Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-07-17
Forelg. Iut

Foreign Eut ...
Things 60 by fits and start. al The world ovs, uAe.
ever public opinion popular caprice has chance to
show itself The tall -, =, FOREIGN ;nterysno -
example Of tbi.
eomeelU IS people talk of it as probable and some
times Up talk about it As improbable bat the peculiar
'''' e OF the affair ia that those persons and papers
10 have talked be in favor Of tie probability of
Intervention, are the first when they fed that their pre-
dctoGs have net been verified denounce other people
Tor having had even word 10 say upon the eubiect-
We have had people to seriously stop and caechise US
aooat our opinion upon tie intervention dueaion
rs though We had opinion Tor thousands of read
es, and another aud better opinion for each separate
Individual who might SEIZE upon the street after the
maraer OF " the ancient mariner" And these people
would generally end their catechsng operation by
diafhe against newspaper editors and others for baying
said anything upon tie subject OF intervention After
koriDg you with their own talk and questions they will
gravely wonder Why people won't atop taking ahcul it,
ending of course with soEc ST con on tie editors
It is the with newspapers. lhse Papers that H.
claim most bitterly in one breath against Others for hay
ing anything to say about Intervention, have perhaps
Themselves in The last breath, been i0ulging in such
things, CT will BE- 81 INDUCING III the next
rtow what does all this show bnt ,iat disguise il rs
We may, the subject occupies large place in the public
mind. It does not show that We have any cars OF be
ing able eventually to achieve independence aud
maintain it, in spite If every attempt OF our enemies
1t does show that we look np6u :hc noH progless
ing b-tween two embteGe, excited ard powerful SIC
tions (r should say natios one OF which @i! ne7-
er submit ard the other 81 which will not give
upht attempt TO make her submit likely to he long,
bloody and obstinate and that at present no
earthly prospect OF pace for nauy years to come *
cept through toltigD iuteitrente in some way Tie
var may Groop from the failure Of Northern finances
l.. to a defoitive settlement between the North aud
thc Soorh Gere likely, the long run, to b. more
than the"t~o principal parties.
Ne HAVE HEARD queer incidents Of the late
BATHS before Richmond and interesting accounts
OF otervieRs between Fed raj prisoners and ConFede
rate iii ais aid cl,iz2ns.
couple Of gensleneH rom this town, physi-
clan recently The bsttIe field, At one place
a. field hospital they mt up with three Yankee Sur
gc03 VIII had fallen into chr hands, and beer detained
attend the Federal wounded lett the field y
MctIle al il Ills strategic movement"
These myp, not knowing from what Sac friends
were expressed their surprise Tie ubquity Of the
North Carolina troops, and at their determined fight
ing They bad thought North Carolina perfectly safe
tor the Union. When asked how they could reconcile
the number and determination Of tie North Carolina
troops with the exstenco OF Union fee &, they
puzzled but said tLnt doubt tt had been script
Ell and made to fight, but admitted that the style Of
toeiT fighting did not agree with this theory. 1t ap-