Wilmington journal., 1864-10-27

Lynchburg. This place is of too great importance to
be lost sight OF in the campaign now fully under way,
and its capture will have terribly demorazng eff ct
upon the rebel army. Ere long, General Grants army
In front of Richmond and Petersburg will make another
advance; Sheridan will move down upnn GorjousviIe
and Sherman, with bis victorious egons, will sweep
brilliantly and successfully through South western Vr-
ginia against Lynchburg These combinations exbt
profound knowledge of the art Of ON tie part OF
General Grant and although he did at the ou SET dis
caid the plans formed by General Mcclellan for the
campaign against Richmond, his adoption of them 81
the present time shows that he is not unwilling to fol-
low in the footsteps and after the advice OF the iusri-
CCs leader OF the Army OF the Potomac.
(TuE CONVENTION oF ALL THE STATES.
The Richmond Examiner, in leading article, takes
to task Messrs Stephens and Boyce who have a1voca
led the monstrous" " proposition OF L" Convention of
all the States, and in its peculiar vein of SATIRE
depicts the mighty Convention, with the South Caro-
lima delegates sitting cheek by iowl with Banks, Sum-
ner, Everett and Beast Butler For the entertainment
OF our readers make the following extracts from the
TX amirer's article:
A southern man, MIR Stephens, Vice President Of
the Confederate States, gives give, his
sent to the monstrous proposal "To such convention
"of the States should have objection peaceful
confeeDce and Interchange of views between equal and
"Sov reign Powers" Mr. Stephens, however. proba-
bly, thinks 1t wise, with come polite view or other to
Perhaps be supposes that the apparent reception and
entertainment If the cson ct the South might sc
tavoraby the efforts Cf the Demo cratic party that
is the Peace party, at the North.
Possibly the rxp 8natiOn may account for the
letter of Mr.. B Jyce Of South Car 1na to the Pres
deut, wheleiu be most warmly urges-or eeeGs 20 urge
the President to this action of the Chicago Con
yention, by declaring his Willingness for arrnisca
and Convention of all the States, &c. 81 tbiUh: 3"
says Mr. Boyce, "tha action aely the action Of the
Chicago meeting) demands favorable response from
our governmeIt' Ard the honorable gentleman car
ries the joke far, in his aru design Of encouraging
Yankee peace men, to eject kind Of enthuslasm
for their noble idea OF Convention. lmagne, he
cries. 'his grapd Council Of States in the OF con
vening after the people every where in peaceful posses
sion Of heir right to elect their ambassadors had done
so. What sublime spectacle! There would be moth
ng to compare with in moral grandeur in ancient
modern tm3s," &c.
Well, imagine it. Let all try to conceive, if the
human imagination can. this proposed august convoca
| tion very vast "wgwam," huger than the Cells
eum ia erected with circpg tiers of steps for myrads oil
spectators for it is to be highly imposing assembly,
never The like in all CT aton," "a Yankee boast
which this time will be true and have astonished
mankind by our war, SO are to dazze them by q
Peace which shall be the envy and despair of all IA
tions. OF there will be nj ghty thrOng OF Ia
dies from the several tatesfor have deeper in
teres in the result, Legitimate curiosity to
behold so many Of immortal names assembled on
the grandesf occasion in bstory-up to this date
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hemisphere, is opened The heart of the vast multitude
beats high and its breath quick the Delegates
enter. Arrive the representatives of South Carolina
they take their seats with courteous greetings besd
the honorable gentlemen from Massachusetts, and the
" Bay State " has, of course sent her greatest men
there sis Banks, late commanding general at New o.
leans, in civil attire for all swords e5eathed,
turned Tito ploughshares steel pens. At sight OF
him. perhaps, of Louisiana delegates cannot but
think sadly of his house and plantation sacked a1d
buried Red river, and his children shipped of and
landed hOuseess refugees the bare strand of Pasca
goula, by order of that Banks but he reprcsses
thoughts; they must not be inGuged on this ytu day
| for this, look you, is Gay Of peace on earth
and good will unto men, On tie same bench you re-
cogn also the calm craftsmanship like Vsage OF Sum
ner who formerly, in the bitterness OF his heart and
soreness of his head, termed Souherners the sum-
total of all barbarism "-he is all smiles to day, be
ooks on his Southern brethren for he says within him
SELF Now I know that the Lord hath delivered them
into my hands. Behold also the lofty brow OF melil-
AuOus Everett, who con- jured the very old women O
Massachusetts,, if they could do better, to stab
with their knitting needles and Benjamin Butler whose
wholesome discipline tanned the spirit of the New Or
leans women, and put bit between the teeth OF clergy
men of Norfolk. And all eyes eagerly bent
to gaza as through another door file in the proud Vr
ginians, holding their heads somewhat high al
first but soon they look humble, when they fad
their allotted chairs beside the representatives OF Pier
pont" Virginia, (or this you remember, is Conyen-
ton of all the States.'O DR.. Rucker and Genera
Hunter politely greet the gentlemen from the Eastern
fragment of the Old Dominion; and as the last nam
commanding general is announced there is moven ent
amongst the Virginia ladies in the auditory they be-
gin to inspect curousy, through tognetts the 2wey
which races the and necks OF the fair dau hters
of New England, seated by-and fancy that they
recognize certain chains and bracelets. Some may
sbiver and shudder hardly suppress SOB, when tey
see the who burned their houses their heads
almost fancy they hear again the roar OF the flames
bringing their rooftree crashing down upon the bearth
Delegates from Hahn's new tStae' OF Louisiana (sont
of them colored gentemen fraternally meet planters
from the "coast whose plantations have been leased tt
Yankee agFicul ur8:s As OHIO represeo ta'iVes take
their eeats spect from Tennessee perhaps think up
on John Morgan and bis staff, their beads cropped II
the prison dress OF the penentlary Not n ortherr
delegate who enters tut calls up to some 'Georgian o
North Carolnian spectator the memory OF d38olatec
homes and murder shreks rising from burning towEs
and the wall of violated virgins tearing their hair,
M by the time the ConVentiOn is called to order, th
whole atmosphere seems laden with and lamenta
tions ADD the of hundred thousand ghosts Cry
ing aloud for vengeance.
1htn the parson rises 10 open the proceedings 8th
prayer But it is best to stop here, lest We verge Or
blaspbey; for what orm Of prayer viii serve his rucn
The ScE nures tell Us not to DO evil TIA ~-c! ia
come of it. 1t of,eu happens ,hst when wicked Ia d
evil that eUI (not go0d) n y come ol il, Provid-u"
akEs tie matter 10 is hands AMI evoi75s goo,
f. IN the intended evil
The cereal. sorghum was introduced into r2.9 csul-
one of the industrial pursuits OF the South. IL wa
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