Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-01-22
Bl3oaT TELEGRAPH.
FROM GEN. BRAGG's ARMY.
Especial 10 the Advertiser & Register. !


80 .ys...7 FROA GEN. zBRAGG's ARMY.
,ssa.sa Especial TO the Advertiser q RegisteEI
- TULLAHoRa, Jan. 18th. 1858
Our pickets aie now within miles Of Murfeesioro'
The Nqsh$e Union Of the 7h iast mentions the arrival
of rebsl rcers Including B.. r. Fading, J. D. Leane,
Of the ferty, ,ass vita $40 prisoners, oncsl reports
show n more sanguinaFy conflict before Murfreea-
boro than was at rst supposed Hardess corps won the
highest dstincton Every ocer of Breokinrdss's stAR
was wounded or had horse under him. Col OHars,
Chief or hii Ssaf Maj JAS wilson and Captain @. @.
Aarsn heir clothes rjcdled and horses ehOt Lieut..
Csbef Rreekafsdse, General Breckinrdge only Is
pears old smong the wounded Loss In Brechinridges
Division 1880 Total loaa in ClArbornes Division 2Oe1
- 5F THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
iss .t.sa--,,rY -. .- RICHMOND Jan. l4th, 1853.
The message Of President Davis opens with view Of tho
military position of af.s which described vory salts
factory Tie fourth great army OF invasion has been de-
feated IN vgns and General Burnside has xperienced
the fate Of his three predecessors Mcdowell Mcclellan
and Pope In the weFt the fortunes Of have been
various. Battles have been with fearful carnage
both es the hopes Of the enemy o. any decisive
sults have been bAfed On the Atlantic coast the enemy
still cosaned to the protecting Of their f.s.
resew Of history shows that the war has en-.
tered s k ana fasy sge the rst effort TO restore
the Union and has been Abandontd The second 20
has proven impossible and has been abandoned she third
dssign destroy ana pIunder what they Csud sub
ugate 1--we contiuue the efofts In the pas this
design will likewise be defeated and may confidently
expect that this 10 the closing year Of the war
The enemy viii poassas neither the spirit the
Tor continuing it into the fourth year,
expsnaive q acsls. We desire peace, but will
continue the &C any sacrifice until right to self
and tn sovereignty and Independence Of the
taes vindicated and established. Foreign rea ions
are them reviewed our right to recognition ID Ihswn BY
past hssry Of States Of which
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of peace Of l7sS, ad had been previously allies In
with France When oar Commissioners demanded r'cog
milton they told that foreign governments could not
decide between the coBf citing statements made hy our
and that OF the United States In respect to
mutual relAous and that Europe woud simply recognise
beRerents and pteserv sict neutrality This APP
parent decide In reality decision against
because thus upjuaty deprived Of diplomatic
the ting enemies the ques-
ton Of blockade discussed at length i nvAlidity
shown tested by the principles oftbe Congress Of Parsn
1856 The whole conduct OF neutral nations summed uP,
that they have enforced oil neua rights that
effected inuriousy, and refainsd from asserting those
that would jure the Unted States The correspondence
between Courts Of France, Great Britain and Russ ID
advertsd to- The language OF the French spatch
srued formal admission OF ability to maintain
independence and ustfes the hope Of an early recogn
tion. sj5E1, l,. I'd -1a:.y -. ,.
The barbarities committed BY the Northern troops
are referred TO- and the action taken In relation the afro
cities committed by Generals McNei, Butler and Mroy,
explsned the opDlsn expressed thai the nfay Of their
sondaet bs sharsd by their aupeos who have In
instance punished the perpetrators Of these crimes. In
regard to Lneolns proclamation no says detesaoR
ID tempered BY profound contsppt for his impotent
rage. The action of the Government win be confined
to delivering up. ell commissioned onacsrs hereafter
capturediA the States named In the proclamation,
to bs tried by the States under the laws which punish
those that excite seryne insurecticn The procama'
ton treated posse ssing great significance In po'
litical point Of view It proves what were the de.
signs Of the Republican party from the beginning notwith
standing their efforts conceal them false declarations
The proclamation next considered guarantee against
the possibility Of rseorstruction. 10 also treated
confession Of inability to subugts the South which Europe
will be bound to consider justyins Immediate
cognon and ftimation to the people Of the North
that they submit formal paAion Of the States
Adeqnste xaion recommended also the Aue Of bonds
be guaranteed by the States The message which the
longest yet issued by the President embraces comprs
hensve review of the whole internal and external relations
of country It 10 confident trium phaa n tone
and closes with tribute to women, without whose
sublime sacrAcss 1t declares that would have
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