Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-17

think LINCOLN himself looks ward to the end OF his pres
idency quite the close Of the term for which he
elected We may assured that he will snrllK from
MEANS being too air or too low, TOO egal or LOO
unconstitutional to retain powerpeaceaoy ne ca 'o
chilly if he must he retains it.
The coming year lead to startling Developments at
the North It remains to be whether the opponents
of INCOLH have sufficient nerve to meet the crls, Or
whe her they will quietly under In estimating what
LINCOLN will do, must make calculations founded
upon any idea may have formed of his deficiency in
personal courage No marched forward with more
ruthless determination than MACMILLAN RcBEsPERkE
yet he totally devoid of personal in the
actual presence of danger Perhaps he went forward in
his fearful because be could not dare either to stand
It'll retrsce his steps, This appears to be LINCOLN
position He and his supporters may think that they are
compelled to fight for power means of se-preserVa-
ton, and they will fight recklessy and unscrupulousiy
IT APPEARS ENEMY when they occupied Battery
Wagner sitter that work had been evacuated by troops
instead of hosting the old " the stars and stripes
" the banner etc. gave to the breeze the
State flag of the head and front Of aoo
.ionism fanaticsm, and all other diaboical isms This
done of to mark strongly the nature OF
the assault and the of it's leaders, while at the same
time it seized upon mode by which an additional
insult could be safely offered to the defenders and people
CT the beleaguered city.
still farther to evnce their magnity it has been
announced that BUTLER (he beast) Massachusetts, man
whose inamy world wde ia to he put in command Of
Charleston by the Lncolnes-ocen they get It, He also
be Military Governor of South Carolina. By the way
Military Governor Hon. EDWARD STANLY,- has aban
doned his post and gone of. We guess he could hardly
stand everything, and the Yankee military commanders
paid about much respect to the authority of the Military
Governor they had been and still in the habit Of
ing to private property common deceDcy.
IT is about time for Rude Boreas clustering raer to
getting ready to to begin blowing slight
prelude the equinoxia gales. It the
tember and the will the line, the line will
he the 2st at whc time the days and the nights
Of equal length and neither being able to whip the 9th
err they fight erousy for the supremacy and raise
quite gale, not TO say tempest hurricane,
cyclone like that which, since, swept up the
coast sRamped thu Central AMERICA and rooted up or
blew down half the china aud third Of the mulberry
trees town. miles of fencing ard other things
100 numerous to mention.
Why should not the wines arise and bio all the nOni
ashore where they would be lef high and dry at the
recedng of the waters which, in the meantime had wash
ed all the Yankees and negro troops with all their works
Of iniqQity eff Morris Island The clouds do look If
they expected to raise the wind.
Coils W. w. KIRKLAND and ROBERT JOHNSON, of North
Carolina have been made Brgaders, their commissions
date from the 29h August and the lst September
lively.