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

INTERESTING FR FKEDEKlCKsBU G.FI ON an inteH rnt
obsever, who has recently visited Fred Iitkt burg w,
have some inter sting accounts OF tn situation enc
emy and Of a.irs in connection with the military crisis
that quarer.
he hsiShts the opposite baak of the river CROWD
ed with the enemies batteries aud the black rnQzzs Of
their said TO look down into every steyt in
Fredericksburg Artillery is also posted at ali lords
At Purs twenty-five miles tue river The
enemy have heavy lard battery and Sunday last tour
gunboatS were reported to be in that ri inly.
1t Ia estimated than three or four hundred
persons Of the resden population have wthdr3 aag
distance fro fredericksburg. But any crowd.
ed III the county Immediately around tie Guy, N il =
out in tie fields and living such soany AMI Pr
subsistence is at hand The spectaces hch the
eye the city approached OF this h0useess popu
said to be very touching. Not th taTe
families remain wi hin the limits of the city,
poverty AMI other desperately resolved
the chanoss OF war.-Rlohnnond b. QMirer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

McNEM TEE Missouri MURDERER. 1t is stated on
the authority of Was bipgton Journal, that General
Mcneil who ordered the execution of ten Confederate
prisoners Palmyra, Miss is responsible for bis action
to the Missouri State authorities under whom be holds
bis commission. The Leavenworth Enquirer, OF No.
vember 81 states that he has been surrendered to the
Confederate authorities FIRST having been put in irons;
bat the statement is probably premature.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11
Fromtbe New York World
The Murder OF the Black Raee.


The Eusnsng Post frankly admits that the u,o.,.
object OF the radicals is the destruction of the Color
RAGS on this continent. 1t says:
As the Indians were crowded westward and On, -,
our bounds, by the irresistible advance Of The wba
man, so viii the blackSbe whenever that powerful no
tectve system with which the shareholders have ops
ed them is removed 1t is the destiny OF he free viii
working men Of this country to poes it the tor,,
of the Shareholders have hitherto robbed them of m
half OF 1.-THE richest, fairest half-and devoted il ~
the blacks 1t is the Shareholders who have preearr
the negro from decline among US tits the slavehodr
who have increased the blacks from seven lpndrs
thousand in 1890 to TOUR millions in 1860.
So it is admitted that those terrible fellows the ol.
holders whose chains, whbs aud bloodhour DIS We br
beard so much abost in anti-slavery novels AMI poem
are after all the real couservators OF The negro rac
while the AT olitionsts with all their proess,ons Of n
anthropy, contemplate their destruction The Posi- ia
right befreeiog OF negroes means their ey inctoD %
race 10 North America the history of toe p-esert
war proves that, beyond all peradVenture From A..
kansas arouud to Port Royal the same ccompan.
reaches us, that the negroes within our army lines m
in rags and starving .and that The soldiers abuse and
bate them. A card in yesterdays Tribune, from tho
agents of some negro missionary society, begging o
money and clothes, says:
There is about thousand 10 Hampton q1artere3 i,
ter s and still larger number Norfolk bur
dred and eighty at Norfolk and three hundred aid
enty quartered IN large store house and 10 barracks
Oou Tue bereavement look upon THESE pltlan o. lecS
charity, tattered and shoeiesa destitute of decent co
thing and compelled to SLEEP bard boards bricks or
ground without pallet or hardly rag under en-,
their hearts would bleed, and eyes unused t. weep
o'erfow with tears"
1t is not improbable that there are sixty thousard
freed negro families within lines in condon
and, undr the operation of the patioo proclaim
ton, army advances this number will double and
treble These poor people destined for misery and
uitpste destruction. The NoGth-even Massachusetts
will not allow them residence, and for the present
perhaps Tor years. there be no fixed system Of labor
Whera they are located.
| What strange verdict will history pass upon tie
Abolition party. It was originally organized to chan.
pion tbe woes OF the black race; it made the world
ring with the alleged cruelties of The saveho ders vt
this party, in less than two years alter assn med
power, iUf ced more real distress upon the black race
| than have several generations OF Shareholders Mmc
than that, one Of its principal organs admits that
the Negroes thr under the sway of siavebode s bul
destined to perish from out the land tie expense
of their quoudam friends The Aboli'ors 8.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

~ The Lyncbburg Vr g'nan OF Friday mentions
port in Charlottesville that Winchester Virginia.
had been again evacuated by orces and that the
had taken possession of the town.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

The F1RsT IRON CLAD OUr.-The iron-clad steamer
| asEac SAILED from New York the 20 b u!t on
trip to Fortress Monroe. The New York Herald,
speaking OF the trip says:
The buoyancy OF the vessel was very marked and du-
ring the heaviest experienced on the voyege at no
tine did the water reach elevation of than two
leet above the deck of the vessel The vessel expert
eUced lew hours rough weather aud during the time
behaved exceedingly well. 1t was regretted by those
on DC I'd that 1t could not have blown quite gale,
az to ave given her good trial amid the bufiatiug
waves
Tie ventilation also found to be- up to the con-
struct2rs mark, and unpeasantness was felt from
this cause. The vessel seered well minding the helm
with celebrity and certainty but larger wheel will be
put in the pilothouse he compass worked admirably
the attraction rathr duration, being only about one
quarter OF point. She steamed WELL and in every re-
spec fulfilled the Highest expectations. The thing
that s to follow in her history will be actiye offensive
service, IN which there be doubt but that she
will prove herself all that could be desired OF her.
She may possibly act in conjunction with the Army
OF the Potomac, and should the Merrmac No. MAXI
her appearance the james river, so that Capt Dray
bring the Passac into action then look out tor
rebel spliners
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

on last Friday morning for MurireeSboro' and imme-
diately assumes command of the army of the Wes!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11
The Late Col. Miller.

Tbs following j. en- extract from the minutes Of the
County Court Of this county, at it's present tel DE
sember, 1882 The resolutions passed by the Court
exress the genuine feelings and sentiments OF all its
members -
STATE OF NORTB CAROLINA,
New Hanover county.
court Of Pleas ard Quarter sessions December Term 1852
majority of tie Just of this County being press Mt
it Bnnoupcsd that since the last tenn OF this Court
amee Tear Miller the late Chairman and Presiding Mag
strate of this Court had died Whereupon the following
esolutlcns were unanimous adopted:
Regolred That consider 1t duty Of high obgs ION.
the perfJ nance which iucted by ELECTION
ate Of his amabe virtues and most useful
arple record of the worth Of late
OF This many years past brough the discharge
the varied duties Dci 10 that Office, the neral
ecu at judgment which should ever mark the character
of those who administer tfe laws Of the land and decide
beWeen rarties lesrnG their rights.
Resored Tbet by his death this Court Is deprived O. IFS
vsued mber and the County of New hanover has
lost ~ its best and most uaetui czsRs.
Resord That the foregoing resolutions be entered on
of this C0art end shat the Clerk urDsh copy
fOr publication In the Wilmington Journal.
The following resolution presented oy Joshua Il
Wright, ESQ., On behalf of the bar. Mr.. " rig hit accom-
panied the presentation Of this resolution by some
ceediDg touening and eloquent remarks:-
Resoived, That members he bar upon hearing the
ing epg held By the Justices. and while deca Ing
their his appreciate Of the cbareoer of the late Cole mel
aes T. Miller ask to express their full and hearty cen
currerce in the resoutiF NJ just presented.
0kDERED That the reso:u ois preFe ted on behalf OF
be Of the bar th Count be recorded the
Minutes of this Court published With The resolutions
adopted hy this t'Ourt.
Tesfe, kAMUEi. r. BUN ING, CLERK.
Sss Our telegraph!c news to-day ems to confirm
the impression that FOsrEzs force present is design
co-0it rate with the Yankee force at Su k in
monstrsticn sgaDst Rchuopd either by direct I'D
vance upon eteIsburg, by attempting TO seizs
S,iir mir
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11


CLoTHIsa FOR THE ARMY is POINT of great and
vital importance, ard the brave men in tbe field have
tue first Gains upon all good citizens, SO that few Of
home have any right to grumbe at their comparatively
light privations Still, if not in the service De-
ther men, women, nor children can quite dispense with
some clothing and there is certainly nothing more cut
Of place than 10 gee q civilian array;d in mili.
tary costume. 1t amounts to a sort of false
preteDce, and yet to such point we seem to be
fast coming. If absolute necessfy-the imperative call
OF comfort or common decency carries any one into
clothing store merchant tailoring establishment
about all be find is military goods After while
the reverend clergy will be forced to BEAR at least
in outward sembance, ndisputsble evidences OF be-
longing to the church militant or military. They will
all be reducibe to the two classes of Graybacks or
Buternuts aud be lucky if they can get the costume
appropriate to either.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

The Cannibas carry war more economically
than any other people. Their Commssary and Quar-
ter Masters Departments very simple. They eat
their enemies, and full length uniform Of mud.
They carry nothing march besides their arms, bat
small chunk of cold roast man, which they eat with
out salt, pepper mustard, and feel much comforted
ohv
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

Way MCCLELLAN DID NOT ADVANCE after the
battle Of Sharpsbug, OR Antietam as it is called n the
Northern journals, is fully explained by Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Times, who states that
that battle bad 80 crippled General Mcclellan that he
coud not move for the want Of troops And this hat.
tie was the one that Was claimed as great Federal
victory
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

STuARr's MEN IN YAEKEE CANA few days
ago portion OF Stuarls Cavalry mode dash upon the
town of Warrenton, where the Yankees had previously
established their headquarters and those of the enemy
still remaining there Hd With all possible haste leaving
valuable stores behind. Our cavarymen then visited
the suffers establishment and supplied themselves pro-
useIy with iuxures aud articles of substantial value
such as sealed cans OF fruit tobacco segsrs wines
boots ct cetera The expedition was under the con-
uaud of the gallant Colonel Rosser formerly of the
Washington Artillery, who, we are granf to learn,
has been promoted to the rank OF Brgadef. This
was the raid alluded to In the New York Herald Of
the 22d November which that paper viewed as an au-
dacious" a&air.-Riehmond Rkie.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11
The SILumIInn.

General Joseph E. Johnston arrived in this city
Chattanooga last evening" and will establish bis
headquarters TOP the present. and will imDs
diaey upon the duties to which be has been assigned
10 the command of the Western Department, now com
posed of the districts of East and idle Tennessee and
the army OF the Mississippi With able leader at
the head of armies iull confidence will be restored
and our troops inspired with an enthusiasm which WI!
make them invircibe. The following s a list Of bis
staff officers as far selected:
Col. B. S. EwelI, A. A. Gen'l aud Chief of STIFF
Lieut.. Col. T. 4 Lamar, Asst. A6jL Gen; Capt a ?.
Mason, Asst. Adj: Gen. Col. Charles Fouatleroy
lnsp't Gen; Lient. Col. E j. Harvey, Asst. n,pi
GeDl; Major j. B. Prados, Asst Insp't Gen. Major
{. II. Barbour, Chief Quarter Master Mi j. Bu7
Moore, c 'arter Master; Capt. w. M. Cary, Asst
Or Master Lieut.. j Barrol Washington, ABIDE.
Camp; Lieut. Wade Hampton, Jr, ABIDE Camp.
Ot the Yankee army around Nashville, the DIVISION
OF Gen. Sill is still between the formr city and the VII
lage of lavergue, while Crittenden and Thom are
near the turnpike leading to Lebanon. Another D7I,
ion is Said to be on the Noeusve road. Portions Of
Rosseaus command are still coming into the capita
from the direction Of Kentucky.
The Nashville Dispatch OF The 29tb contains the fo'n
OF bond which will be ed from sail cItZIs res
pective of past politics" Also the gaarnte OF potec
too which will be afforded those who furnish the
| necessary bonds Those who d. cine the oalh' aaa
bopd, will be Immediately outside the tefe al iue
Rosecrans and Andy johnson sign the document.
Some little excitement was occasIoned short TINS
since by report that the Federas were advancing
large force and preparation were mad to receive them
TuIs report proved to be Incorrect ard the camp e'
ID into it's customary quiet. Subsequently the res
under General Wheer engaged in occasional tx mls1
es with the enemys cavalry, and drove them back To-
wards Nashville. A skirmlsh also occurred, MN
day at Boards Mills, seven miles south OF Lebanon
Very little damage done ethtr SIDE tn ugh ,h' car
nonading was heard at MurfreesboIo' quite plainly al
different times duriug the day We DO not believe
general engagement is looked for 10 that quarter oI
some time, and it is probable that with the exception
occasional brigade skirmishes both armies will remaD
10 stotu quo for the remainder of the winter.
Chattanooga Rebel, 4'h inst
ELPLosIoN.-Os Saturday afternoon. about hall Pa''
-Ock an explosion occurred in one OF the Gust m'
or imposition houses attached to the oon'edtrate pow"
der works in Columbia, destroying the bulldog some
machineru and about 400 pounds OF powder. ] be
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

Harry Webb re-opened bis restaurant last night
He makes nice display, and will no doubt serve up
meals 10 good style.
The Paluetto Hotel has been open ior some
time, ard the interchangeable Bailey is as energetic as
ever, and as successful in giving satisfaction TO the
public.
The City Hotel begins to give signs OF life We saw
Sidney near the hall door yesterday contemplating
the broken panes of the large glass doors to the bag
gage room. We suppose Nessrs Cuts & Evans will
o. en next week.
The Rock Spring Hotel kept by Mrs. McCaeb re-
opened very after the disappearance of the epdem-
c and has done much to meet the wants of the public
So, with the" Globe Saloon which did not close,
and the Saloon at the railroad and the hotels and
aurants already attended to, there will be difficulty
for the man who has money to get something to eat
The hardest part is getting accommodations in the way
OF lodging.-Dd'Iy Journal, 10th inst.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11
LeEisIature OF North Carolina.

The Senate, Saturday, was mainly occupied in
discussing resolutions introduced to guard against arb
rary arrests OF citizens by military authority under the
CONSUMPTION law. Some members OF the Provost
Guard in Raleigh have been acting with very little dis
erection.
We do not notice that anything very important was
done in the House Saturday. We extract the fol-
lowing as having some local interest -
message received from the Governor transmitting
communication from q. W. Guion, Esq President of the
Wilmington, Charlotte Rutherford Railroad alive to
order from the War Department to Bezs for the of
the Confederate Government certain railroad on upon
which the state holds claim BY virtue of mortgage.
On motion of Mr. Fovle the message and yEng
documents se to the Senate with proposition to
refer the to Joint Select Committee Of three the
part Of 'hs Senate and Eve the part of the House.
On Monday the Senate passed resolutions declaring
the Offices Of Adjutant General Attorney General and
Solicitor oEthe 4th judicial Circuit vacant Also a
resolution from the House protesting against the want
destruction of cotton in the Eastern part of the
State by the order of General French
In the House OF Commons. Mr.. Shepherd, from the
Select Committee, to whom had been referred several
bills relating to the relief Of the families of soldiers and
the subject of extortion, reported back House bill No.
recommending that it do not pass, and bill fixing
ari of prices, with expression OF the opinion the
part of the Committee that such legislation was mex.
peO60Gs LUG COmultGtS6 EeCOnmeO0oO, Win several
amendments, House bill No. 10, authorizing the Gov
ernor to sezs for the purposes of the BILL graiD -four,
| soothing, &c, &c, in certain cases.
MIR. Shepherd made detailed explanation of the
amendments and the reasons that bad Influenced the
| Committee to recommend :hem.
bill sppropriatDg 100000 for the. relief Of our
sick and wounded soldiers was taken up and passed.
| LAST SuMN~R indeed We may 60 farther, and say
ever since the difficulties of the country commenced
made and have been making and continue to make,
Ardeut fl TT to obliterate party lines. number Of
persons took advantage OF this disposition on part
and the part of those with whom acted. While We
deprecated party, they organic faction. While we
Tried to promote harmony, they cherished rancour The
result is b'f're US. The clique to which we have al
uded have, under the name OF Conservatives seized
The helm of power End rsrsuiOg course that would
nave sbamed Frank Granger himself or any other Off
ia decapator. and which, in times like these while
have an enemy in our 'front.' in our rear and on our
tanks, can only be characterised as dsgraceul and
butcherlke. These people ara marking all men thai
lid not bow to the dictaton of ] nathan Worth. W
i W. Holden, ct id genus 0mne Thank the Lord, the
world has not yet to an end, has the earth
stopped revolving. Another such Unemployment will
mot be 90 easy taken.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

ELPLosIoN.-Os Saturday afternoon, about nall pas
clock, explosion occurred in one OF the Gust m'
imposition houses attached TO the rate pow"
machinery and about 800 pounds OF powder. The
damage was slight, and will cause but few weeks de-
tention. Nobody hurt. The accident can be tFa
ced TO no known cause except that the machinery was
new, and was used for the first time-Char. Coar' D."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

lady lisDg five miles Eorh OF Ozark, Arkansas Will
an AZ saw, chiss and an anger. made herself loon
of oak rails upon which she eight yards
cotton cOt day. The thread l. furnished by
IL n B. Pesce and woven into cloth army purposes
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

A THOUSAND and one rumours can be picked up on
the streets. at any time almost which would certainly
be important # true. Hcw one-tenth OF these rumors
starts s than We know or can trace For instance
it was reported yesterday afternoon that we had re-
ceived dispatches Informing that General Foster had
left Newbern with twenty Thousand men, and that bis
destination was Wilmington. And again. another yer.
sion said that Kinston to be the poiHt advanced
upon, with view of striking the railroad at Colds
boro'.
Now, none of all these things did we get by tele-
graph. We have reason to believe that days ago
Yankee force left Newbern in vessels and that in all
probability this force was a heavy one. Farther than
that we know nothing. If the vessels left Newbern at
the time Supposed they ought to have made their sp
eff this part of the coast at least tbrysix to
fortyegbt hours since. that is provided such was their
destination They have not yet been and we rather
question the probability of their being So We doubt
If the attack upon any seaport by sea will come from
Newbern any point Ia the Sounds The class Of
vessels that su,t the Sound would have hard work 10
attempting an entrance at either Of nlets or in
protecting landing at any point on our coast during
the Winter months The true defence of NewberD,
Washington Roanoke Island, in fact OF all the towns
and places on the Pamico, Croatan and Albemarle
Sounds ought to have been made at the 1oets to Pam
Ico Sound--at Hatteras, Ocracocke and Oregon H.
ets-tbe forces defending these nets being supplied by
fotila in the Sounds. Once In the Sounds, almost
any sort of craft that would bear gun, would answer
tie purposes OF the emmy, and did answer it in run
nrg up rivers carrying trooEs, ETC But tbese craft
would hardly do to stand Of the coast, nor could they
s d to close quarters with we'll constructed
and well defended works. These are the reasons why
we think that the Eewbern aotilIa is not destined
to operate in this direction, at least for the pre-
sent. 1t is likely to have gone either to Stuff Dix
to the RappahanDock if not in the direction Of Wei
| don-Da1ty Journal, 9Th inst.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

THE D q moer Term OF the Court of Pleas and
Q 5, SSH rs for New Hanover county, commenced
lis stssOn this morDir G, in the Court House We be.
leVe +. w flaming, Eq, is lc.iDg as Chairman pro
Ten" no successor having yet been elected to the
lAm.nIed Col Miller, the late Chairman.
noil,, Sncf
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-09-04
Counterfeit Confederate Hot,s.

The following tests for distinguishing the genuine
notes of the issue of Sept 2nd 1861 from the spurious
given to the public by the Savannah Republican, to
which paper they kindly furnished by bank eff
Ger of that city We will keep this piece standing for
some time that subscribers can always find it to
refer to -
A$l00The sailor is IN the left hand aud eaus upon an
anchor diagOnally the vgnete left to right
In the genuine there hair lire very distinct the
stone from which the impression taken had been
broken cracked In the counterfeit no such
blur hair line. In the centre vignee. right side near
the Gotten press, muiein the genuine it is very in.
distinctly executed and the mule looks he were
ing from you, presenting only tail viewn
much palmer, and the mule presents almost broad
side view.
$5eIn the genuine the left hand and the sailor that
is leaning forward partly bald-n the counterfeit more
full head OF hair have signed, EXCEPT on the
Left ID. G. Riggs, letter small leter D. to the right OF
the A.
The knob handle iron chest is on the counter
felt.
$20The sailor in the left hand corner again berays
the counterfeit
Inthe genuine the of the sailors hat very much
broader than IN the counere-the shading lines in his
Aet in genuine run square the body-in
counterfeit they run diagOnaly across the body.
The paper of the counterfeit whiter SITTER and better
than the genuine.
With these tests there will be difficulty discrimina.
ting between the genuine and the spurious notes.