Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

lnslance have heard word 81 regret By reason Of the
war tlmd note sounded 10 regard 10 is issnes aoh
DFeathed over the departed Union d ahost as ss;,a
expressed ia favor OF compromise or
un me contrary one unverss chorus echoes fbronoh
.ne length and breadth of the land The NET i hsa
ken' AUD we are de iyered" dr. Everett and his yota
RES VINO stun believe Ia imprisoned LOYALTY as existing
~ 'e oouan might as ven search IN the British Islands
TOT man who desired them to be annexed to France
30 unted SO hon oseneous a eommanit as the States
OF Inc southern COnfeieracy finds no parallel in our
annals No waF ,af England has waged for a hun.
d'ed years has met <h such cordial, unanimous TN.
Idvdsd support.
cries Fox the war against Russia its Richard Cob
den There such character in the Southern States
The victory OF the Fedras in this exasperated srug
gle means, not the defeat Of the Southern armies MT
the possession of Richmond, Charleston Savannah,
MoOlle, and New Orleans, which would no more lead
to conclusion of the Than the seizure of the Isle of
Man. A Federal victory means nothing on earth but
me e1termination AID annihiIaOn Of every man. 40
man aud CHILD 10 the Southern Coniederacy. There 10
no passion, no fre1ky u the universal language The
intensity OF the bae Pushes the cheS and cinches the
teeth, but finds little expression in feeble words L
anything the exuberance of amnesty is percep-
De ia lie nashng eyes aud eager earnesnf Of the
women, but the settled and uncotqaerabe frmness OF
the men require nothing to be added to j..
The possibility OF Rchm0nd's falling is calmly dis
cussed and preparations have long made for such
contingency Surprise is expressed that the Fed, T.
aIs have not long possessed themselves of severa
other Southern cities we'll New O, leans. The
possession OF capital city in these days Q! railroads
very different thing from what it used 10 be 10 the
days Of Waeram aud Jena. Great suffering might be
infc' cd aud Chi en- it Mobile aud Charles
ton il-sufrng which there is only too much reason
to fear would be most acceptable the Ftderas ldg.
ing from the record Of their deeds during the last year
and half. But every considerable CITY 10 the South
| hfu ha mn
Or undermining the resolutions of the eebest heart if
any feeble hearts there be, in The Southern Conede-
racy.
SOW TREY THEIR LOSSES.
am told by the highest auth that the official
statement comprising the most minute details OF the
Confederate loss at tue battle OF Antieam Creek
mates the Confederate loss in killed, wounded aud
ing. at 5000 men. Another fact is noticeable A
Federal lss OF lnfnite magnitude would evoke sigh
OF sympathy moment OF sadness except far as it.
was supposed TO defer the restoration of the Union
Bat the whole C0ntederacy hewas h- 900 victims
at Antieam Greek with brotherY affection and sym.
pathy.
Nor is that appalling indifference which amszo and
para Yves the spectator 10 w ashingion and New York
affeclei here. Scarcely lady but wea:s mourning
proud to display that ape has lost relative fighting in
cause dearer TO her than lie scarcely person nu
speaks sercowiuy ard with sflic,on OF loas which
seems TO them appalling though not much than
onehrd OF that il fcted upon their POGO curans Toe.
THE SOUTHERN ARMY.
Well may nation be confident of winning it's indie
pendence which ,hibt such spectaces every
day produces wherever Southern army is in the field
There, poverty hunger, and dirt, shoeess with shrt
ragged aud rent, often without hats their feet bleeding
they drag their weary limbs through dust and brar
are serving in the ranks the gentlemen and the sang
0zut OF the South. Many man who, until the com
mencement of the war, had scarcely thought beyont
the Cafe Foy and the Bouevards of Paris and Il
whose motnl0g toilet every diversity OF cosmetic al
necessary water, has for months bes marching IN
der musket, without one single change OF rament
feeding grass maize aud pork lying at night OF
the bare earth with single blanket between him AM
the canopy OF heaven
And these men, many Of them bearing some of Egg
lands most hODored names, and descended from Eng
lands best families 10 the field and have been
for nineteen months fighting against mercenaries VIII
have repudiated England as though she gOverne
by a Nero, and have escaped from German perjury
consc iptions. Whatever may have been the truth las
winter, 1t ls lot pretended that the NOrther
armies are not mainly comp0 cd Of men OF foreign birth
here are the native Americans OF weight and lDtuenc
serving in the Northern armies? Why does not Wen
dell Phillips take the field Men older than be
log by dozens in the Southern ranks Where is Charle
: Summers musket? The Senate could spare Senate
, sker, IN no wise Nj. Summers Interior intellect
1t W re noble answer to the South, which sneels
nOn-duelists for want OF courage to show how
that class comport himself upon the perilous edg
II OF battle. Il Is but probable that with unoppOst
command OF The AMI tie great rivers during the
autumn Hoods, the South m&y lose Thousands more
her sons in addition to that great OF blood whiC
t, has already been eheerfuy poured out in her deeuc
But let her b. left without single city village, wit
n nothing but her internal fastness aud her immen
area Of territory, and though every 10 the Mort
uDder fifty take the field they would he in
cient to make such ration the South lie at Il
- test ct her Enemy
lie
h Terrific Dog Fight.