Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-02-26

grudglDgly than the most ungrudglng. She has ost
hundreds OF her She has still her quota in the
service. Her people still undismayed.
We are not native WiImingtonians and therefore
have the less necessity to o any apology for this vol
untary tribute to the good old town." We are so
long aud intimately identified with Wilmington as to
feel pride in all that reflects honor upon her.
AFTER this war is over we think that fish, game and
oysters will be big fat and plenty, there few peo
pie now left to make them afraid and much fewer left
who s0rd to eat them at existing prices. Even al
ready we think they 1.-THE oysters show the effects of the
rest they have had in their fat conterted looks We
don't often indulge such Injuries, but ye erday did
try "a few at the Globe Saloon. They fat and
happy looking, that it seemed to give item pleasure to
contribute to our enjoyment
Had we not supposed that the enjoyment mu-
tual-that it much pleasure to be eaten to
eat, OF course we would have made our best bow-of
which don't brag, and left crusaceoas friends
to their shellfish existence.
At any rate they made not the slightest opposition
never said word not of them. The biggest OF
the party did try to choke when are tried to gobbe
him whole.
We saw vast number Of the same sort left. For
ought We know there still few. The amateurs of
good oysters had better see.
SrrcULAT1NG.-Day by day it becomes more az moro
difficult for citizens to get anything to eat at any
price, because, informed, the food brought 10
for sale foresaed by speculative parties from other
places, Petersburg and Richmond being named.
We do not know the parties but from all tie infor-
nation we can get, the facts above stated strictly
correct and apply equally to fish to meat poultry ETC.
We wish to call attention to this matter, because it
appears to that some attention is required. The
thing is wrong, AID wrong that people cannot afford
to submit to long. People must eat and tcW not allow
their own and their chdrens bellies to be empty in
order that the pockets of Others may be filed from spec
slations in food.
No NORTHERN MAn.-We are without any mail
from the North this morning. Why so we are
unable to say. We do know that it is extremely in
convenient and puts Us to our trumps.
JUST are in comparative clover, not clover
of the tallest kind, but still clover for We have got
mail and we have seen the sun. The sun is now shin
ing brightly and pleasantly. This has been rare
state of things for some days past.
A friend has kindly handed us a copy of Frank
Lesies Illustrated Newspaper" of the date of the 18th
instant. AS might have been expected, most OF the
illustrations devoted to matters connected with
tie war. The first is The Ni2ht Burial at Sea-
putting overheard poor fellow who had died on board
q transport The next is the Grand Requiem Mass in
St. Paricks Cathedral for the repose of the souls
the officers and men of the Irish Brigade killed in the
war They seem to have done the thing up pretty fine
Then there is full page devoted to the capture of
Galveston, and the blowing up the g. s. Gunboat
Westfe!d Next there is army sketch Of shooting
and cutting up cattle But upon the whole the most
interesting pictures those illustrating the deence eff
Charleston. Whether they correct not we can
not say. They purport to be from sketches by A. P
PALMER formerly of Co. E, 2lst regiment South Caro-
lima Volunteers The strangest thing about this traitor
is the statement made by LESLIE, that PALMER is a
tive South Caronian. The letter press is really so
tresby trashy-so wholly subordinate to the pictures
that it is hardly worth referring to.
WE neglected to state yesterday, that the alarm Of
fire at O'Clock on Friday morning last was occssionei
by the burning of the Sword Factory in the Southern
part of town. We do not know the extent of the dam
age sustained by Mr.. FRoRL1cH, the proprietor.
GEN. SAM. HousroN.-The Houston Telegraph OF
the 18th of January, Acknowledges the receipt of one
hundred dollars from Gen. Houston and bis Eady, for
the benefit Of the wounded of the Galveston fght The
Generals health is stated to be improving
Port Hudson has been put on q war footing on a,
grand SCALE and the troops ct that point from all We
hear intend to place side by side In history, tbs