldiers is kept up
by the Greek priests, OF whom there a large
number IN the camp, and who inspire them with
idea that they are engaged in crusade against the
lnfdel Every address issued by the Emperor is re-
ceived by them with the greatest enthusiasm and in
cites them 10 the most reckless deeds of daring and
bravery. With an army inspired by such feelings,
with an engineer who has not perhaps, his equal in
Europe with generals whose abilities have been well.
tested, and with the disposal Of almost unlimited re-
sources at his command his ultimate success appears
to be only question of time. 1t only remains to be
seen whether the difficulty will be patched up by
diplomacy or settled by force of arms.
The Spirit Of the Times has good one concerning
Fire Hunting "a species of deer hunting INDUCED
in at night by of blazing pitch pine knots,
which shining in the eyes of the game, discover its
whereabouts, "Pidwidgeon" arrives on the ground
with large party, headed by negro carrying the
light:
odd d.d.dere he is mas'r Don't you see he great
shiny eyes! Take keer-fre away right atween his
eyes. Bully big buck dat p No sooner said than
done. blazed away, taking straight aim as a
man with any amount of wine, and without the
buck ague take. To my astonishment, the two
balls of fire, which did not seem twenty yards off,
never blinked, but stood gazing unfInchingly
while old Joe, furously waving the pine knots kept
on whispering Ia Bowery theatre-'Fiah, fab way,
mas'r Glib him fodder barrllr let rip the left
hand barrel. No use. There they gleamed-those
red eyes-glaring savagely at me-unshaken firm.
What an awful fire there was in them Il say, Pig
said one of the company, did you load your gun 9
No said |, the Colonel told me had better take
his and that it ready loaded. Let me load it,
says he. Still keeping my eyes fixed on those two
deer eyes, which from two eyes hegan to grow into
four eyes, and lost in astonishmen at this phenome-
non, the gun handed back to me- | took aim
once more, let drive, and-there still sparkled those
awful eyes-the left hand one especially. Rendered
desperate, maddened by my terrible shooting, and by
the stoicism displayed by that buck, swore like
deaf and dumb trooper-silently and telling old
Joe IN Whisper TO creep up nearer, prepared to
give the beast the benefit of the left.hand barrel
No 60 nearer, masr Fiah Fah quick while
demmed old buck skeeredn Again took aim, cool
bang Oh, horror! for yards around pecks of fery
flashing light burst forth in every direction. Knock'd
his brains out this time. Pig saw em hy Let's
grab the game said of the company. We
rushed up pell-nell. | had drawn a terrible large
knife in order to cut up the deer when one loud
laugh broke from the whole company, as old Joe
held up, In the full glare of the pine knots the
smashed remnants of big squash 1t had been
followed OUT two holes cut in it for eyes, and light
put behind it and stuck up old cottonwood
stump, by some one-nobOdY knew who! Sech
laughter -Sech yelling Old Joe put the pine knots
down on the ground, and broke for palmetto patch
where occasional bursts of thunder were heard as if
there was laughter going in the bowels of the
Garth. We got back to Tiger Cat, and the Colonel
who stood at the door to welcome our return, when
informed of my luck, never moved muscle, and
swore by all things visible that he had hand in
1t; but owned up to having had aCO in the manufac-
ture OF q big bowl of punch then brewing indoors
| So in went, and in a couple of hours, or more,
had the solid satisfaction of kind of realizing the
fact, that owing to the strong brew, there man
of that party could tell squash-ghts from deers'
eyes!
Robert Chisolm, writing to the Editor of the Balti-
more Ame rican Farmer says
" Being under the necessity OF furnishing food for
cow here from a very limited piece of land, have
tried thu two kinds of Guinea grass, Indian corn
drilled, and millet, and have found that the two last
will furnish green food per acre than the two
former especially in dry season. Drilled will
afford much more food in short tme but it will
stand only one cutting, the millet will furnish the
most food during the season, it will stand repeated
cuttings. | would therefore recommend combina-
ton of the three; the Guinea, which is prepagated
from stools OF roots, for very early crop, drilled
corn tor the next CROP and mlet tor the balance OF
the season. have grown the Dourra corn or the