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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-03-13

" The Opening OF THE CorToN MARKET"-The
New York Herald of the 9Th has the following pleasing
editorial article: :
The government is still receiving small supplies Of coil
ton from Port Royal bat in very short time we shal
.tsstss'nG Of from million and hall two mill
Nous u Savannah and Charleston will soon be in
possession and at least halt million OF bales are
stored there. The Burnside expedition may be relied
upon for another half million. At Memphis all the
cotton grown along the Tennessee and Cumberlna
ers, in Northern Alabama and in part of Arkansas
centrej, and will be captured with The city, The Soath
ern cotton will reach New York very quickly and the
Western cotton viii be transported here by the rail-
usual supply of cotton this year. and at the usual time
We think, Also that the price, now risen to average
of twentyour cents win then fall to the usual amsunt
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WILLIAM LIPPETT.

KETHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, and Dealer in
w Paints Oils, Dye Sus, Window Glass, Garden Seeds,
Permery, Patent Medicines &c. &c. of Front and
A-u q
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.rA&E ERHI. IEEEM.

1NCNTRACTOR AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the
public that he is prepared take contracts in his line
of business He keeps constantly on hand, LINE CEMENT
PLASTER PLAsTEHnG HAIR Philadelphia PRESS BRICK, FIRB
BRICK, &c.
~ b. To Dsters Of Turrcntiae,-he is prepared to put
up Stills at the shortest notice May 20-37ly.
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Wanted.
NONNss NEGRnE,s 1NAsrE.-

1OCGG NEGROES WASTEN.
10 The subscriber desires to purchase a number Of
n YOUNG NEGROES, boys and girls, for which he will
~. give the full MAJ ket rates
Persons hayng such property to dispose # had better
give him cali Il. Fl. REGISTER.
Clinton Sampson, equity, N. c., Feb 6lb, 1862 2lSm*
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TUtTE UDnLhES 5stlNHAtb
FgNHB ABOVE HGWA} Will be gwen for said Legroes,
SOL ana ned, Twenty Dollars for either OF them,
dead alive, their confinement in aJy jail in the
state that them again sol. is about so years
Old weighs about 2O lb about feet 10 inches high quick
spoken smoo black skim and little grey. Ned b about
- wears Old about inches high, thick set, weighs
about lbs quick spoken, black skin and carpenter
By trade. q. W AUIkB1.
IAN. 3lfh 1852. E3.tf
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WALKER BIEARES,

DRJGGIsT AND APOTHECARY,
No As MARKET STREET.
A full stock Of Medicines, Paints Oils Window Glass
Hair Brushes Paint Brusees Toilet Soaps, Fancy Articles
Iandreths Garden Seeds &C., &c. constantly hand.
The attention Of Physicians is especially called the
stock of Medicines which warranted being pure
NnNamhnr D. 1850.
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HoRR1BLE-A clerical gentleman who shall be
nameless gets of the following: Why is Mrs Lincoln
like Lazarus? Give it up Because she rests in Abra
hams bosom
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sUTECE.

ENTLEMFN, ] am happy to say thet am oUce more
" in market for a few likely young NEGROES. Pereons
having such property TO dispose Of will find thir ad
vantage TO address me at Ciin<on. n G.
JOHN BARDEN.
Jan. 30h, 1862. 232m,
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Professional and Business Cards.

rrv W P. KENDALL, }. 5. KENDALL.
COX, KENDALL, a. co
+ fxO8wJSpTOT MERCHANTS AND WHOLESALE GRO
GERS Ne. II & Il, North Water st.
NOct gitb I,6I eff
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G.. ". ROBINSON Il CO,

C. II. ROBINSON tG co.
Ct0KfsfTSSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
{ WILMINGTON, n. &.
Office aver j. A. Wizards Store Entrance corner
Princess and Water Streets.
March 8. l860-I58&29.
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SEWING \ EEDLEs.-A blacksmith 10 Wilkes county
has commenced the manufacture of ladies' Sewing Nee
dies and will soon be able to supply any required guam
tty The sample which we have seen is for sewing
cambric end fine linen, and to all appearance will
swer every purpose, equal to tae best imported, and
warranted 10 cut III the eye"
Sewing cotton and sewing needles are now being
made in the Southern Conederacy-wbo will start a
button factory ?-IredeU EIpreSS.
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GEO. w. ROSE,

rtAHPENTEE AND CONTRACTOR,
Z June II WILMINGTON, n I.
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From the Montgomery Mail.
Gum Cotton. Again.


Gun Cotton, Again.
60me sixteen years ago, the question: can Gotten be
substituted for guDpOwder much agitaed in the
newspapers and elsewhere. he question after very
many successful experiments, finally lost sight OF,
bat from what cause We do not r'm2mber ii ndctd we
ever knew. The question has been revived. and the
following communication copied from late lumber OF
the New OtIeans True Delta may prove proitaby ID
tertSng at this time Ne hope that our chemists gen
erly will give the subj their stteuton Good bat
tcrics near Montgomery supplied with gun cotton,
might he used to our advantage some day when gun
powder is scarce. Read:
may be that military authorities have not con
sdered the question, whether il th Sc times it would
lot be advisable to resort the manufacture of guncot-
ton powder he scarcity ard high price of ordinary gun
powder naturally suggests the inquiry, and beg leave
to call attention to IT,
Ii cotton be STEPPED during fifteen minutes in lie
monohy ydrate Of azoc acid, and is then washed aud
dried il, (couon). though hardly changed in appear
ance is then Of the most powerfully explosive sub
stances known to chemistry.
In Europe It was once suppose it would superctde
gnnp)wdcf. but 1t was liable to two objections. lst
It's cost price six times greater than that of gun
powder I'd It's explosive force proves too powerful
being much greater than gunp0wder that it caused
The frequent bursting Of firearms. 1t was however pos
it(vely asc5rained that it superior gunpowder
for the filling OF bombs, etc. A bomb Charged with
gun cotton is ten times des uctive than one
charged with gunpowder so also, gun cotton
much better for mining purposes submarine bat
tories and the hike.
Nothing prevented its being adopted tor charging
bombs except its cost, which three or four times
greater than HAT Of gunpowder. Now however, when
satpetye and sui phur cost four FIVE times more than
ordinary mts the question arises whether gun cot
ton cannot be manufactured as cbeapy as gunpow.
der. The principal Ingredient (cotton can be bad for
the asking Oar patriotic planters would be glad TO
furnish it at the lowest possible sprice for such usez
The ony point 10 be ascerained is, whether the axotc
acid can be easily and cbeaply made Our cbemsts,
Riddel, Bertrand, ETC., could soon decide this
The Importance Of increasing the sources OF sup
plies OF ammunition during this war cannot be over
estimated and if can indeed save great quantities
OF gunpowjer for the service of firearms by using gan
cotton for charging bombs aud the like, it should be
done,
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VOLUNTEERING The volunteering spirit is still on
the increase throughout this part of the State In this
county two companies have recently been formed,
Capt \ ciolS aud Capt. Ross, and Others being
formed one under Messrs. J. Fl. White, S. E. Beck
and J. NJ. Springs, and one under j. A. Fox, ESD
The time has now come when man must either volun-
teer or be drafted. Volunteers get $l00 bounty
drafted men get no bounty.
Col. Y. Bryce and j. B. French Esq, are also
forming company.-C Charlotte Democrat
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ALEx - yzA~ OLDHAM,
DEALER IN GRAIN, AND COMMISSION MER-
- CHANT.
WILMINGToN, n. G.
Prompt 5ttention given to the sale Of Cotton, Flour, B0
con and other Country Produce.
Dec. 22d. 1859 II
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CONFERENCE POSTPONED.
CHARLEsToE, s. c.. March

CHARLEsToE, S. c., March 5th, 1862
The Southern Christian Advocate has letter from Bsh
Andrew postponing the meeting Of the General Confer
e1ce of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Soath which was
to have taken place st New Orleans the first of April
The time and place viii be fixed by future meeting of
Bshops
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
BY TELEGRAPH.
FOR THE JOURNAL.
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.

RICHMOND, VA, March 5th, 1862.
Roh branches of Congress to-day engaged in dis
cusng the bill authorizing the commanding Generals to de-
sroy all cotton ard tobacco liable to fall into the hands of
the enemy The House refused pass the compensang
clause Pending motion to reconsider the compromising
cianse, the House adjourned
The opinion is strengthening that change viii be made
in the cabinet.
MORE FEDERAL TROOPS SAILED
NORFOLK, VA, March 9Th, 1862.
large steamer left Newport News yesterday loaded
with troops supposed to have gone Haeras reinforce
Burnside.
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March 2sth, 1851.
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Jan. 30th, 1862.

The following are the directions for purifying nitre
or altpere 20 be used in the manufacture of gunpow
der, given in Ure's Dictionary, under the head OF
runDOWdpr =
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RICHMOND, VA, March 7th, 1892,
Late English papers report favorable aspect of
affairs towards the South the opening of Parliament than
at hrst announced through Northern cnannel Nearly all
epresentaVe men express favorable views towards the
states and the towards the Northern
Government. Wv t0A-
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J(ist&IIanGous,
LEGEND OF THE WIssAH1KoN.
BY GEORGE LlppARD.

IT was here in these wilds of the Wissahi-
kon on the day of the battle, as the noon
day sun came shining though the thickly
clustered leaves, that two men met in
deadly conflict near rock that rose, like
the huge wreck of some primeval world,
at least one hundred feet above the dark
waters Of the Wissahikon.
The man with the dark brow, and the
darker grey eye, flashed with deadly light,
with muscular form, clad in the blue hunt
ing frock Of the Revolutions Conti-
mental, named Warner. His brother was
murdered the other night at the massacre
of the Paoli. That other man, with long
black hair dropping along his cadayerous
face, is clad in the half military costume
Of tory refugee. This is the murderer
Of the Paoli, named Dabney.
They had met there in the woods, by
accident; and they fought, not with sword
or rife, but with long and deadly hunting
knives, they go turning, twining and
twisting over the greensward.
AT last the tory is down! down on the
turfwitb the knee of the continental upon
his breast--that appraised knife quivering
in the light-tliat dark grey eye flushing
death into bis face! Z
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HARTFORD COUNTY INTELLIGENT
BEL AIR. MD SATURDAY MORNING. MAY TO- 1862

eyed boy are breathless. The little girl,
unconscious as she was, caught feeling of
awe from the countenances around her,
and stood breathless, her face turned aside,
and her tiny fingers resting or that line
of life or death.
At last, gathering courage, the widow
bent her eyes on the page, and read. It
vas line from the New Testament:
I "LoOe your eraemaes!"
All, that moment was sublime. Oh, aw-
full book of God in whose dread pages we
see Moses talking face to face with Jeho-
yah, or Jesus waiting by Samarie's we'll, or
wandering by the' waves of dark Galilee.
Oh, awful book |! shining tonight as I
speak, the light of that widows home, the
glory of the mechanic shining where
the world comes not to look, on the last
night of the convict in his cell, lighting
the way 20 God, even over that dread glib
bet. Oh, book of terrible majesty and
child-like love-of sublimity that brushes
the soul into awe-of beauty that melts
the heart with rapture you never shone
more strangely beautiful than when you
saved the murderer's life
For need [ tell you? that murderer's
life was saved-the widow recognized the
finger of God, and even the stern brother
was awed into silence.
The murderer went his way.
Now look ye, how wonderful are the
ways of Heaven? That very night, as the
widow sat by her lonely hearth, her orphans
by her side-sat there with crushed heart
and hot eye balls, thinking of her husband,
who now lay Wondering on the bloody soil
of Paoli--there was tap at the door
She opened it-and that husband, living
though covered with wounds, was in her
arms He had fallen in Paoli, but not
in death. He was alive, and his wife lay
painting on his bosom.
That night there was prayer in that
wood-emboweled cot of the Wissahikon.
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VOL. VINO. 10.

changing the relation of master and slave,
except with the consent of the master. I
have no right to declare the abolition of
slavery in another State; I have conceded
that this is to be left to the free choice Of
the citizens of the State. I have no right
to do anything to interfere with that free
choice. have, therefore, no right to ex-
cite such a state Of feeling among the
slaves, that the master shall be obliged,
from physical necessity, to liberate his
slaves, whether he believes it to be right
and wise, Or whether he believes the con-
trary. This is as much violation of the
spirit of the compact, as arbitrary act Of
legislation. The compact comedies, that
it is to be left to the free will Of the
States, and I oblige them to act in accor-
dance with my will and not in accordance
with their own. This is violation of
clear and solemn obligations. I have no
control over the manner in which my
neighbor shall educate his children and
to interfere BY physical force, in order to
oblige him to educate them as 1 please,
would be Infamous. But if stir up such
a feeling in his family, that he is obliged
to follow my suggestions, in order to save,
himself from being poisoned, I am equal
ly infamous The violation Of right is as
great in the one case as in the other. IF
a question has been left to my decision, I
claim the privilege Of deciding it for my
self, and thank no one for deciding 10
for me much less do I thank him for
taking the decision out of my hands, and
settling it by physical force. And it mat
tiers nothing to me, whether this physical
force Be exerted by my neighbor himself,
or whether he stir up another man to ex-
ert it. In both eases, it is a palpable and
insolent violation Of right.-Rev. T. Way
land, ID. d.
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4p&titnl.
For the Southern Kais.
OH! Glide ME NOT.
BY MRS. r. D. n

BY MRS. r. D. n.
Oh chide me not if pensive tears
Bedew my cheek tonight,
My thoughts revert to happier years,
When life was gay and bright;
No chilling words of cold distrust
My heart had ever known,
Then life was new and sweet to us,
And thou vert all my own.
oh |! chide me not, though weak it seems,
In sadness thus to grieve
Der blighted hopes and faded dreams,
BY which was deceived.
Oh could but recall the lost,
The lov'd of other years,
This wretched heart, now tempest-tossed,
Would have no need of tears.
But if thy heart no sadness feels,
No worshiped star hath set,
No hidden sorrow lies concealed,
With nothing to regret,
1t is in vain-thou canst not yield
The sympathy seek;
Check not my tears, but bid them flow
In pity let me weep.
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3 For the Southern Agis.
TO J. F.. L.

TO J. F.. L.
Sweet sunny South, love you we'll,
My own dear native land,
The invading foe are laying waste
The works of mans own hand.
Sweet sunny South, love you WE'LL
My own imperial land;
You have been robbed of treasures dear,
Along the ocean strand.
Sweet sunny South, love thy cline,
Where our fore-fathers trod,
Who fought and bled upon the field
Are now beneath the sod.
Sweet sunny South, I love thy cline
May God be at your side;
If Right should be your watchword,
He will with you abide
Sweet sunny South, thy verdant hills
Have been trodden by the foe
May Heavens blessing crown the work
That you perform below.
Sweet South, we thank thee for your home
Your birth-land of the free
Come from the Northern homes, my boys,
And breathe the air of liberty.
Willow GROVE, Del, April 25th.
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TIE FOR TAT.

All old settlers remember Mr.. H., who
filled the Office of postmaster at Oswego,
during the administrations of Jackson and
Van Buren,. One morning an Irishman
called at the general delivery:
"Any letter for Dennis Driscoll 2"
A search in the "D' box ensued, and
letter bearing the desired superscription
found.
"Foreigp," said Mr.. R., "twenty-four
cents postage to pay.'
"Sure, and I can't read; will your Hon
or read it for me 2" said Dennis.
The obliging postmaster, after Dennis
had unsealed the letter, complied with his
request, and read it from date to sigma
ture.
"Sure, it's not for me-" groaned Den
mis-, walking off without it.
Mr.. H. began to think himself the VIC
tim of a sell. There was no help for it at
that time, and there the matter rested.
Some time afterward Dennis again
presented himself at the general delivery
and gave his name.
"Foreign," said Mr.. H., sstwenty-four
cents postage"
"Will your Honor read it for me ? sure,
I can't read" 4
The wide-awake postmaster had q rea-
sonable excuse ready for not complying,
taking care, however, not to give offence,
and retaining the letter in his possession
until Dennis paid the postage.
AS soon as Dennis handed over the
money, Mr.. H. gave him the same letter
that had been read on the former occasion.
The transaction was thus closed without
detriment to the revenue.
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nara worthy old farmer, who thorough
" detestsd taxes and ax-gatherers, was
once called on by collector second time
for taxes he had once paid, but for which
be had mislaid the receipt; and as he told
the story to friend:
ssWould you believe it sir, the fellow
began to abuse me p
SsWell,n said bis friend: sswhat did you
do?" Is
n IDOL why DEMONSTRATED with him."
"And to what effect p a
aWell, 7 don't know TO what effect, but
tie poker aoas bent i
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What are the Constitutional Powers Of
Congress Over the Institution Of Sla-

very.
I think it evident that, as citizens of
the United States, we have no power what
soever either to abolish slavery in the
Southern States, or to do anything, of
which the direct intention is to abolish it.
Whatever power we possess, as citizens of
the United States, is conferred upon us
by the Constitution. This power is not
conferred upon as by that instrument, and
therefore 1t does not ecist.
But this instrument has not merely
positive, it has also a negative power. 1t
not only grants certain powers, but it ex-
pressly declares that those not enumerated
are not granted. Thus, it exacts, that
all "the powers not delegated to the Uni
ted States by the Constitution, nor pro-
hibited by it, to the States, are reserved to
the States, respectiyalys or to the people,"
Now, the abolition ofFt'Ftery being pow
er not conferred, it is, b, this article, ex-.
pressly withheld. Whatever power we
may therefore have over slavery, as cite
zens of several States, within our own
limits, respectively, we have none, as citi-
zens of the States. The majority of the
people of the United States have, in this
respect, no power over the minority; for,
the minority has never conceded to them this
power. Should all the States in the Union
but one, and that one the very smallest,
abolish slavery; should the majority of one
hundred to one, of the people Of the Uni
ted States, be in favor of its abolition, still
it would not alter the case. That one
State would be as free to abolish it or not
abolish it, as it is now. This is ques-
ton which has never been submitted to
the majority of the citizens Of these Uni
ted States, and, therefore, the citizens of
the United States, as citizens, have moth
ing to do with it. |
The same thing is evident, from the
most cursory view of the circumstances
under which the Constitution was formed.
Previously to the revolution, leach Of these
States was an independent colony, consti-
tuted into distinct government by char
ter from the British crown. Each colony
was government as distinct from every
other as though it had been q thousand
miles distant from all the rest; as distinct,
in fact. as are the different West India Is
lands from each other, or as any one Of the
West India Islands from the colony of
Canada, Of New Zealand or of Bombay
They all held Of the British crown, but
were all independent Of each other, and
the only bond Of union BY which they
were connected together, was that they
were oil subject to the same king, and all
acknowledged the ultimate authority Of
the constitunal laws Of the empire
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Ddr An enraged parent had jerked bis
provoking son across his knee, and wasop-
Grating on the exposed portion Of the mr.
chin's person with great vehemence, when
the young one dug into the parental legs
with his yenomous teeth. sHell's blasesl
what're We bitten me for Well aad;
who beginned this ere war Z
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Willow GROVE, Del, April 25th.