Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-12-03

de atigable Moaby is operating in thu enem in bis
own peculiar manner.
FRE-The alarm OF FIRE On saturday night last
ed by th burning of straw and hay in the stable be-
logging Dr.. T. B. CARR the Southern portion CT the
town. The damage done was triding.
OKsLow COURT House, NV. 22d, 1868.
kEs;as. FULTON AND PRIgE':-We have lst eard Of
the promotion to .hs poziticn OF Hsjor in the 81 n, {
Regiment of yourg friend and talented cunty uaa,
IT, e en- ana we can and 0es and
cspgrauate Young friend being able II discharge
his eqss 5a 6,ra TO as ahG an Of
Company The only strange thing ia that his fr,fnotion
has not been made before Tor surely lis worth az an
0'D'Sf AH' ~ D''DND' '"''''' ~ !oksL0w CoUaTY,
Military Tactics
"Concenrate to ,ht, dlsperse to subs;s, said Napo
Leon And, further, "when ycu about to fight
battle concentrate all your forces. Bring every
Do not leavs behind. 1t really would aPpe>r to
the unintiahd that as is good advice. 1t would SEEM
when battle is to be fought that every man who IS OF
any service who be, ught to be brought to tie
field 1t would to be the interest OF every Iener
al to make victory little doubtful possible Again,
when there is Immediate prospect OF fight, Il would
seem that it best to dsperse the troops IN Greer
to render subsistence easier and more certain. large
body of men, it used to DE thought Will Consume more
provisions than small body.
Again. An army being oCce concentrates Il YVES
formerly supposed to be matter OF great importance
10 prevent toe enemy from doing the same thing by
for that purpose Where the concentrated army held an
interior line, this supposed 10 be comparatively
easy ard it offered the great adVantg e2 OF 4ln5 Gu
each detached portios with superior force; ad Thus
iDsurirg victory the time it rend red II h
less costly in blood Innumerabe instance quoted
in the olden time, of successful operations OF this de-
scription Thus, the great Frederick threatened by
three armies invading bis territories at the same time
from three different directions. They5@ero each some
what superior in numbers TO his own. ard il united
would easily have overwhelmed him. Blu. he held the
central position and failing upon first and thep the
other succeeded in dee ting them all His operations
on this occasion regarded master pieces, and
held up 10 the world examples TO all Generals il
similar predicanents, CT what energy and activity
could do. The various operations ct Napoleon atound
Mantau where he held central position Ga the Adige,
and by of it succeeded in destroying two armies,
each three times as numerous IS his OHn, were also
thought worthy of study. ILdeed, ia former time il
thought matter oil sucn high momsnt to attack an
enemy in de all that tie most elaborate Glvrea
were execu ed to separate his columns when united
The pre-revoutonary idea that battles were
taught for some purpose AID with some object 10 view
beyond tie mere pleasure OF Strengthening and beng
slaughtered. Each battle of these who, before the prs
ent war; regarded master spirits, political
stroke, and victory therefore followed up with
relentng pertiuacity. Such views have become o0so'
ete Or at least, they apparently not entertained Dy
the leaders of the present day.
We have nothing to say against the system
We are constantly told that common sense has nothing
to do with military affairs ard that nobody but pror8-
sional men can know anything about them. ibis may
all be truewe do not pretend to dispute it. But
hope we may be allowed say it looks very strange to
an outside observer.-R1ch. Dispatch.
The LORD PALMERsToN MArrER-Thc London cor
pondent of St. Louis paper writes fellows Of the
affair In which Lord Pamerston l8 alleged TO De OF
the parties:
Day before yesterday Lord PaImerston celebrated bis
eightieth-say eightieth-birhday, and almost on the
same day suit of Grim. con. is brought against him.
The occurrence seems impossible, absurd-ndeed con-
sidering all the circumstances perfect eDormty and
yet it is true. The English papers do not mention one
word of the matter But in few well Informed cgcles
it is spoken of to-day.
By en- exceptional circumstance, an able to c2mr9u
ncate to you the particulars of the affair be authority
frem which derive tie following facts has seen the
original document efer1ed to. From certain
L suppose tie name of The plaintiff. will merely say
that it commenced with CO." TIE lady in question
is young, pretty ard charming. Her photograph Is
among The documents IN court. confidential letters Of!
the accused also in the testimony Ia order to prove
The authenticity of these letters the plaintiffs counsel
produced letter OF Lord Pamers ona, which be Uroe
after he had received the first proposals to make Gar
rangement,' and which he-it is hard TO understand
why-wroe himself instead of getting his secretary
attorney to write Ii.
The case is now pending before the Probate and
Divorce Court but is deep State cret The plain
tiff demands twenty thousand pounds damages Accord
ing to all al eearances, Lord Palmerston has beea I'D
into the affair by intrigue; "Od Cupid This well
known nchname), he could not resist, o. course. In
those circles where the affair IS known, great excite
men prevails. 1t is thought that the occure1ce viii
politically damage Old Pam, at court ard otherwise
The case almost wholly without parallel OF lis kud
ONE CT THE CoLLARDs.-The Macon Telegraph is
indebted Mr. r, Dorsett of that city, for collard
four inches short of nine feet high II locks for all the
world, says the Telegraph, like young Palmetto tree
and is capable OF atordng friendly shelter to four tail
men in a thunder storm, or when the is at meridian
ibis coaTd grew in Mr. Dorsetts garden in Macon
and is predict from seed soWn last spring.
Jointed Iron Steamship Conductor.
Sometime since public attention was called to this
system of jonted vessels, to be used for commercial
purposes upon the coast the advantages being that
stead the entire vessel remaining delayed in dcharg
Of boro balo