Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-03-26

The gentleman officer the army of the Confederate
States and formerly with Gen. Price in Missouri, came
through with his family frsm Canada, and while IN Ne"
York Nens unressrvedy in public without dacay or sHs
;c;on not being known personally ia the city He con-
firms been said about the very great revolution
in public opinion New York and elsewhere in reference
to the Ne repressive the expression
Of opinions and feelings adverse to the e
war, the everlasting Niger the enancpalloR prcca~
ton, etc.
Another effort will be made to arouse another ou'Our''
of nationality and the old ito preach another cru
SADIE against the South but in the opinion OF our
with Indifferent success SO he was assured ny sen"oeh
of Southern feelings York. Of whom there ere many
bu all or nearly aI such who really trustworthy, are
of Southern BIRTH mostly Kentuckiaas hssouTians, some
Tenneseans from New Orleans, and in fact some
all sections where the peculiar positions OF their
homes renders impossible for them to strike DOW IN de
fence of Il e rights of their respective States
With the new and issue OF greenbacks, god in
spite s that be done to the contrary viii soon jump
up hundred per cent premium and this point once
reached, all limit viii speedily disappear, and geld VIII
continue to rise and currency to down Win vs.
locity.
Nassau ia perfect den OF rpccuatoTs The stedSa Ia
fux of trade there business men all crazy and
not the business only, but everybody n general 70
body you any other man calculating
how much moray he make out OF you before you part
1t is row food toe with the Nassauites and theS mean to
os Of before they left high ant dry by the
Teflux, which must cone.
BY the way little surprised to learn that North
Missouri that that part North of Missouri River s
as whole, actually Southern in its feelings than
South Missouri paEs South of the river Tie noun
OF TIE country well SIS the poorness OF
sell large part Of Southern EszouEi is unfa7ors
bic to slave labor. There "a Ettla wealth, and the
average intelligence OF the population bears considera
bic resemblance to that Of tho least fGTou-ably sua
ted pCrt1ra East Tennessee This applies o. courae to
the more barren Ly sscto2s The trua Southern en-
gration Virginia aal tho Carolnas has been mainly
to portion yDg and North Of the Missouri river
the of which gives profitable employment to slave
labor in the raising OF hemp ard tobacco.
Is whole Missouri IS with the South Elur to che, Eu
oannot Eake successful effort cZ her redemption IN
til the Confederate armies cIter her territory with the
intention remaining aDd ~ le2Es the assurance that
determined staGd y II be made.
raids harm than good by inducing people
to join staEdsEd fer when y fail back the fortunes
and families the izsoaIaus dccaIif far tie Coafeds-
racy left Inc mercy CT their worst enemies and ths
worst enemies Of tie South
However, informant is confident TIT al will come
right snd Missouri yet occupy her natural POSITION by Tie
side Of her Sisters Ct the CcEtederacy.
BY way lie doubts much whether the N5rthsEn Con
eerpon enforced to any great extent OF voun-
tary enlistment there VII s 1t is true every EFFORT
Ii being made bg CT PAIL meetings, exciting aP-
peals, snd al tie machinery &c humbuF 20 prepare tAe
psope fer gu5m0n bit tle success Of e1e means must
only partial and temporary While tbs reaction vii be
great sna pc-naacHt-Lai{y Joar1.l 20.s.
z:.a {. EGz:o G.,ss,' etc.
We have t2dsToreG 10 ou the nap The route Ct
the expedition set foot By TIE Yankees, bat without BE-
ing quite ab,c &c fully Ug+eTg:a-6 It.
Fully oBe hundred e2G fifty miles shove ficksbuTE, IL
straight Ire, ard rr2gaby e. Of to Lurdcd aud fifty
Iiles by tbs .s=sg river, ad The East eide Of
that stream sDd oppoile to Ct Helena, Arkansas sort
OF the issss Ppi ito tr32n stream known Ss
Coldwater River which Z.sea IN The extreme North est
of kzsissipp and ia into TIE Taahatcha st the very
lower edge C Talica Co. Tie T~naha!c3 is Tie main
branch Of the Yazac AID ra7isate az all times IL TIE
ouh o. Coldwater. We Gae orthsTa GCccu2t connects
Coldwatar with e ScrHoweF river, but Incorrectly SIS
we think. This cus :. E1CTl g lie - LaEoo PAeg.
Once II the TaIIaLata1e tie enemy woEd Ea7e an i'm
rense Eccp9 Of Inland navigation through Of tho bes
cotton raqiaEs q ina South Ehsy woUld-have chance
intercept tie supplies deznod FOR YksbGrG and al taa
same time seze upon he vas. fleet CT Tior steamers which
were run up the and Tal2ha:ce foE safety from
the enemy then now in jul Pos7s sson Of tie Mississippi
above Vickzbu1g.
1t can only by ttus cutting OF sGTp.as that tae enc
my expect DC anything ag@aat Tcksburg By this
expedition through tie Iazoo ca. PsILsPs asr all cat
ton stealing Is their l1sin object.
We expect 10 more frem that quarter shortly, as
much depend upon the movements going Il is
only high waier-tAa IS, il the waterthat boats, or
fats get through the pass tie CodWater. II
low water CVerakos the enemy, lie is likely 9 get
back to lis base Of operations the Mississippi.
THE FRENCH IN MExICo-Originaly there was a
joint demonstration made against Mexico, in which de-
monsraton France, England and Spain were joint
participants the ostensiba object being to compel Mex
leo to observe treaty stpulations in regard to debts
DUE indemnities promised to subjects of the allied
governments, or CT any Of them
England and Spain have Withdrawn from the expe-
diton either protesting themselves satisfied with the
terms offered By Mexico, feeling that the difficulties
of the enterprise would more than couuter-vail ell its
profits or advantages.
France alone keeps up the war. She now processes,
her Emperor PROCESSES for her, desire to csab
lshed in Mexico strong and permanent government,
whether monarchical republican, With sufficient pow
er to give some assurance for tie observance of treaty
stipuatons with foreign countries, and with sufficient
energy the peace an advance the prosperity Of
the Mexicans at home.
Disguised, and but thnly disguised under eli this is
desire on the part of LOUIS NAPOLEON to secure for
France footho!d in some tropical semi,tropca
gon whence she derive the great staples Of cotton,
tobacco, rice, sugar, etc, which, however, he will
hardly find IN Mexico 10 any great extent not at least
so far as cotton is concerned although cotton can be
grown there and is to extent but not enough for
expectation, is also coffee, which grows more lux
uriantly than on the island Of Cuba.
The difficulties Of the conquest OF Mexico to Euro
peans unaccustomed to the climate, unacqua1ted with
the country and without friends anon the inhabitants
must be great-r1uch greater than even LOUIS Ma
FoLEoN shrewd as be is can have had any notion of it.
Mexico was easier al