Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-01-08

This is only another instance of tie dc operation Of
the rebel Government that felt strong and
cor6ent would descend to 80 petty exhibition
OF malice and revenge as this document evDces ls
proof of the which the emancipation proclama
ton oil the President has struck to the hearts OF the re-
bella
i As.APPGA1 no LIsCoLN.
i The World makes the following thrilling appeal to
Lincoln to cut loose and h-aiy from his past and
fatal policy:
The m s. splendid army of the world with generals
as gallant led, aud soldiers brave ever
marched to victory has met the frighuest dis ster OF
the war. By Gen Hal ecks orders the Army OF the
! R4ppabaonock marched up against the impregna.
BILE batteries of the Fredericksburg beigths brga at
brigade, division after division after another decima
ted thousands upon thousands slaughtered from day
break snUset, unt its ruin complee, until we'll
nigh twenty thousand brave and noble souls wet the
Virginia hill sides with their blood The unbenctDg
the dam less ntrepidyiof our msgnf eat army
were never more sablime displayed. The laundering
strategy, the incompetent generalshp, which hurled
| them a frultless doom never branded itself so
conspclously as indis 'riminate slaughter end muir
der by wholesale. Ag@i" haze you Abs0ham LIZ
coin. By the hsnds of Henry W. Haueck and Ed0,a N.
anton sert death to thousands upon thousands of our
brothe and friends agqin DISSOLUTION and anguish to
the homes and hearts Of the people-dsath that giUes
life TO the pershing nofo" and sor' ow soh1h no pa
t'lotna console or the Consciousness Of "eedt"L
though costly sell sac 1f1cs oSSuogs. By The banks of
the Rnppahaanock there Slaughter which fruit
less and By t1rentu thousand des tears 10 day
! We have words of anger in hour like this
The of for the nation aud her slaughtered
| sons coos the hot wrath which must yet break
forth upon the heads of th whose sefshness, whose
ncCmpetency, whose recklessness, ard whose ambition
have brought our grief upon US.
By that sorrow, which there Is net family in all
the cities and villages Of the North but shares by
that love foT country which has not aered among
and does ier in Der darkest hour by the hopes
which yet linger in the bosom of the chief ags
trae, to recover TIE confidence bis people and to
transmit honored to his and their prosperity
by the DIT sire which 10 bis serious moments yet
him, ID via in times trying those in which
Washington the title of the Father OF bis Country
the equal title OF its Saviour by the unutterabe
tempt OF the of bis tims and the blasting
of history which will surely be wreaked upon him if
be tails in aught which he may fairly do to the
republic by the glory which may yet await, and by
the doors which threatens her; by these, and every
other consideration which the breaking hearts the
anxious minds OF twenty millions OF people can con-
ceive Frame beseech the President to cut loose
and finally from his past and fatsl policy, and from the
men of whom it is enough to say that the Union and
the Constitution might have been saved, but that,
| with the resources OF continent and the arms OF
twenty millions OF united feemen at their backs they
have not saved it. We bes2ech him to call to his cab-
net and aid, the abest, bravest and best of the
nation and is not yet past all remedy
by their help and the favor of just God to make one
na effort for the salvation of the republic which fruit
less millions have been spent for, and for which more
than hundred thousand lives have been yielded up in
vain
ELEVEN INDIANS AND OxE OANTEEN-rbe Santa
Fe Gazette of the 9Th ut contains an account of an
extraordinary affair, which we reproduce
When the troops which moved from Fort Union to
Fort Stanton had reached point within 20 miles OF
the latter post chit named Namanita, together with
bis band brought into camp where they prOfessed
friendship ala reported that hostile bands in the
neighbornood IN consequence OF this information Capt
Graydon, with % men from each company in bis com
mand, detailed to hunt up the hostile Indians and
| roto Ibnu
accompanied by Mamsna and his
On the road difficulty occurred between Captain
Graydo and Mananta about a canteen which belong
ed to the former It had been handed to the latter and
he said he and his braves would keep it fight for it,
Capt, Graydon then said, Fight be it, and fred
barreled gun at the chief, killing him and Of
the braves. The fighting then became pretty general
and before it ceased eleven of the Indians killed
YANKEE RAID IN EAST TENNESSEE
The Lynchburg Republican of Friday, says that
reliable information received there on Wednesday
that body of Yankee cavalry made raid Monday
upon the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and de-
stroyed two important bridges, the Hoston
and the other across the Wetauga river. The bridge
the Holston OF lountsvile guarded by two
hundred of our cavalry, who completely surprised
and made prisoners without any resistance
The enemy adj auced within six miles Of Bristol the
term of th7 Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, but
retired without coming to the place. They afterwards
advanced towards Jonesboro' and burned the bridge
across the Watauga. At this place small scouting
them and brisk skrmrsh occurred, in which one OF
the enemy was killed and two captured, who were
brought into Bristol Tuesday. They belonged to a |
Pennsylvania regiment, and learn reported their |
force at five thousand.
The enemy first entered Virginia between Cumber-
land Gap and Pound Gap, and passed through EstiL |
Vile in Scott county to BlountvIe 1t is sta I'D by
our scouts, who came into Bristol Tuesday night that
they were retreatDg ever nearly the they
had advanced.
The distance from the point at which they entered
the State ins to Jonesboro' is between ninety and one
hundred miles, and the raid is certai, y daring
one and argues audacity in the enemy which they |
were not supposed to possess. They reported to
have been poted by militia Colonel OF Washington
county, Tennessee, by the of Ward who left bis
home on Friday, and met them at the mountains.
The damage to the railroad is serious as besides |
burning the bridges named the track is torn up 10 ma
ny places and the stills and iron burnt. The distance
between the Watauga and Holston rivers is nine miles,
and the burning of the bridges those in
wolves loss of that distance in railroad commun
cations 1t will take several weeks repair the DAM
ages. l.
The enemy are reported to be retreatiDg towards
heeiers Gap and prompt efforts are making 10 Inter
eept them before they reach that place LIZ Is hoped
these efforts will be successful and that tbsy will not
escape with IMMUNITY.
It ia stated on good authority that the Yankees filed