Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-11-18


| Almost the last judicial act Of the Harpers
Ferry DRAMA for the present has been played
Cook Coppic, Copeland and Green the two latter ne
roe have been convicted and sentenced to be hung in
public on the 10th day of December The in the
Court House on the occasion of their sentence Thurs
day. is said to have been quite affecting. Judge Par
kers eyes moist and many others in the Court
House wept. A good deal of sympathy had been got
up for Cook mainly on account OF his youth and his
family and family connections There some others
who cannot be tried at this term of the court Stevens
will go to the United States Court. Hazit may be
tried hereafter, and in few months the affair will be
comparatively forgotten.
Another matter demands attention. which it must re-
ceive things they stand positively hu-
initiating to the country We refer to the outrages on
the Rio Grande frontier of Texas A bandit, called
Cortnas at the head of set of deperadoes is ravagng
the country unopposed. They say that he has taken
Brownsville he has stopped the mais-that the
Mexicn flag floats insultngy over American soi-that
the Mexicans on the other side sympathse with this
Chief who suppose is fully as respectable as any OF
the Mexican generals presdentsthat the cry Is for
the reconquest of Texas to the Colorado
OF course all this is talk SO far recOnquest goes.
1t is an unfortunate reality far the people of Browns
vile and other frontier points concerned Cortnas
and his band are said to be mainly Texans of Mexican
birth or descent who were forced to leave at the revo
ton or SINCE when the country fell into the hands of the
Americans Some we suppose left because they had
taken sides with the Mexican centrasts against Texas,
and in doing so had been guilty of atrocities that would
have subjected them to speedy vengeance. Others left
as fugitives from American Justice all filled with ha-
;ob +o1 4ho
present opportunity to vent the unprotected outlying
communities. Where are the Texan Rangers ?-where
the Texan Militia ?where the former spirit of the peo
pie, that they do not pour down upon this miserable
bandit and sweep it off the face of the country Isn't
it strange that few Mexican adrones can career IN
safety over the soil of a State that contains the
battlefield of San Jacinto? By the time that the
troops of the General Government get there the light
armed and we'll mounted guerrias will be over the river
beyond pursuit. and the blood of our murdered fellow
citizens will cry in vain for vengeance President after
President has represented this matter to Congresshas
shown how increased force would really entail no
greater expense, as it would not require so frequent
transportation being always in sufficient strength at any
MANAGED point, and transportation is now the heavy
item in army expenses. But Congresses little
for these things. They seek rather to embaass the
Executive than to cooperate in good faith for the in
terests of the country.
This thing may have consequences, even more grave
than would at first appear. 1t may, and probably will
encourage the Indians to make concerted attack upon
our exposed frontier, ard ultimately compel the forces
of the United States to pursue marauders into Mexican
territory, thus leading almost unavodaby to the absorb
ton of more OR less Of the territory of that country
The threatening aspect of European affairs, lost
sight of for the time being in the presence of more i'm
mediate and domestic of excitement begins again
to attract large share of attention. The feeling
of arrangement between France and England has been
gaining strength since the conclusion of the Rus
sian war. The English national pride was then hurt
and with some reason for their ally conrived to get all
the glory to himself and leave all the oboquy to his
dear insular friends.
Louis Napoleon, under professions of peace, has ever
since been preparing for the biggest kind of srug
gle of the first magnitude and his preparations such
plainly indicate maratme power as the object OF hos
tlites for otherwise they would be perfectly obectess
Against Russia, Austria Prussia his immense fleets
and maratime Notifications would be useless. This
ness-hence her vast preparations marelo towers
and Armstrong guns, and big ships, and numerous gun
boats. Hence her large fleets in the Mediterranean
her Jealous fears for Malta and Gibraltar, her watch
fulness everywhere.
| The public mind of Europe is unsettled from ST.
Petersburg to London and no man really knows what
may happen at any moment.