Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-03-27

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March 10, 1852 -298t*
Personal ExpssI.aUcs Ia lin. oIn5Iorn.
10. Z.
/ We board-d at the same b0ttl with paroled Sur
geon Q! OHe OF the Maine regiments taken at Manassas
who he'd spent some time III Richmond. II lett home
violent aboltUnst ard returned from captivity
s0le he knew of no barbarits such the papers
published but bore quite contrary testimony he said
the wounded well cared for he himself was one
of their attendants both the battle field and when
they removed. He quite satisfied that Secesh
could not be wiped out easily We were present on
Fast Day in The lSt Parish Church, when Spr7g from
Cambridge Mass ventilated his ideas of the Gospel
We went prepared and neryed up to hear a few olu
siors to The idol, but being day OF humdlatlon
not prepared Tor such batent hyper b0cai Union
apoiOgy-Oue continuous rant. We tell you freEds
had this pesedt fellow been what be repres ned him
SELF ambassador for Christ the meek and OWy and
loving Saviour, his message might well have struck
to The stoust heart, unnerved the strongest arm
aud b.anched the bolde8t cheek The Flag, not only
waved in its proud folds high above the cross but in its
amplitude entirely hid from view the emblem of saliva.
non and mercy. Isead of preaching peace and good
will, end inv king pardon for the past and return to
wiser counsels, this Reverend BOmblees Furioso'
Ifu Of vanity and wind called down the vengeance OF
Heaven every rebel and traitor TO The f4g Of gorl-
Uaon. sadly fear, that. like the Priests of
Baa OF old, he may invoke for fire in vain His epogue
urg upon the people to rally in support of their gO-
riOuS county; Dtvr, said he may this be
finished until every rebel be palsied until every
State county, town and village acknowledge the supre
macy oi our Jaws unti from every rebel stronghold
the glorious flag is uuuIed the breeze aud universal
IRE, dom is established. Poor fellow, how relieved he
must have felt after throwing off such weight Some
OF the most prominent Members OF the congregation,
ladies and gentlemen got up and left the place IN dis
gust ia the early stage of his patriotic rhapsody Ore
whole family close by us went out We remained to
see what w0uld become Oi THIS d" flag w0rshipper,''
fearful leS having get himself wrapped twisted and
tangled up in its folds lie Should be unable to Cfag gle
out agaio. The services conc I'D with magnificent
anthem ard we lett satisfied we had got dJze enough
! for the rest of our sojourD.
In tie enviroGs OF the city Cape Elizabeth ae two
much tequenied fashionable resorts called the " Cape
Cottage and the Ocean House, and rocky island
IN the bay facing Ot the channels Canadian
gent eman is ldlng mammoth hotel All the guests
one, these watering places Canadians and
quite amused al The air Of suptTOri'Y they
9um-d over the Yankees You must know the Ken
DDck OF your small potatO We tell one
tar see him. Oar experience cohviDces US OF
he tact that with scarcely exception The Canadians
as well as the British are with US 10 eei g they were
before the trent" affair, since then the feeling
has beCOne stronger They argue that il The American
cooIists usJjf d in throwing Of Hei, aIega
10 Great Britain, upon a matter OF principle for their
zeal grievances trjfirg, how much more usfais
were The ding States in ahjaring connection with
people bent upon their political ard commercial reduc-
tiOn to state Of va2saaEe. Rcpubiicanism and high
protective tariff were the agents Besides, they could
see pre:edent in the NIagna Chayt1 OF the Union-
! The Declaration OF Independence sanctions revelation
as inali, Ole right. There IS Disgusting the
TACT, fo fac. a that the North and South, although
out dtcy separated, have long Een two distinct peo-
pies, d Il ring alike in political, moral and social life
You can tell them apart wherever you meet them
Separation might Lave been delayed, hut come it must.
eventually.
The great mass Of tbs recruits obtained in these parts
was from the two branches of industry paralz+d by the
revolution, Tx lumber aud f-hiDg busney. They em-
pOycd many thousands Of men, and now they had but
tie choice telween fighting or statyng. The many
small craft ich in former times employed in the
West I0dm and Southern trades laid uD Idle at
the whaFv s. The blockade scaled up The South and
the r1k o West luda voyage at the mercy ot prates
could not be taken although immense treIghts
were ot,tr,d. We boldly 8fFrm that the history OF
no nation shows parallel TO people OF twenty
odd millions, boaStiDg their proves on the ocean,
possessing a very good small navy and Thousands
of merchantmen all scared Of tie confines Of the
Gulf Stream by two small Confederate vessels, the
dreaded and ubiquitous JEFF Davis aud Sumter
The cry was a second Paul Jones had arisen Even
the Panama steamers quaking for their safety, made
wide tCueySeS hese two redCubttbie crafts became
perfect terror to tie entire Northern comm rce One
day the Sgmter was quoted as among the WiDdWaTd
Islands, the next among the Leeward, and the next If
Cape Cod She the great bugbear of Yankeedom
At one time we believe nearly half the American
navy detailed To catch her aud the jeff but the
old adage held good, f0tula facet fort'bus.
We scarcely think that an army of men, recruited as
we scibtd could be called patriots. Our experience
teaches that with the great majority OF the long
vice Northern troops patriotism matter OF bread
and meat some few went from choice, bat the majority
from necessity In the West, however, found a diff
erert class there many well to DO farmers went in Tor
the dag swearing vengeance on all Rebellion, and even
these partially driven in, for with seal upon
the Mississippi and u run0us tariff On the Eastern
Railroads, farm produce literally worthless
The farmers IN the extreme Western States were
burning fuel, it worth only six to eight
cents per bushel ard coal worth 20 cenls (w0od is
scarcely known in the Prairie States At this very time
tie paterna Government OF Lincoln paying Il cts.
a bushe for corn in the Eastern cities One firm in
PbadeE bia had contract at this price for million
bushels. he history OF this thus far shows the
Western man o better fighter than the Eastern or
Northern and naturally their education dwaris them
neither in soul nor body. We many of the return
war. The 1st Regiment returned, aud great induce
mens we're offered and much Bunkum wasted for the tide
OF patriotism had reached low ebb, so much so that
drafting talked Of and this when Maine had raised
but eight reg ments if we remember aright but that
mighty rror, Pcayuae Bater, came along partly as
his rumpeters died when be young, to blow his
own Instrument and partly to rouse up the natives SO
that IN late Fall they had got to No. H. where we
believe they stu stand. There lmmense head OF
steam got up the Hateras affair, and the taking of
that sandbank magnfed into the redemption OF the
entire ate of North Carolina. An immense amount
of lying done about the latent Union feeling Now
the world was have demonstrated to them the roton-
ness of secession for in the very and only State which