Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-01-01
The Malls

.se.ox - .he 9th Regiment, writing from camp
r.oso.iolsburv under date of the 2lst instant, re
$50, w IN call the attention of the Post Office De
arment to the distressing irreguary now existing IN
roard to the transmission Of the mails for the army
For instance the last copy of the journal received at
camp up to the date OF correspondent letter twas
that of the 5h and but four Issues had been received
this month The same difficulty exists with regard to
letters and this rregularity is felt most sensitivey by
the soldiers.
Our correspondent anticipates assurance that our
papers mailed regulary-that s as regularly as 'ney
can beo officers and soldiers, of whose Location we can
never be perfectly for week at time. LIZ "ouio
greatly help things subscribers in the army would
do what they can to keep Us apprized OF tner move
ments and changes. We do our best to "keep the
RIM of things but can not always be of succeed
ing.
No doubt portion of the failures in the forwarding
of and papers from this section during the present
month occasoned by the interruption of travel on
the Wilmington Weldon Railroad owing to the raid
made By the enemy and the destruction of track and
trestle by detachment of their cavalry. STILL although
these things partially account for the failures occurring
during December, 1862, they by account for
the continual aud unvaryng succession of failures at all
times and under circumstances where little might
have prevented them.
WE pleased to notice that the passage Of the law
for raising body of State troops in North Carolina
basis that must 10 opposition to the spirit and
letter of the Conscrpon Law Of Congress has beer, if
not positively defeated, at least postponed. We think
the people generally will also be pleased to find that
events have taken this One revolution at a
time is felt to be enough and two quite too many.
Besides putting all this out of the question, events
have shown that there generally more ways than
one for accomplishing object The failure of Burn
side at Fredericksburg had much to do with causing
the retirement of Foster to Newbrn the vaor of our
troops, did it eecualy than State reserve not
of ten but of twenty thousand could have done The
failure of Lee at Fredericksburg would have given Eos
ter advantages against which State reserve could
have contended, matter how brave.
We dislike much to enveigh against the Legislature
of the State We dislike to think that the representa-
tives of North Carolina should be- Influenced by any
other than proper spirit not alone out of the respect
which such body ought to command, but from a dread
of the consequences which wrong spirit abroad in tie
General Assembly at this critical time, might tend to
produce But there is certainly unsafe tendency in
the course of action pursued "a something more des
tructive" than the representatives Of the people
to be aware Of but to which we trust their eyes will be
opened by their contact with the people themselves
during the brief which they have taken. There
is an atmosphere of political bitterness hanging
the city of Raleigh at the present time which, like tie
malaria that brooded over the town Of Wilmington
during the last fall, seems to exercise epidemic in
fuence upon those brought within its sphere, from
which there is no escape but to go forth among the
people ard breathe the purer air of popular feeling and
opinion Perhaps in this way the taken by the
General Assembly may bs useful It's members may
return wiser men-alnost any change would he likely
TO make them better Legislators.