Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24
w. ,o re,,p5ed that to present is the Fifty-second

WILMINGTON, n. c., THURSDAY eEPl h a. l'O''
VIZ are reminded that tie present is the Fiy-second
,d last number oftle Nineteenth Volume OF the weekly
1,,77 The volume closes some weeks later than torm
rlv cwicg the temporary nson during the preEa
reo o. the epidemic last Fa the only suspension or fall
nc o rlH,czgH during the nineteen years OF us e1S
fence We trust that may again be forceo 10 sus
nd TOM the Same or any other cause. We cannot,
however de from ourselves the fact that dark cloud
r over cur prospects, and that in entering px'
Tveck upoa q volume, we may indulge the nope
but caurct calculate upon the certaipt OF Oelng
able Il brig it 10 a close unnn"ies!ed ny the
r0cT9~ Wo have rever barborod doubt OF the
o,I t-rr,rl Of crr cause-ve harbor none now; but
rr roqrv may yet have to be made, many
so vet have to be borne before independence can be
seemed rC peace be enjoyed No one can tell the drec
,io tar5s rfioh the tide of battle may roll, what
mint may claim the attention of the invader. We
can only say ourEeadersto all Stand to possreo
n qro u the sp-never despair, and brighter ard bet
fe~ 6ay vii soon dawn upon the Confederacy.
Some very old and very punctua subscribers seem
10 think rather Larl Of rigid enforcement of the strict
" cash rule under which paper is sent day after the
line 10 which paid for. If these friends of will
reflect that spite Of adverse circumstances, have kept
p paper with its dimensions not contracted and us
reading matter greatly ena ged while the increase in the
price ci subscription trie compared with The
enormous rise in all the ueeessa7ies OF lie, aBd IN all the
elements which 20 to production OF newspaper Let
r friends il the country merely consider for moment
that whereas they formerly got Sl3 to SIG per hundred for
aeon get 2C0per hundred, rise Of from twelve
hundred and fifty to fifteen hundred Per cent? lave
lv risen from g 80 81 per annum, little fifty per
per cent they will at that the rigid ad
helaDCe cash system absolutely necessary
die tie paper at all, without positive loss
10 say nothing OF any remuneration for labor,
any returns for the capital employed Indeed low
paraty gpea1g present rates. that any further
advance the price o. paper other Materials will
nal Is sQEgcripti0l Wh
&c would be reluctant take, but which MAJ be out Of
cur power to avoid.
But tese mes cannot j1st forever and we do hope and
most sincerely Pray ha in The Of the newspaper
year on which We enter we may be able to
chronicle the successful close
nLich The Confederate states engaged But even
should that contamination be deferred to still
nc psod, ard the he still further prCtracted, we
may .Gel ave 70 the Buferings of the
Try will the less cherish abiding confidence in
Lcr iasl aid ttiuEp plant success.
LEroErs from Northern Tennessee assert that reinforce
rleDts EosHcEAHs army arriving daily Carks.
vile, Tenn. &. the raso OF from regiment to brigade.
These achievements come from GRANTS army By water
GIarSsYo which poat the Cumberland river
gable Thence they marched to Nashville, from which
place they by to the headquarters RosEN GRAMS
army. The coming contests in the mountain reg ions of
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama bid fair to be fierce
and desperate a2y which history records and waged by
more powerful armies than have ever encountered each
other siouLd OF r similar character.
Unless al accounts lie there must be full two hundl ed
thousand men rapidly concentrating towards the corner
TIC three States Of Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama
IT. ald hers are pouring forward, to support the
defeated strengthen tie victorious party. For once
least, think BHAGc viii have an army with which he
ought TO achieve VICTORY and lie gill have around him some
OF The very best generals IN the whole Confederate armv
Now is IS tae, If ever. some of the Atlanta papers hear
things tA. eSs cGa hear, Gnd contain mysterious
zyiDgs-ou C great combinations all of which We most
py,epty dsbe.eye. We want to hear of no strategic
movement, which, IL lain terms, means DISASTER The
Whc2 tactics must he adopted
hy army the backbone of the Countrywide Aueeha
nv Ridge Tie enemy Ilst be fought - belly belly
olIIc-c hath jt-huet to bullet steel steel,
t,maa.
Or without IT, Cur anxiety ccud not change the event
neither coad anything sad now, by anybody alter the
plans Of he campaign, for they doubt already de
c-icd bet while we know ali this to be the fact we
therefore suRF2s anxiety, forbear specu
iatng be pursued by the leaders of our
armies especially spite of any arrangements that
course likely be greatly modified, OF wholly changed
ny The changing fortunes OF the struggle by the plans
OF tie enemy as Eiey are developed
IL the Daily LtJ.. published at Marietta Ca we
aud the following which has not been sent by telegraph to
lie Associated Press and which simply give as we get
!, without yguChng for it:
Tas Front.
MARIETTA, Thursday 18th. lP H.
ETyato dispatches this morning bring stirring from
She front. large force Of cavalry entering East Ten
and Burnside - rctrCatug Chattanooga being
evacuated by the FedeTas, and to be
~ dvaIciTg Forrest vas towering about the skirts Of
lie YANKEE army, Al last accounts, Ike night hawk and
expected 10 Elake desperate sWOOp uDOn them soon
Rl.veu cIs witnessed this stand point Indicate
gtaCzt activity, and events of exciting interest will
4evciCp themselves. The troops are bucyant and
sTery body confident
The comes from Huntsville under the same
o.ts- We ind subsequent confirmation or denial of it,
NJ communication IL allowed with BRAGG army.
TIE newest Intervention rumCur or rather speculation
OF rather, phase VI Development supposed to con-
Iect itself with the operations of the French in
Mexico. Europe, which has pereny failed TO recog
officially the legal existence of Confederacy formed
with the wishes and resting upon the sup
port O. southern States Will readily recognise Gov
eminent Dictated to Mexico by foreign potentate and
sustained ny FTeLch hay cnets Why this should be the
case IS easy cEoug 20 understand. First because the
movement ID yncaI, AMI secoud because no one
fears the JUAEz Government while every one rather pre-
ieTs not 10 dissent trvEa LOGS NAPOLEON.
The LINCOLN government cannot recoEpZ, either the ex
!stug provisional regency of Notabes set I'D bv FoREy
as 4 sort Of ''WermiUg pan" for the new Emperor or
that august person when ne out in person
without violating many pledges, PROMISES professions and
threats. Not that the Monroe more correctly tie Can
ing doctrine oueha Of what has been attributed
= il by modern politicians Of the spreadeagle school
When, some forty Cdd years ago the Holy Alliance after
cutting snd trimming parcang and dividing peoples and
countries in the old world TO sa themselves proposed to
extend their operations 10 tie world and undo all that