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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-12-10
EOr the Jnnrnal


FORT GAswEIL, Nov 26th, 1863.
- meeting [! Go. :, 18th n. c. Troops held at their
company qIatea expsas her symPathes rea tive to
the eatn 0i q their number Capt. W. F. Brooks
call to the Chair aad sergt Ihos Hickman appointed
Comm tee OF Lrec 70 resolutions suitable to the
SaTct Z. Eiliken, J. F. Pigott and d. B.
Mckeithen we're appointed that Committee who reported
follows
WHEREAS, Almighty God in his Advise Providence hath
fiji 10 cali from me 10 eternity fellow soldier, R.
q. Emmett, De ii therefore
ESo'gcd That N tie death of cur brother Co. has
lest q It's ab-est MEMBERS country noble and pa
tGJic CotvudoTf his friends generous ana amiable
pauiOn, ard IS parents devoted and dutiful son.
n OlHed Thar while cannot bat grieVe the loss
Of who cut II ora suddenly in the midst of
youthful bloom ana Vlgor vet feel called upon to sub
mt 10 lie vii Oh Providence, who rules all and
JCot ~ 1his - veil
hoso'etd il due 20 the memory of the deceased
TO state that lie IA tie discharge Of his duty his
COGu.Ty.
LesoLvtd That. While sc would not intrude upon the
a1Jc i.y Ct d 5tc grief? yet you'd tender sym
p7as the gcd aud bereaVed pareus of the deceased
point Tia i&ln TlO controls ali the
! Iirr.
Etsocd That copy Of these resolutions sent to the
parents freuJa - the deceased and also to the Will
ninRton jour al and Biblical Recorder with request for
publication.
Capt W F. BROOKS, Chairman.
EeTgt. IE0s HICKMAN, rec =.
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Dead Fsssns III. a.sios Man.

Frou The New Herald, NOV. Z
MIR Ohm nofatt AID old resident Of this city and
we'll known all over The United States az the inventor
or patentee vi Mcfatts Life Pills and Ptaix Bittes.
died yerterday at the ripe age Of seVentysix Mr. Moi
et comme cei business in this city dry goods mer
chant but tailed. With very large liabilities his was
some twenty i've or thirty years ago After being out
of business for year two and 10 great peconiary
straits SEINE medical acquaintance of his suggested that
be should 60 into the patent medicine business and that
he would set him going ct it by some simple preserp.
TONS. This was the origin OF AohAtts Life Pills and
Phoenix Bitters.
He got little store in Hudson street, employed st
frat one 10 working up aud packing the pills,
while his William B. Acfatt, was engaged after
school hours, in distributing business circulars
through the city The aon graduated in medicine end
after resdence in Europe, returned to this city and
entered actively into his fathers business About this
time the former creditors Of MT Moatt began to dis
cover that bs making money aud be in order
to evade their importunites transferred the business 70
the son. and in course Of years it produced immense
income. The profits were principally invested in rea
estate on Broadway and other streets that with the
rapid rise 10 the valRe ofsuch property, VIM. B. Mcha
ranked q millionaire. The time came, however, when
ter, who had been unmarried till about Idle life, re-
solved to take @ VIE The father called upon him fol
division OF the property the gro7.a that they bad
been partners in business ell the time
The son denied this, and urged that he had already
amply provided for all the members of his family. Ru
suit was commenced aod was tried come six ysars ago
to compel the to accornt With tie father The lat
ter claimed that the occasion Of the soas leaving fol
Europe years before there had been prepared ane
duly executed deed Of partnership which paper hat
subsequently, fallen into the hands of the SON and beer
destroyed. This Totally denied the sons part
and hoally the decision against the father. Tht
case went up to higher court, and was in process
litigation when the son died. a. little over year ago
and the father having followed him, the case ha
been fully removed to the highest of ell tribunals
Thus have the lie pills been swallowed up in death ant
the Phoenix bitters await resurrection.
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THOS. r. MICKS,
Surgeon in charge.

GETTING AN OFFICIALS ATTENTIoN.-Anybody who
has had business wiki the Departments knows how hare
il is to gain the ATTENTION and OF some CT the higr
officials who 81 enthrcued there.
Judge Il is impatient man, and when be
gets out OF patience be gets out of temper too The
0Ghtr day, having business with one of these unap-
proacba2,e oiea's, he made his way into the holy oil
hO.es,' and saw the OBJECT of his search, DIX. NJ
seated nj bis oesb totally oolivous, and overhauling
end reading paper after paper that lay bsfore him.
Judge h, Good morning, DIR. NJ
No response, and Tie officials eye never wandered
from the paper
Judge Il, (oudcr) -"Good morning sir.'
Still no movement, and the Judges wrath rising.
Judge R (stcntoriau) -Good morning sir,
say.
1t was Of no use, tie Doctors eyes and thoughts
were i-a5ld1cd IN q taDgle of statistics.
1t was too much fer Judge R, who, eevatng
bis voice, foot and cane at the moment, and let
ting al down II chorus, exclaimed:
DR.. n, so to I'LL, SIR" and walked out of
the room.
The explosion lifted tie Doctor IRON bis seat like a
shell dropped beneath it.
Who was that" he euquired.
" That Was Judge R." said the clerk.
" Gail him back"
The clerk boiled after him. but returned with the
Judges reply
Tell Or. Al to so to the place told him he
heard NE that time
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CRnfura OF the Banahee

November, with valuable cargo while on her way
from Nassau to Wilmington. She arrived at New
York On the 23d. We have already published an &C.
count of her escape not long since while run
ming the gauntlet into Wilmington: A Washington
According to the information in the posses OF the
Navy Department, the steamer Bsnshee recently cap
tured, built in the yard of Jones, Qugan & Co..
Of Liverpool, and was launched in the latter part Of
November, 1852. She is paddle-wheel steamer, and
is called steel boat the plates used in her construction
being of STEEL thrc 2oursha of inch in thickness
and said to be equal to iron plates inch thick.
She is 220 feet long, 20 feet beam, and II feet deep
Her bottom is fat, and the keel 10 divided into four
watertight compartments Her engines oscillating
of l2e horse power and constructed to be under
the deck When fully loaded she draws only eight feet
q
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TIE NEGRO AND TIE WAR -The Charleston Cou
rer justly says:
We have passed through three eventual months since
Gen. Quincy Adams GILMORE threw bis first shell at the
city OF Charleston, exciting the endsh hopes of Yam
keedom. General Gillmore's Shells in all, from tao
22d August to this date have killed one poor negro
striking Illustration OF the assertion which
has been made and amply verified that the negro cut
ters first aud worst under Gil the experiments OF the
Yankees No class in America has hitherto felt this
cruel aud causess war less than the servants of the
South and feeling it than the helpless
and deuded free negroes of the North. From the day
when Abolitionsm began it's temperng and tinkering
by the bold and reckless assertion that slavery
according to the Bible, to the present hour, every
attempt and effort made by the socalled friends and
assuming champions of the negro have only tended to
his injury and have only increased the incidental and
otherwise durable evils of servitude. What if the
Yankees take and occupy Lookout Mountain :? The
sacred code which guarantees and recognises the rights
of the south in the interests ard institution which
excite against her the hungry bowling horde Of Yankee
mscreants, uttered, not from Lookout" but from
Mount Sinai. Will the Yankees scale thatS
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CONFEDERATE CONGREss.

hICHAoED, VA, Dec. z, 1868.
Pesdents message will not be delivered until w.
In the senate two bills introduced One repealpa
al laws authorizing exemptions, and to prevent the en-
men OF substitutes in the military service and one re-
ouclng the list of persons exempt from military duty
In the House Resolution presented to form Joint
committee OF both Hpuses to consider the currency cues
gTess. -
MI Foote presented a number of resolutions, which
we're colby received by the Houae, which i'll dspos
ed 20 waste time in useless discussion.
The deepest interest concentrates around the currency
question.
The feeling CT the members cheerful in reference
to the condition of the country and confident Of cur final
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SIR.Obsefving in your paper Of this morning o tele.
graphic advertisement that Press Association Courier
will leave Meridian, Miss, the 10th December, for the
trans ssisaipp who will take a limited number of
letters dollar for eash half ounes, beg
that the conveyance Of letters proposed By the
carrying, well a. those sending thsm to penal
of fifty dollars for each letter 20 aent or carried
would state that the Post Once Department, in
conformity with q law Of the last Congress- has made
ample ior ths OF letters across
half In weight and that they viii DO forwarded from
JOHN HEART,
Special Agent p. 0. ID.
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ARMY LErTERs.-We are requested, says the Rich.
mond Wing, by Colonel w. E. M. Word, Special
Agent of the Post Office Department, to say that the
Postmaster General has established post oce to be
pointed Captain John L. Eubank, postmaster. Said
Office is to follow Gen. Less army wherever it may co.
and postmasters in this State and other States finding
letters in their Office for this army will please md them
direct to this new Office, aud thereby expedite their
delivery.
Southern papers will please copy the above.
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hs SWs-

There esems 30 be ye:y little important war news tf"m
sny quarter Absolutely nothing dehai'e Known OF inc
unston or movements Of LoNG7TRRRT' beyond The aoW
anrUv admitted fact his having raised the siege Of
Knoxvfe and rstreated in the direction Of Virginia
t conntv oud breathe easier assured OF his safety
d ta+ If big command. OF ih.s, however, feel little
aorh4 Still We would like 20 be assured
In Mississippi and South Western Tennessee, Generals
TgE end CHALMERS 10 have been operating pretty
vigorously against the enemy forces thu line of the
Memphis AID Charleston Railroad, which may interfere
somewhat with their commune sons, bssdes sending
few Ct them regions below. The generally from
tbs Trnng Mississippi department seems to be cheering
we can believe anything hear from that Department.
We think re mag credit some little of it.
Matters ID Northern Virginia in saiu quo. We lock
for little nothing frouTha direction before Spring The
efforts of the enemy will beurned to other quarters
GRkET. uct MEADE now commands the Grand Army, and
the Tennesgeo nc: tie Potomac the Rappahannock
forms TIE lice Of its operations.
BUTLER said to be organizing expedition to operate
in this State What point this expedition Is to be direct.
OF ag5iust.as not been staedperhaps Weldon possibly
but probably, Wilmington. BCTLEs has never yet
ouzh hut one battle, that at Great Bethel, and there he
got badly whiDpe3 He will hardly 60 where any great
personal exposure will be required, snd he no general
in any ay He only terrible to those already defeated
valiant and erocions to thoEe in his power and without
any means OF resistance.-Daily Journal, 9th inst.
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GEORGE \. SANDERs--HIs MISSION ABRoAD-The
London correspondent of the New York Times says:
MIR. George n Sanders has betn drawn from his COW
or, in Pamlico, by the ram question. lie declares that
be has had nothing to do with the at Birkenhead
Eis innocent and lawful mission is to contract for six
fast mail steamers, not vessels at ALL armed in
any way. They to be plated, to be sure so as to
run the blockade with the mails and to carry such
freight may be desirable. These steamers he con-
tends perfectly lawful and he processes his willing
ness to tel Lord Pamerston- ientialy, presume
where they being built ana to give him all need
ed particulars. Mir Sanders quite frank in the mat
ter. He admits that his steamers might very readily
be converted into war; and that once at Charles
ton Wilmington with the mails the Confederate Gov
eminent, making him suitable compensation, might
and them That would, however be no affair
of his, OF the British Government. Pity Mr. Laird
could not make out that his rams were intended to carry
the mall and that the iron be4ks were only to be used
IN ploWiDg their way into OF the shallow har
OF the Southern coast-the plating giving them the
necessary momentum. 1t took Mr. Sanders to conceive
of such happy idea. Engishmen are not up to euch
inventions.
But, with all his ingenuity, disposed to think
that Mr. Sanders mail steamers will meet the fate OF
Mr.. Laird's rams Police Constable Russell will take
charge of them after having confidential conversation
with Mr.. Adams, and perhaps, Dir. Walker The
Washington Government has only to be firm in the
matter Mr. Lincoln has only to put that foot down,
to compel England just she is now situated to stop
every thing which aid the enemies of the Republic
Russell will do what he thinks necessary Law or no law
and await the meeting OF Parliament.
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Blseains the Government.

Every day Ye!ops rascality either directly or in
directly to the detrment of the Government, which de-
tends and is every day straiDing its for the
welfare of its t1aucers "o make all out Of the Gov
ernnent you can" is the only living principle which
keeps alive the energies OF hundreds Of in this COM
muny, and thor sands in the country at large. When
such things contracts, enriching, in the period Of
month, tn men who enjoy them, are common, q
general and stupendou5 scale OF tolerated cheat.
cry, growing every Gay, will not be astonishing.
But oil the knaves are not confined TO Richmond, nor
to other cities, but they to be found we amsng
tie farmers VINO sometimes like to boast Of their supe
rior patriotism and vast usefulness. mining estab-
shment, engaged in the production Of blue stone for
the Confederacy lately found it Impossible to furnish
the hands employed with bread at the COVE, nment
rates Of pay, account of sudden rise 10 the price
OF among the farmers in the vicinity. Conse-
suently, treaty effected between the blue stone
makers and the farmers that, the government permit
ting, they would swap blue stone (which is very Vaua-
BILE for soaking seed to it against Horms
for corn giving 10. of blue stone for buebe OF corn
The government assented. Most of the farmers were
glad avail themselves Of the arrangement, ard laid
in as much blue stone as taey would eed Some
Others however, exchanged all their spare for the
mineral canvassed the country, and bought up more
corn for eight and ten dollars bushei, exchanged 1t
for blue stone and having at length exhausted their re-
sources in the traffic threw the blue stone the
ket and sold it for $40 pound
This was about as nice piece Of speculative rascal
t. has occurred during the war; and illustrates the
disgusting fact that of the most benevolent
objects OF the government-the relief of its poor
poyees-Wi find scoundres to take advantage of it n
order to fill their pockets.-Richmond Enquirer.
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We have had shown to as, says the Richmond Wing
specimen of handiword consisting OF rose with q
stem and leaves made from duck feathers which is ex
csediugy creditabe to the young lady whose eki and
taste produced it. She enjoy the satisfaction OF
making and wearing her own bonnet decorations whilst
others of her compelled to pay e1orbtant prices
for such garniture they may require think they
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-12-10

No MORE ExcHAxaRs.-By the last Gag Of truce
steamer, Judge Oald received from Gen. Hitchcock
reply to his fair proposas-the same heretofore submit
ted to Gen. Meredith. The authorities at Washington
the Oonrates concsde the exchange OF negro troops
and, OF course the proposition rejected. Thus
ends for the present, not forever, all hopes Of an
change.
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THERE seems h very little from any quar-
ter Even tie prece position Of Gen. LoNGsTREEr still
euaina ia doubt although there signs going to show
that it is mach lees peroas than had been suppesed-
With TIE Virginia and East Tennessee Road in possession
OF Gus forces lie either receive supplies where he is,
OF fell hack as may be deemed advisable. He has made
function with the forces under Maer General RANSOM and
may strong enough either to maintain himself in upper
East Tencessoe, without difficulty in any d.
recton which he may select.
There seans 10 be no further movements in Northern
Gecr ia Or Virginia.
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the room.

Is it question whether State Guards are mall cases
as use Giy employed they could be at home The At
lanta C0nfederocy says:
The Cause OF the present interruption OF teegraphic
between this ciy and the 'front.' is the tel
ling Of trees by portion Of the State Guard detailed
to chop wood tor the State Road
1t is absolutely necessary that trees should be- eled
50 as to break the wires in order to get wood?
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THE YANKEE AKMY MOVTNG o.
GEN. LEES SUCCESS Es


WATERFORD, Dec. 7h, 1888.
Gen Lee has just concluded special raid the
phs Charleston Rail Road. He drove tho enemy
Pocapeud the End inst and crossed the forests
to his district. On the 4h Chalmers command drove the
enemy in huddle the bridge Wolf river slaught
erDg the enemy Three hundred Yankees were driven in
to the river, until filed with dead hor es and Kan
KEGS Forty prisoners were captured The was torn
ct tautsburg and Gahams Creek and the bridge over
Cypress Creek, near CheWea, was destroyed. Our Joss
vas 70 killed ana % wounded including Capt. Gains Of
McCuochs Eta and Lieut. Harriss of the first Missssppi
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Eka Erica of Gold.

A WIDE D1FFEREssE.-The Petersburg Register
quotes gold at 500 for 1. Silver at SIS IS, The
Richmond Enquirer OF yesterday quotes gold at Sill
60 to So so. Silver 50 81 to $40 so. Here is a
rare opportunity for speculation in the metals.
Petersburg EIpress Of yesterday.
We know nothing Of the source whence the Rich
mond Enquirer derives lis information about the price
of gold and silver. Our Information to the value Of
these articles in this market is derived from the well
known firm, the of which always accompanies tie
reports, which are revised twice a week the days
preceding their publication In these reports, we have
the most perfect confidence ese they would not appear
in this paper.
The price of gold 10 Raleigh learn, from Of
The papers published there, is twenty-five tor one
Blockade running is great appreciation of gold and
silver what sneeringy and most unpatroticaly
called Confederate Fodder" 1t mast be the opinion
of every sane who loves his country, and who
doesn't ?-as design-intand to run away from it
and leave in its strait that if Confederate credit is
not sustained, 90 in the Cenfderacy, not
how much Bank stocks, State stocks, State money
lands and negroes he may fancy himself to be WORTH
worth enough to pay,bi iuneral expenses matter
how economjc cal may be tie mode of bis burial But
why waste breath on this topic? It's like singing
psalms to dead horse" PET. Register.
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LONCsTRaET7a RETREAT.

bKIsTOLy Dec. 7Lh, 1868.
There longer any doubt that Lcngsreet
the seige Knoxville and is retreang this direction
in consequence Of heavy rsntorcemens having been
eeVed By burnside Firing heard this morning Ia the
direction OF MorristoWn by persons from BlouDtsVe.
Capt Tate EVsrt of the eth Kentucky cavalry attack
ed the enemy few days since at Laiersvlle KY and
with an amount of stores The weather
clear and pleasant
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BEECHER IN A D1LExAA.-The Liverpool Courier
in notice. of Henry Ward Beeehers speech at Glas-
gov, says:
body of the room, completely posed him by reading a
clause from the United States Constitution, in which
slavery is made legal, and by asking whether MIR,
Beecher and his frende were contending for the old
Constitution or new one. If for the first, they
must be eonendng lor slavery if for the second they
had right to complain of the South for following the
same course. We need scarcely say that MIR. BIS
attempt to answsr the question lett him completely i'm
paled upon the torns Of this cruel dilemma"
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CoTToN on THE Rio GRANDE.--A correspondent
WIN oanks e1pedltlon writes that it is reported that
at Freeport, the Ne xcan side of the Rio Grande
tlere Is an Immense amount of cotton-estimated 4
40'O00 bales-and that the road from Matamoras to
Bagdai is filled with wagons loaded with cotton
the river. A'A VI
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FRRRDox.-The st. Louis Republican Abolition.
ist) mentions chaplain In the Federal N.Y. who has
been charged with selling eighty CELEBRATED" slaves
It quotes statement from Abolition Massachusetts
paper, that Federal soldier had sold coored lad
tNbeut ID Year, old teg pig NQsA 90.
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FROM DALTON.

DALTON, Dec. 5tb 1868.
seven Yankee prisoners captured near Cleveland by
brought heTe today. Two of them formed part of
guard with dis patches from Gen. Sherman going
Charleston Capt r. also captured two Wagons ak
horses and four mules bat the enemys reinorcemsnts
coming up he destroyed the wagons
Union citizens reported three four Yankee regiments
encamPed near Cleveland Some of Capt. Rhodes. men
came through the town, but nothing of them
Heavy firing heard yesterday in the direction Of
Athens, Tenn, supposed to be engagement between
Wheeler's cavalry and the enemy.
THE YANKEE ARMY MOVING ON EAST TENNESSEE
DALTON, Dec. 9Th, 1853.
gentleman from Chattanooga to-day says that the main
body OF the Yankee army has left that place for East Ten
nessee. Osert aus division at H1Dtsvie. The enc
mY's piCkets ct Mcfarland Springs.