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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29

Loss THE IHNx-Last Sunday night the fine block
ade-running steamer Lynx, belonging TO JOHN FRAZER
& Co.. aud commanded by Captain Rid, crossed New
Inlet Bar and put to sea, bound to Bermuda, with a
cargo consisting mainly of six hundred bales OF
cotton, onehaif government account She also had
$4,000 in gold on f4eigbt for government. She had
some few passengers
Just after she got ont she pursued by the block
aiding squadron, by which she completely. hemmed
in. She struck eight tines six times at below
the water line. Finding the ship in sinking condi-
tion the Captain beached her scme FIVE Or six miles
above Fort Fisher. The crew and passengers escaped
with portion OF their Effects and the vessel was burned
to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy
The gold belonging to government was saved. rbe
enemy got close IS to fire volley OF musketry ct
the Lynx, by which one Of the crew vas woundod.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29

Coe.EDaRATE STATES or AMERICA.
N. c., THURSDAY, SEPT. 2s, 1854.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29
From tbs Charleston Courier, 2sth inst.

DIsFIEaUIsRsD ARsvAL.-Gen. Beauregsrd, accompa.
MED by Col D. B. Harris Col. A. G. Rc: and Col A. Ro-
Of The Genera ais staff erriv. in Charleston by spe-
cs train CT the Hortbs Rail Road eight O'Clock sun
day mornins. The General was met at the depot by
dsputstion IF military o:ers and citizens, and escorted
to the residence Of felix cizsn Mr. Tneo D.
whose guest the erera! sill be during bis sta! in the city
The Genera glad 10 state Is In excellent health
and spirits acd he has done the most
unboup6ed copfdence in future He is very
n his Ir&i.e OF army 10 Virginia. g. especially
the heroic endurance OF that portion OF doing duty in
the trenches before Petersburg.
We learn thai President Davis and Ganeal Beaure gard
had long ccHsulta ion at Bur keve Vs. Lass week, tee
resalt OF which IS said to have been highly gratifying Al
will probably lead the assgp Of General Beaure
gard to the command OF the Army OF Tennessee
The General vi remain city until further orders
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29

IT is reported that General FORREST has been made
q Lieutenant General.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29
From the Charleston Mercury, 2eth mat.
General B.aursgsrd.

General Bsauregard and Staff arrived ia th. city yester
day. he does not to the army in Georgia mmed-
atey, but main here to ait further ORDERS
We suppfse the meaning OF tts ooeHt to bs this
The President has gone the in Georgia eEdea
vor 10 matters ,0hout putting General Beaure
gard conmdndthat IL, to reconcile, possible. the
army to General Hoods continuation in s command II
be eeds according his estiatioB General Baure
gard will bs his command Petersburg II
fals General BsauTegard viii be ordered to the
maud of the army in Georgia. Our deductions drawn
from the tG@ts and readers jdae Of their
well II rs correct in inter-
however j. pears tc they DISCLOSE in The pre-
sent emergencies, tie rnost tremendous rihing.
From the Augusta Con sutiopast.
GEN. BRAURKGArD.-As public curiosity is much exer-
csed concernirg this dssine ed hero and patc
ularlar at present viii. regard to his assumption Of
msnd in GeorciA, permitted give the sub.tance
OF bret cologuy Cet1een gentleman and President
Davis:
GENTLEMAE -''Mr. President, We have heard here that
Gen. 10 I'd nas been superceded. IL II 30 p
PREs.DsET."E have not heard 1t and do Eot know
IL to be so.'
GENrLEHAN.-We understand that General Beaur egard
TO commanj'
PREsIDsNr.-"Gen Beauresard Will take any command
and his couary tie Will pass through Aus in
few days"
The qudnnucs Welcome to draw whateyer coSclu-
sons they T.3ase-AuguSid COnstttutionGist
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29

The Macon hteligencer of the 24h, says it bos the
rumor from very reloble source, that the Yanhees
occupied Critic Friday morning, the ga netant,-
We must regard this doubtful, since the telegraph
says nothing OF it, But although doubtful it is hot
impossible. Grilfin is on the Macon and Western
Railroad, d miles from Atlanta, and 60 miles from
Macon. Ii is Ia mies south If General HOODS former
headquarters at Lovejoys station, LoyeJ2ys station
being 20 miles south of Atlanta. Griffin is the
ty seat of Pike county, and before the fur
ishing town with something 5000 Inhabitants.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29

TIE enemy has concentrated bis forces and gaiced at
the points OF concentration but be has not thus gained
much he has lost at the points he has abandoned
in order to carry cut his present policy He has part
of Virginia on which GRANTS ard SHERIDANs armies
encamped, but upon the whole, bis lines do not in
clude much, certainly no. of that State than
they did when GRANT commenced his campaign in May
last from the Rapidan. SHERMAN has taken Atlanta,
but be has drained Mississippi, Upper Alabama, Yves
tern louisiana Arkansas, Texas and portion OF East.
ern Louisiana while the Confeerates aga make head
in Missouri Western Tennessee and Kentucky, and the
inYincible FORREST lids fair to be upon his CON-
munications in Middle Tennessee. He has taken the
outer Forts at Mobile bat shrnks from att ackng the
city itself.
Let us lock at the whole field ard give due weight
to the gains and losses, and we will see how in fact
what we have gained ia one place than balances
what have lost in another while the general result
goes to show that military occupation ia rot conquest
that advance in section must be purchased by
abandonment in the other and tLat in fact the enemy
simply hclds and only hold, the ground over which
bis camps extend and his guns range, as long our
people are true to themselves and to their cause.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29

FARRAGUT.-The Mobile Tribune Of late date
says -"There is not word Of n5ws from below. Tie
feet is inactive, and hear nothing OF the movement
oftroops. FARaAGUT, as we judge from the Yankee
papers, has gone to another Station. It believed thai
he has BEEN ordered to Try his proves at Whining
ton"
Possibly. There is laundering blockade # Lere
now, that is pretty cartain, whether the with the
queer name has angling to 90 with it not. We
credit it mainly to the real supposed presence of the
Tallahassee ard saEdry other mysterious monsters
The Yankee pap2rs even report the Florida as among
the vessels that have come into this port.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04

NEwBURN, \. c., Jan. q

N WBGRN, ~. Us jan. :
In speaking Of the growing discomfort
among the people in North Carolina and thei r
desire to hold State Convention, the vii.
mington, N. G Joaranl says
ave say, and We say most sincerely, that
plans, evidently concerted aud movements
vidently set or loot in North Carolina, are
ominous Of ora yer consequences than even
the advance Of the enemy"
The Raleigh Siamlard, i'll its special to the
Shareholders for peace, says
''We went to war to protect the State SOW
ereignties and to defend and perpetuate the
institution of slavery; but if it should APP
pear that we are likely 70 lose both, as ra
tionar beings, we should pause and consider
well the direction which we are taking. II
the war should continue twelve months long
ter with no greater success 10 our arms there
is great danger that the institution OF slav-
cry will be hopelessly destroyed
Gov Vance, Of North Carolina, comes Out
in card in the Rleigh S5tadoyd against the
taxation Of State property for the Confera-
| cy.
The North Carolina and Virginia papers
are firm i'll the belief that Wilmington is soon
to be attacked, and have much to say about
/ JIlG CONCENTRATION vi lOiGtS LlitiSI hiitCli d't
nlagnifed TITO very large numbers.
| DR.. j. I. Leach, conservative member elect
in the new Confederate Congress- wbic
meets in February next, says il the Raleig
ScgdGrd of the 18th inst North Carolina
now claims the fuIfllment Of the right to de
part from the Confederacy III peace s.
At the great meeting held recently in John
Iston County, favoring call for the State
Convention, Dr. Leach was chairman on the
committee on resolutions.
Meetings are being held in different com
ties having the same object.
The Raleigh S5ate Jont0ai says;
The proposition for / State convention, SC
close on the heels Of Mr.. LincoIn's PROPOSE
ton to let one tenth of the people form /;
State government, has very strong odor o
disloyalty and treason about it.
The Henderson, II. g., Times is delighted
over the reported retirement of Gen. Butler
and by the esta blishrneut of department o
North Carolina, which the Times says re
moves the most serious obstacle to the return
Iof North Carolina to the Union.
Our exchanges from all quarters Of thc
{Confederacy adnonish us that all advance
by Beast Butler ON some point on the VII
nlington and Weldon railroad is probable.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Jan. 31.-I have just
arrived from Chattanooga. Before leaving
/ Gen. Palmer bad returned from recsonols-
sance to Ringgold AND Dalton. The man
force Of the enemy Z had undoubtedly lett
General Palmer thinks they have gone low
ard Longstreet, Win the purpose OF invading
kentucky. Sine arriving here. / have OBJ
tanned iuforrn9y. ion which satisfies me that
Hardee has reinforced Mobile An attack
has undoubtedly been made on Mobile with
in FIVE DAYS past. Persons here have solici
ted permission to 90 through the lines to at
tend relations wounded at Mobile. Positive
information may soon be anticipated of an
attack on that place, and its probable fall.
NEW YoRK, Feb. I've have received Il
copy of the Richmond Engnjrer Of last Fri
day which contains later Intelligence than
has yet been received from the South.
4 special dispatch from Brook Haven Miss
Of the 27th says, Gen Writ Adams CaYai-
ny, entered Seisertown, near Natchez, caPtnr-
ing So prisoners 60 wagons and teams, a
lot OF cotton going 10 Aatchez, and about
so negroes.
4 dispatch from RussselIville, Tenn, dated
Jan 9th says the enemy evacuated Taze
we'll Yesterday morning. retreating towards
Cum berland Gap. Major Day occupied the
place the same day, capturing some stores
and property. Our troops are being rapidly
clothed.
Gov Vance, OF North Carolina, has kindly
offered Gen. Longstreet enough clothing to
supply his command.
ORANGE G. H., Va, Jan. 28.-Capt Stroth-
er, of the 4th Virginia cavalry captured yes
terday twelve Yankees, together with their
arms, equipments and horses, near James
CITY.
lIERDEN, Ga, Jan, 26-The enemy ex-
hibits unusual activity at Ficksburg. Rein
forcements have been sent there from Mem
phis. Sherman and staff have arrived there
recently, but their destination is unknown.
Starl's cavalry had skirmish with the
enemy at Messengers Ferry, on the Big Black
River a few days ago. Some prisoners were
taken and a number of Yankees killed. Gun
cavalry had brush with the Marine Brig
ade near Rodney on the 18th, defeating the
Yankees.
MERIDIAN, Jan 27-Advices from Vicks
burg of the goth, state that the enemy are
making preparations TO move out and occu-
ply Jackson Popboon bridges are being
thrown across the Big Black for that pur
pose.
Gen. Sherman left Vicksburg on the l8tl
on gunboat which went down the river
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04

Under this head the Richmond Whig of a
recent date presents the following facts illus
trativs of the rebel condition: "Three thousand
men in Longstreet's corps are bare foot
Johnston's army is suffering terribly for want
OF blankets and clothing Lees soldier are
destitute of socks and other necessary cloth
ing, and the whole energies of the Confedera-
cy are summoned to supply the demand the
prospect for clothing next year is dark and
gloomy it cannot be got through the block.
AIDE, and there are no materials in the home
market. The sources both OF leather and wool
are diminishing every month the supply Of
food is equally scant very little bacon is left
beef is going, and mutton would not feed
great armies, even could it be had the crops
are failing, and prices constantly going up
besides, there is no labor, without which there
can be no production; the CONSUMPTION is tax
ing to the ranks all the Whites and the negro
will not work. Even if he would, he could
not prevent famine, which would bring insur-
rection with it. Then without crops, horses
cannot be fed, and an army without horses is
a man without limbs. Even now, horses suf-
hcient to serve the purposes of the existing
army are obtained with the greatest difficult
ty, so that it is utterly impossible to double
the army and increase the trains, as some ex-
travagantly talk Of doing; still further, be.
sides wagons and trains, muskets, cannon ana
must be had, and these it is not
possible to procure. There is now only bare
sufficiency Of muskets and cannon to supply
present needs, and as to ammunition, since
Charleston and Wilmington have been closed
and the nitre beds of Tennessee torn from the
rebel grasp, the supply can never be more
than equal to the demands of the present ar
N.Y."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
R9K E I'D.

In wiI,not FEBRUARY 3D. 1864, of inflammation sf the
Lungs, FREDDY HENRY sdoTLIPF, son of Ran
son and Mary Ann shotljf aged months aud IA
days.
"sufer little children so eoros unto me, for of such
is the ngdom Of Hesyen,"
In hiJ city, DiptherIa Jan. Both, 1858, FRED ER
ICK, sou of Wn. e. aud Cynthia y. Higgins, agad 9
years and days.
In this city, Friday morning, Jan, 29th at o.
clssk, ISAAC McKISsON, aged 20 years
At a meeting of Kenosha Engine 20. No. 2, held at
their rooms Saturday Jan 30.h the following resoiu-
ton was adopted
Resolved, That in the death Of brother McKisson
we have lost true and efficient brother Fire.
man and the members Of the company take this
nsthsd Of expressing their sympathies with the be-
| reaved family of the deceased
Death bias again entered our ranks aad taken
OF nubsr tina long last resting place whence
none return. May The death Of our brother re-
mind or the uncertainty oflfe and the necessity OF
| bei7 prepared for that last great change.
| Jan 3Jl 1864.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
Money Postal SbrdeIs

The bill prepared by the chairman Of the
House Post Office Committee adapting the
English Postal Order System to this country
has just been introduced It's provisions are
50 important, as we'll as Of such general in
terest, that we give our readers the following
synopsis
1t authorizes the Postmaster General to
establish money order system through the
post offices of the United States. Offices des-
ignated for that purpose, are to be known as
money order offices. The postmaster of such
office under the direction Of the Postmaster
General is to be directed to issue orders for
money payable by any other money order
Offices, which the person applying therefor
may select. Deputy Postmasters who issue
such orders are required to send through the
mails promptly, to the Office upon which it is
drawn due notice thereof. Money must, in
all cases, under heavy penalty, be deposited
with the postmaster, before he issues money
orders. Blank forms, engraved, will be sup
piled to the postotfice, and orders not in prop
er form are invalid. A person applying for
a money order, on receiving it, shall enter
his name and address on the record, together
with the date and name of the postmaster, to
be preserved in the office issuing the orders.
These shall not tie for less than 81 or more
than $40, the fees for which shall he five
cents for all under $40 ten cents for all I'M
der 800 and fifteen cents for over 500
Mistakes may be corrected by the issue of "a
new order, and payment of additional fee, if
the first order has not been forwarded. An
order not presented for payment within nine
ty days becomes invalid, and can only be re
newed by application to the Postmaster Gen
eral and the payment of another fee. Orders
lost or destroyed can be replaced by the
Postmaster General, on the oath that such
order has been lost or destroyed, and . Ger
tificate of the Postmaster to whom it was is
sued, that it has not nor will not he paid
These orders can be endorsed over from one
person to another but once. Postmasters
are allowed one-third of the fees or one eight
Of one per cent. Of the gross amount OF the
orders received as extra compensation, and
Postmasters of money order offices are requir-
ed to execute new official bonds. The use
of money deposited for orders in any way is
declared embezzlement, and in case of Grim
inal action for such, transcript from the
books of the Third Auditor Of the Treasury
shall be received as prima facie evidence i'll
court. Counterfeitiug, forging and altering
money orders are punished by fine and inn
plisOnment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
ogEeg A R EED.

At St. Matthew's church, in this city, on Monday,
February ISL by Rev H. NJ. Thompson, FRANCIS N
DAVIS, and HELEN S. DUNLAP, both of this city.
With che above we acknowledge the receipt Of the
regular tee We can but wish the happy pair long
life of coDiugal felicity We sincerely congratulate
friend, the Cashier, this happy termination Of
the period Of his single bleEsedness.
In the gown of Somers, on Thursday Eve, January
2s'h, 1864, by Rev. 4. c. squres, Cep5 LEoNARD E,
BENNETT, Of Weathersfed, VI. to Miss ANNA e..
PECK, of Somers, Wis
With the above we acknowledge the receipt OF Ibis
eral "Fee for which the happy pair have our thanks.
May the bonds of wedlock prove for them d silken
chain indeed, and the State of Matrimony provo
to them indeed tie "Lsad Of Promise"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
CINCINNATI. Jan. 20.

AlAClNNAJAs Jan. ~
The Gazette's special correspondence from
Knoxville January, 22d, says;
Our entire force crossed the Holston al
Strawberry Plains and Tell back to a new
position Our loss in stores at Strawberry
Plains was quite severe. Several caissons
were blown up. Less than 200 stragglers
were picked up by the rebels.
After CROSSING the Holston, our troops
burned the bridge and everything likely to
fall into the hands Of the enemy. Among
other things, a considerable amount of new
clothing, which was shipped up, was destroy
ed. This is believed to have been uncalled
for Our men are suffering for clothing, and
had our men been told to help themselves
but little would have remained for tie
flames
The falling back from Straw berry Plains
was very much ike a skedaddle. The REQ
els had a battery on College Hill near Straw
berry Plains from which they played on us
while crossiu. The river, but inflicted no Sc
rious damage. Only about halfa dozen were
wounded.
The two divisions of the Fourth Cor5s.
which crossed the river at Knoxville on the
2lst had orders to continue their march to
Sevierville; bit on the morning Of the 22d
the order was counterrnanded.
Early on the morning Of the 22d, the reb-
els and our sharpshootors were szirmishing
across the river at Armstrong;, which is
only six miles above Knoxville, and a squad
Of Longstreets men are since reported with
in four miles Of the city.
The mails by Cumberland Cap have been
discontinued for the present, and are now
sent via Chattanooga
Longstreet has a strong position at Bulls
Gap, where the Tennessee & Virginia rail
road cuts the Bay Mountains Making this
his base, he can with great facility, throw
forces into the valley on either side.
There was much anxiety at Knoxville Oh
the goth, and a panic among the citizens,
many Of whom were procuring passes for the
North.
L.ongstreet occupied an the foraging region
where anything Was to be had.
The enemy have pressed our forces back
practically to Knoxville, and there was dan
ger Of another seige, for which, it is feared,
we are not prepared. Lougstreet, however,
will have difficulty in maintaining his forces
before Knoxville for any great length Of
time
We have explicit information that heavy
re-inforcements were dispatched from the vi
cinity Of Chattanooga to Knoxville, within
the last two weeks
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
Proclamation by she Pres fS9e "a :
&


1t is hereby ordered that draft for five
hundred thousand men to serve for three years
or during the war, be made on the 10th day
of March next, for the military service of the
United States crediting and deducting there
from so many as have been enlisted Or draft
ed into the service prior to the 1st day OF
March, and not heretofore credited
(Signed ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The United States gunboat Eutaw, without
her armament, averaged Is IA miles yester-
day
From information recently received by the
Navy Department, it appears that very few
of the distractions at Charleston have been
washed away. About 5000 feet of the OBJ
structions floated down at one time, and all
that has drifted towards the feet were RATS
built by the rebels for the purpose Of crippling
our vessels.
1t will be remembered that in October call
for three hundred thousand men was made.
This number has been about half filled by vol
unteering and Refreshments The call now
made for five hundred thousand is interpreted,
by gentlemen acquainted with military af
fairs, to include the above three hundred thous-
and, being III effect an additional call for two
hundred thousand men.
The volunteering is supposed to furnish
at present an average oftwenty thousand per
day.
The order Of the President makes q credit
or deduction of so many who have enlisted, or
been drafted prior to March 1st, at which
time the SA00 premium expires. When these
arrangements are completed, the total in the
army will be half million.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
EOugstree1 has RetreaaeGi Beyond
cambridge.

CINCINNATI, JANUARY 81.
A letter from Knoxville, the 25th states
as follows '.The prospect for a seige seems
to have vanished Our sky is again serene.
If Longstreet had an advantage he did not
seem disposed to press it. The cavalry that
pursued our forces when falling back is on
the retreat The bridge across the Holston
was not destroyed by our troops, as report
ed hence the rebels had 10 difficulty in
crossing.
1.-The 4th and 9Th Corps have taken posi-
ton along the railroad, aud the 23d Corps
works III the vicinity OF Knoxville.
Sin the direction Of Sevierville, where our
cavalry has gone, forage is said to he very
abundant, and our horses will coon be in good
condition to secure it. This valley seems to
have been the principal object Of the late
movement.
''Thirty rebel prisoners broke jail last
night and are yet at large. Most Of them
will no doubt, escape to the rebel lines.
''There are ruuors that Morgan and
Wheeler are on their way to cut off our com
munications by river.
"The weather is very favorable now fol
military operations.
LOUISVILLE January 80.
An officer just returned from AIio'sVllle re-
ports that, about a week SINCE the rebels drove
off 500 head of Government cattle, within
miles Of Knoxville. lie says that our army
has gone into winter quarters, and apprehend'
no attack.
A reconnaissance made last Saturday anC
Sunday discovered that Longstreets haC
made hasty retreat and gone beyond Dan
bridge.
In pursuance Of an order from Genera
Schofield, several persons have been arrest
ed here to-day for kidnapping negroes ii
Missouri and selling them as slaves. Some
Of these parties are also charged with pass
ing altered greenbacks.
The commands Of the district OF Hunts
vile, Ala, has ordered all cotton-buyers out
Of the district.