Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-08-20
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FROM ms NoRTH-MEADE TsNDERe HIS REslG-
NATIoN-THE FEDERAL CABiSEF, &c.
RICHMOND Aug. 18Th, 1853
be New York Herald OF tbs 10th inst asserts that
Meade twice presented his resignation The
edori y maintains that there il irrepressible
cabinet the question OF the restoration OF the
Union Several avors liberal amnesty to the rebels aad
Chase making the abolition OF slavery indispensable
nd N to reconstruction The President is said to be
batting between these tao different plaas Of action
In the late encounter with the Russian troops the Polse
were successful. proclamation Of The Polish national
government rejects all comps omses not based the in
dependence Of the kingdom.
The total in twenty counties OF Kentucky show
filling eff thcusan compared wi the vote o. 1850
FROM OUR ARMY IN VIRGINIA..
FROM THE FRONT, VA Aug. i3th 1853.
Vest rday the Yankee cavalry surprised pckets
Fa mouth killing aud capturing four per contra cur
side the day captured Yankees and killed and
wounded several.
Prisoners report but small OF Yankees il Stafford.
Meade ia fearful attack from Lee.
During Lees trip rland and Pennsylvania all the
-chives in Washington City packed ready to be
removed moments notice
The North Carolina troops have held Convention but
the result ia net kaown
FRO nj sI8slPPI-CAPTUKE OF NEW YORK PLAN
TIERS BY GEN. DICK TAYLOR.
NORTON Miss, August 18th, 1863
The Fourth and Sixth Texas Cavalry captured twenty
ee four wagons and eighteen nues on the other
SIDE of Big yesterday and gh them ell eff safe
to this poia They hfong to EteePs Division, 5th army
eops Their pi, 1es nave been vi Id from this side
OF Big Black.
Dick Taylor captured thirty five New York planters,
who planting cotton for the Lincoln Government
They sent 20 Texas for safe keeping,
OUR ARMY In MISSISSIPPI
NOR" ON. hIss August l2'h, 1868.
hoting been heard from The rive The health
OF the improving nne only SIX ck sent OF
yesterday. Members ne from the interior hos
pitfalls daily, a1a OF the absentees have returned
their con mands
Tha weather is excessively d:y and
FROM TIE TRANE-NIs ~ISsIPPI DEPAkTMENT-THE
A"AIES OF GENERALS PRICE, TAYLOR AND
sMiTH-THE GOVERNOR o. TEGAs IL THE
FIELD.
EoRroN, Miss August 18th, 1863.
staff officer Of Kirby Smith has just avrivei says
four tEansports laden with troops Eassed Rodney 60
7g up, Friday. The troops sent down by Grant
to troops whose OF service had expired in
Banks army.
e u. Price iB al Pine Buff AK.
Dick Tayois army IS at Ber wick's Bay. lie sunk two
tea sports near Dona!dsonville last Tuesday,
Khby Smith headquarters at Shreveport lie has
sed the Governors of Trans Mississippi TO meet him
at Marshall, Ttx3s the 18TH.
The Governor OF Texas has taken the f=ld with ten
| thousand STATE troopa
Nagruaer's headquarters ct Galveston.
FIR NJ TIE NDRrH-Gov. sEYM0UE'S REF PoSsE
10 LINCOLN REVOLUTION IN NlNE4r IN NEW
YOAA-TRGUBLE IN CALIFORNIA, &c
ICHMoND, Va, August 18th 1869.
The EaHtre Gazette, Of the 18th ibs contains the
spouse OF Gov. Seymour the reply of Line Mn 1t is dis
ting his pr letter By breVity
than by tho gre4 bodness its He (Seymour)
cites the fact that in niue Democratic Districts
Thousand coa7cripts cied for whilst in nineteen Re-
publican districts there oaly thirty nine thousand call
ed oE. Under such cicumstances, Seymour ks you
cannot and vi not fail to right those gross wrongs he
speaks Of the draft scheme ffaujuery to free por
ton Of the community into the military service by dishon
est pe:vtrtion OF the law.
pcoln retes that the drawing viii be made upon the
quota liked in distric in which draft has
beau 2leted. In the other Districts enrolment
viii take pac;. He [t-ucola) wishes it nrderood that
pars o. his former letter will be repudated The draft
therefore, IS to be pushed forward spite Of Seymours
frances.
tn Daily News says that the Lincoln c Ct las created
the most intense excitement IL the community. The pab
lie mind intensely agated the threatening aspect of
affairs and if the daft is commenced again in violation Of
the protest OF Gov Seymour, revolution is inevitable
There nothing OF Importance from the of the Po
t,mao, except runors OF change of base. Mo3hy
tIRues bis depTedations GA the s1tl ors,
Serious troubles had occurred in California, betwee the
secesst niss and military Vsalia, the b. Five sol
dieTs killed in he stras.
The excitement in Keokuk couatg, Iowa, has subs ded.
Upon he arrival of the military the insurgents
perged.
The Brazilian Government has issoed a manifesto
defining the privilege OF war vessels of belgerents
within its waters One paragraph declares that the la
bama belonging Is the Confed States violating
neutrality, shall rot be received in any pert sire.
No fl lg Of Truce boat has yet arrived
Nothing OF interest from the Rapidaa. There was a
heavy shower Of rain this evening The temperature Is
much lower.
The steamer Kate recently Captured while attempting
to the blockade from Wilmington, has arrived at For
tre5s - nroe.
Colonel Corwyn, Of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, has
been Killed at Corinh by 1t. Col. Bowen
Mana Sahib has been captured at last in India.
Gold in New York, Wednesday, quoted at 1861.
FROA INSTRUMENTATION FEVER.
MORTON, MISS Aug. 14th, 1868.
Several persons just arrived rCm VcksbuIg posi-
lively that Grant that city last Sunday that no
troops and five regiments who went
to take tie OF troops in Banks army ecm of
service had expired, had left Vicksburz. They assert
positively that the diseases which have been sweeping of