Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-03-20
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worked second resnFreet0a among the dry bones oil
IueoladeHs--tbe first was when Sumter tell and uni
vefsaI Yapkeeioln beeame militant. The uadste, y t''-
ncfirdyo OF The army since that time till Bulls Run, had
cooled off the white heat from their wrath but now and
tepi bnnliatng and dsgracetul defeat had aroused
theu, and the entire country sgam5d With nag Wor-
Shippers burning to wipe out this last disgrace PeO-
pie call the French mereurial people, and they
but whore can you find the equals OF The Yankees 2
/ ri ddDg, money making industrious and money wor-
shipping though they be, yet who so keen sud eager IN
the ursnt OF novelty and excitement II De IN
elgating over some human monster OF deermlty or OF
/ crime, in BarnuDs,, or the 'Tombs, or again, III
run, pg ter AID licking the very dust from under the
ket af Kossath or Of titled foreigner As Sample
0! tie taste Of New York, read her RGtioe literature
and e,. ns If they love excemt nj and novelty. \ o
maj er how furnished whether out of murders abd the
like or calumnics their next door peighbors whether
vtritab!e lies turn shed from TIE lnxbaustabe store
houses Of such papers as the Herald" Tribune" or
the Sunday prs3, (Which are par Tteleace the sl4ndr
mongers A peculiar trait OF this people is their lnor
dinae colceit. causing them to imagine themselves
/ the apex Of CIVILIZATION Infinitely superior to the
! rest OF mankind, and capable Gf performing any
! thing, eye1 to the c0uP!eFt reduction and suhJu-
gauoD Of tle Ntutie!n people ;satd as Tor ,urelgn
| uterVeuii5n, il II could beieve Their Pres, and
! di! pot remember certain g Trent > affair,
t5ey gUuld Rather lie II tlan 0tAerMst and al not
only able bat eager to fsht England and France N
| bnrd This coHsbirGt7oH as Lincoln called the R-yU
luton was sse med i~4t mere trhe he gascGnade
sle 1t >Queqich,d out teere his gallant Uni0n saving
army lien 60 days add q, then exteusl0n Of so
was gIanttG hu even tbenthe prtnise iaed, and at
The tune We now refer 10. tie lst Of April WAS to
The graud conSun,matl0n OF all +" LIE pe'h N1p0e0"s
plans I'D tie Uu n restored il is pris;ina Integrity -
We can v0urh for the iact that oil AhrAhanls ck DID
not belize this they had been deaded often thai the
syren voice OF these seductive and hAttrrg prem
ises tell ctdiy inseuslbe to tie cha"mers wilts
We heard variety OF p!atat!OGs Of The patio a. Ma
! mas as atf
fnce settled that point drul ken aud eO~ardy officers
aud the overwhelming I+ne force, run up as hgh as 20
to 100000 mep. out lie most Ingenious vas this TIE
army III want q waggouers and drivers and num-
Der Of en Offering themselves for employment al the
| Cgntcrve camp were gBgaged--these turned out
to De spies from tie rebel army, aud WIN the battle
was lis f2rces they cut the Barnes OF tie vaus aad
weggQs and Tie horses and mules Scampern4, b
! the same time rsisrg an alarm that they were sur
rouady while il The confusion, they themselves ESCAPED
to their ues, cutting Ibe artillery harness they
nh SOM very rare and honorable Exceptions,
he papers were filed with accounts by pretended eye
witnesses o. tie most fedisb barbaties perpetrated
the wouudd aud prsonrs The most atrocious aud dla
b0Iica il s,hoo circulated OF wounded men bay
rs butcheIed SPORT with curses, Jeers and bes
heads cut IF and carried on p,lrs Abe Llncolus iu
tals out the b, dies OF the dead al 80 t0rlh
We universally branded csc tales cJwardIy AID it,
famous joels on a people, their superors in
! esy as ia arms, and many bitter argument we he'd
this poiut Individual instances may and will occur
aud III always have occurrd OF cruelty, but such
sc tlts rs they depcte lett perfectly sati>f
had taken place. YOU Of course know we'll as most
OF Your readers, that hts horrible lies and these false
| reports ot battles, manufactured for two OH cts
fist fer home consumption to fire the tagging al OF
mi gu ded ard druded people, and second, or expor
aliOn TO bias The EuF0pean mind against the South.
! The NO!ttern pope seem Wlluliv Din d, a the
maj rity beiir We a! hing the Government publishes ;
AID they whose ia hers ugnt Tor liberty, ire ready 10
hroeg ITEMS Ives beueah Tie wheels of an iron spot
ism. The Sou hern army wer1 Denounced as savagcs
infinitely worse an the SepogS AID yet those very pa
pes found tor these niian savagee and in the
comparison they came out better than ,he very uen
who, but lew months ptvi )usly they had held in the
! ralerna ,.nbrac. Ct ma iona brotherhood. We used
20 ask low they accom- I'd fer such change IN an
tive nat ion ia So briei perod Gould the changing OF
a civil z m us hlg, Allegiance make him q savage
| or q demo
But VIZ must proceed. ard we 81 al do 50 quickly
carry servj0g cur commsn MS 90 the
| West ulji return 0ugh Z TIA, Columbus and
Z4Ot svile to Bcair, where again strike the OaiO
| Il YER short distance below Wheeling now the seat
OF Government iur Governor Perponts bogus State of
Western Virginia. then Steubenvle aid across the
MOn0ngabea and Iegbany Rivers TO Pittsburg which
lies begrimutd with SCOT peninsula between these
TWO rivers Tie ride from JoLnSt0Un, Celebrated
iron manufac nrng place, the ConDemaugh River
aid at the f00r OF the great asc nj OF the Aiegtanits
passing t. sources OF the ,tunata TO Altoona the
Eastern store, ard al along the Valley Of the SusQGe
hanna to Harrisburg, IS very grand and romantlc Ii
bounding seems that form the gems of many an ar
lists portfolio. On tie summit the ridge, at Ores.
| ton, small watering pa'e, Wis Anderson, the wife OF
| Maj 5r A. OF odmte: nOtoretY no8 a Federal Bfiga-
der General, bat shoGey one, standing TIE
platform. The General recuperating his energies
among he mountains Of Pennsy lvania From Harris
burg We das ed along through Lancaster TO Plladel.
phia through New Jersey to An50y, and entered n.
York By way Of Rarian Bay eni STATEN Island sound
A tie N"rrows" we tbs Gutter " Harriet Lane"
doing picket duty. She IS a perfect boaufy, and
Sis On the water Ike thing OF e From PhiIa-
dSphia had ta@ macy OF the returning three
months uteo, mostly belonging TO New York regiments.
hey ubas tbeic officers loudly and bittsryaccusing
tieu OF cowardice aud Dcapacity. One man, hearing
ugly wound his Ice declared that wbtn his reg-
ordered to advance mostly all tue officers hd
| his company had not one lett to give a command :
ttey were seeking behind anything that would
shelter them from those ptdguy bullets and Others veri
fed the statement all thoroughly sick of the
i II the truth known, precious few of the three
months men would ever again raise Lincoln musket
unless those who away and stole them these, to all
| intents and purposes, ro1sed Their guns
/ And now We are III Gotham! that city of contradic
ti0nS and extemes-a city OF great beauty aud hateful
ugIinss OF much that good aud noble, hard III hand
I with all that is evil and igDobe--Of prOcely fortunes
ard paIaaI sioDs, abutt g on squaid poverty and
| filthy iooketies sCehing III a that is revolving the
one scene OF luxury and vouptuousDess, the other oil
| pnching want and vice in her cOarsest robes
and most disgusting features profusly adorned with
elegant and costly churches schools and public charities
while the heahen the unletered and the starving crowd
her it such places were 10 existeuc3saint
and snuer vice aud virtue oste On Broadway side by
side. gaudy display and extravaganza equally dstin
gushing BOTH These changed times with US yet
glenn rCn the sunshine of the past Gc occasionally
flicker across the dark horizon of the present. revealing
craven deep memorys tablet the impress of many