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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-24
Eazf and WSHF,

The news from Virginia indicates concentration O
the enemys forces with he apparent view OF 1fesG al
tack upon Richmond and Pete. sburg. S3ERIr AN s
forces have fallen back to the Baltimore and Ohio Kali
road After desclgting the Valley they have virtually
aoandoued It, and no doubt tie best OF aHElIoANs
trocus have gone 10 reinforce GRANT.
Movements in GRANTS army, as discovered By scoQ S
and reported by deaeEtes indicate thai something Is
afoot, that sone great blow is med tated the Llc-
ton of which y pest onld By 'he ate If The weath
er Ev,ry cufdeIce is ttil RcnLoad il our power
to repuse any that " be made upon cur hoes
and TO delea, any effort 10 turn car Fl tok5.
The Nortnern laltrs promuga'e mary theories Il
ref renee TO SRERNANs uC7sm r's probable ct uFss
and deslna ion AL ID, sa b I'VE prob bly sng1 s.
I'd item to ID people ard pr,ss OF The COME /
acy Ole that had lions ut o, soggosls Coium
bus, Grorgia, as a nam elective pont, IL BEING
erea Go lederaie as al The idea is also broac.tr
Of the prac chilly I, veris the foniede'a2y o
OBJ ami command OF the Ctaalo chee, np0n " vG
Columbus is 81 ia Ell. We hardly tEiEk 'hia SCI N
amounts 10 much. A. any rate SHERMAEs NOW
ments so far Go not point N thas direction. Angus
is evidently the first great ject am af, and Or
Saturday DC cpgne sent out f., m Au-usta found III
euemy's advance at Buckhead, 96 miles from AuSust"
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rhe Bars and OutsIde.

NOW is the jolly old time for running the blockade
No moon-no stars-no anything. In fact we think
il little too dark And there be fog BANKS Oh Inc
coast, which occasionally clear off in the DAY tlne.
We don't know what has come OF the neet-the an
kee feet that ia or was coming here. By the way an
officer of vessel that in Sunday morning, told
us that among the Yankee vessels of New Inlet he
saw turetted Monitor. IF he not mistaken, tbs
thing was certainly queer if not omppus, since Moni-
tors are the last of all uesses to be employed block
aiding service. If it a0as Monitor, and was not On
blockade service, as we presume it was not-what
was it on2 What brought it here What was it af-
teri
We shall see what we ehall see. We may be mis-
TAKEN but the impression grows upon Us th2the move
ents of the Yanaee navy and transports have refer
ence to the operations Of GRANT and SHERMAN. SuER-
MAN wants to cut his way to the Atlantic and PORTER
is to cooperate with him in his effort to reach and es-
tablish base on the seapoard. GRAST also may de-
mand cooperation in grand attempt upon Richmond.
These, however, are only spPcuations. II g Yankee
raet sailed from Beaufort Haroor, n c. as early az
the middle of last week, thought to have been heard
from long ago 1t il little if anything over so miles
from the bar at Beaufort 10 the bar at New Inlet. Il
is hardly days sail for slow schooner At the rate
of m lie an hour the feet could have got to Ire mouth
of our river By Sunday.
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retreat to the rear where army of consequences could
impede bis movement.
In our Judgment it 10 the Anabasis of Sherman. It
is plain his only object be the making of certain
ard secure base. He must move fast and obtain his
object speedily be is lost unless the whole State of
Georgia towards and paltrooos. In state of war
we must not all expect to escape unscathed. Where
the enemy marches he will leave his work Of destruc-
ton.
Sherman has cut loose from his base-Georgars
must see that he makes no other.
Forrest having destroyed his stores at Jacksonville,
and cut his communication NORTH this movement has
been forced upon him and if our local and reserve
force hold him in check impede his progress, burn
and destroy in advance of bis columns oogerd be reach
bis objective point 1.-THE base he looks to his
milton will be exhausted his horses starved and his
my an easy prey to fresh and veteran troops
Sherman has many weary miles to march in obtain
ing bis object Ii ia absurdity to talk about his making
winter campaign with no communication with his
Government How long will the ammunition he carries
last him He is rereating, simply retrsating. He will
destroy he goes bnt he makes it none ths less So
This movement is the modern Anabasis, and like the
Greek of DID, he has only Object at heart, and that
s to reach the sea and Aenophons weary and long
aufaring ten thousand sent up shout after shout
Thallatta Ibalatta !" 80 Sherman will gladly cry,
The sea The sea!
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FROM THE GEORGIA FRONT.
e, M. PEARSON.

The Macon Telegraph speaks thus of matters at tn,
| front
We have reliable information to the eject that the
Yankees advancing from Atlanta, in this direction
IL two columns, one the McDonough road and the
other by JOnesboro. Our forces at Griffin. More
than this we deem it impruden at present to state.
gentleman who left Forsyth Thursday at three o..
clock, informs that courier arrived at that place
about bali hour before he LETT and reported that
there Was some Yankee cavalry eight miles north of
the town. All the bridges the road from Forsy th
20 indian Springs were burned by o0r forces
The Hospitals at Lae}raDge have been ordered to
Mississippi.
The Intelgenccc publishes the annexed news about
affairs:
The latest reliable intelligence from the front in
Georgia, have received from gentleman who left
Griffin Wednesday night at ten O'Clock. Gen. heel
er fought the enemy who advancing with force
estimated at from twenty five to thirty thousand, in
two columns, one on the McDonogh and the other on
The Jonesboro' road-at Bear Creek, ten miles above
drlthn until late in the evening, when be fell back to
Griffin and passing through the city its right
when informant left. Our infantry forces were
falling back to Barnes7ille.
1t is probable, at the time we write that Sherman
occupies Griffin and will rapidly demonstrate upon
Macon, and perhaps MledgevilIe.
1t reported that Sherman has applied the torch TO
large portion OF Atlanta, and had burnt Jonesboro'
also McDonougb 1t is reported that be has destroyed
the Railroad from Atlanta to the Chattahoochee and
burnt the bridge at the river on that road.
We learn from reliable source that Gov. Browns
residence in Canton, Cherokee Co., embracing his
modous dwelling house, kitchen aud outhouses &C., to-
ge5her with bis Office building, all burnt to the
ground by the vandal foe lew days ago. The officers
command of the vandas who sent to execute the
work they ruthessy and successfully performed, al
lowed the family who were living on the premises at the
time only fifteen minutes to remove their furniture from
the house and all that was not removed within that
time was devoured by the flames The same party
burnt Toe Court House, JAIL Academy, both the Hotels
and about thirds OF the best dwelling and business
houses in Canton force of three Or four thous
aud OF the vaodas were within a mile or two OF the
town. while seventy of the band were sent into the
town under officer with orders to burn the house OF
of Governor Brown, the public buildings, and the
houses OF all who have been prominent Southern men
It is now evident that Sherman has inaugurated a
winter Campaign and that Georgia is the field which he
designs to desoae terrible crisis il therefore upon
u.s. Every in the State able to bear arms should
rally Is the In the hands of the military au-
thors, however the defence OF the state is left. We
have no suggestion make. What have long look.
ed for is come at last. We have no censures now to
pass upon any, one, while we would urge upon every
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Nv hRsK.

Monday we received very fe~ papers. The Rich
mond papers OF Saturday did not come, although due
nor did we get auv rcm Macon This last failure was
not owing to tie capture of the latter city, as We know
by telegraph.
AS matter of quite as much interest anything we
could ofer, We copy the following rom tne Augusta
CoasHmsOaatis Of SAurdsy, which reached here Ga
Sunday -
From The Augusta Constituencies, 18Th inst
stAermhD o. MS r ts.at Through Gxopg,a-BIs
Iio~r "as COias NJ -orgta Acts Promptly and
led awely.-1hs Modern Annb sis
Our gloomy aces are gradually assuming the cheer
ful hue, as TIE rea sit-@u"n begins thoroughly
understood AS We write e O'CLOCK r. NJ, Frida,l
II Is iuy ben, We'd that General Sherman fading h.
way north entirely closed bod and d fapt army
confronting him, has Determined upon maAiug bold
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CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.

RICHMOND Nov. 221, 1854,
In Senate, Henry from the Committee Military
affairs repot bill Increasing fhe compens ton to free
negroes employed 10 the army, aud authorizing the i'm
ptessmen of foty thousand slaves. Thebl placed
tie calendar
message received from the President In response
sou ior of Mr.. Maxwell stating that OF the
United States intim ated Willingness directly il
recty, to enter Convention for cessation OF host
tiles or for any otter purpose.
The House passed the Senate bill authorizing the
charge of per cent coupon bonds for thirty
notes The House also adopted resolution of thanks to
Gen. Forrest his off and men, for victories recently
gained There nothing further of interest In open
sion.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-24
FROM AUGUSTA.

AUGUSTA, GA Nov. 2lst, 1854
raidrg party of the enemy TAPPED the Central Road
Gfiswoldvie at O'Clock Sunday afternoon. lum-
train captured and destroyed Nothing else is
known except that heavy firing was heard there few
hours afterwards.
The movement of Sherman upon Macon was simply a
fent for the purpose of concentrating ftrces Their
raid upon the Central Road for the purpose of keeping
them whilst the whole force of the enemy moves
upon and captures Augusta Savannah. Sherman did
not advance his Infantry farther down the Macon and
Western Railroad than GrG but his cavalry far
Barnesyille He has crossed the Ocknulgee with his
infantry sRd that line Indian Springs. The whole
Of the is moving in this direction Their ad-
vance was three miles from Union Poirt at IL o'clock this
morning.
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WILMINGTON MARKET, Nov. 20, 1854.

BEEF CATTLR.-There is moderate enquiry for butch
ering purposes, and we quite On tho ho al 50 80 s. per
Id IaiiLy.
BACoN-ocarce and ia rnand. We Iota from l-ts ~
Sc 10 81 10.
BhEswAx-s5 to so per h.
BUrTER-$i2 80 IL $I4 Der ID.
COTToE-We quote uncompregsed at ST. 20 az Eyul-
pressed 81 81 70 10 81 50 PR 10.
GcRN-S25 TO $50 per busheI.
CORN hEAL-oels from the granares at $25 per bushe'
CGPPERAs-Retals at 81 to s. per Id,
kGGs-se from carts at S. to IS so per dozen.
FLeUA-Sup py light. We quote small sales from store
at $3.50 TO $500 per 5oL for superfne.
FoRAGE-Foddor $l8 to $2y Hay $I8; Shuck sI2 to $5
per 100 lbs.
HIDAs- Green 81; dry s. to 81 so per lib.
LEAThER.-Sole SIS to $50, upper SIS per Id.
LAaD.-By the barrel So SO to 81 per 10.
NAILs-$2 90 to s. per 10. by the keg.
PEAS Cow $50 per bushal.
POTATOES Irish SIS to SO; Sweet SIG to $ls per bush
Observation-Disclosures s. to 81 grown 70 Wis 81 to So tur.
keys SIS to so each dresse do. 81 to S. per Id.
RICE.-Cean Is scarce and demand. We ulote by the
cask at so cents to 81 per Id.
SALTS ia light STOCK. and there is better demand
We quote from store at $50 TO $40 bnshe as in quail
ity.
suaAR-B own ST rs to 81 IS per ID.
SYRUP orghan SIS to $40 per gallon.
eREErNa.-Fas etteve factory 50 rs to s. per yad,by
tle bale.
SPIRITS TUaPzNTIEE-$5 to s. per gallon
TALLow-$5 to IS so per 10.
YARN-sells by the bale at s37 so to A5 per bunch.
WooD-Prces nave declloed during the past week. and
we the boat 10 $50 to $50 for pine SO
t. $55 for ash, aud SIS to $50 per Cord tor oak.
MONEY mARKEr.
Some changes have place rates since our last
bat the been light. Below give the
prices at which ths brokers are buying.
-Four per cent. Cert are nominal at $50.
Z 80 Notes SIS.
Confederate Bonds range 500 to $685. accordgto
date.
Bank Notes-North Carolina 81 so Georgia s.; South
Carolina and Virginia 81 rs for one.
Cold SIS; SILVER ST. sterling bills $27 to s25 for one.
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Fer the Journal.

LILLiNaToN, N. c., Nov. 21st, 1864
MEssRs, FULTON AND PRICE For the Information Of
the relatives Co. O." Regiment N. c.
State Troops, please publish the following list of of
these who p isoners Of at Point Lookout,
I'd and Elmirs.. N. Y. Ao the deaths of George W.
Hoore. John W. Brown, and Joel Harper of the same
Company.
IN prison at Point Lookout.-Corpls Bordeaux,
and Evan Robinson Privates VIM Cowan. Jno Smith,
-pier ) smith and W Bryant.
Ia prison az Elmra,-Corpl Battan; Privates J B
i!eeyes, Bass Joyner, A Norris, W Kelly, G
Il De ouse, Moore. VIM Gay D l. Barnes, W Z Brin.
SCR, henry Bryant heo Hnnsnt, J Gone, Powell
Died in Hospital (fison Camp at Elmira New York; of
9TH Oe lSG4 Privates Nathan Lewis. VIM Davidson and
W aii!ler, all OF Go. 3" NJ, 18Th N. O. Regiment.
Died at Point Lookout, Aug 1st 1864 of chronic dar
rtea, serst Nash, OF Co. &C. 18th a. c. Regiment
pa-oed at Eimra Prison the 18th Oct. and am
now safe in Dixie. Ny advice to all soldiers Ia 10 be
G ptured if they possibly avoid it.
am very respectfully, do,
FRANK P. McINTIRF,
Co. 90" LIST n. c. State FroCDa.
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SHERMAN,

The latest reports place the Yankee force unde'
SHERMAN Thirty miles distant from Macon and on our
right that is 20 say, in the direction OF Midge7le
Gordon, the point wtere the branch which runs past
Miedge vile connects with the Georgia Central read
being only 20 miles East, to the right of Macon
Miedgevie is 16 miles from Gordon, as we'll as We car
find out from the Railroad guides
1t appears quite possible that SHERMAN is aiming al
Medgevile the capital of the State OF Georgia. rah
er than at Macon that bis primary object to strike
the Railroad and cut CT communication. Again. it is
limited that his objective Point is Savannah thai the
enemy under cover of truce made the desired
noisances and secured all the necessary Information
to gnde him in attack upon Savannah as 10 create
diversion in favor Of SHERMAN, and, if successful, co
operate with him by landing force to advance from
the coast operating in the rear of HARDEE. This is
possible but the plain thing before anybody Is that
SHERMAN aims at our vast laboratories powder mills
and foundries at Augusta. That holds cut dea0ite
reward. Ii is Jolly to say that Mr.. DAVIS Macon
speech pointed that cut to the enemy. English Jour
icts, who had been shown over the works By kIejog
RAINS had lone before given the whole details TO the
world through English papers. Col, FREzHASTLE af-
fords the only example OF foreign tourist Who proper
y approaching the position of aos, w;tbhold5 iDfor
our national establishments at Augusta, OF our
Notifications OF Wilmington, Charleston, Sayaa-
nah, elsewhere, there would be terrible out
cry, yet newspaper correspondent military tourist
from abroad s almost certain to gain to Ill
works, and equally certain to forward detail LED
count by mail to Europe, which duly appears in TIE
London Times, Herald Post, or sometimes although
seldom, in SONS Of tie leading Provincial pap6rs.-
From its writing till its dissemin alton throughout Yam
keeland forty days do aot PROBABLY eapsc. Ofcoarse
the English papers carefully watched by the oTgan
ized band of Yankee spies there.
But it needs not this to keep the Yankae adm;nstra
ton posted about what We doing. They have othe.
agencies Revelations every and then made TO- &c
upon the unpleasant conviction that at no time since
the war commenced haze We been without gpea-per-
haps also traitors il cur midst Il ia evident that A
gusta is nearer and more valuable to SHERxAN-be
cause its loss would be more Immediately Injurious to
us-thau ether Savannah Or Char est0n. Augusta
and Maeon-Augusta especiallg-H be aimed At by
SHERAAN. Iben he must strike the sea or perysa FI
must have a base. Now he has none He canror
long exist without that. Therein is his great peril
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-24
FROM GEORGIA.

AUGUSTA GA, Nov %, 1864.
Tie Central train from Dayisboro' reports that Hedge
vile ard Gordon captured yesterday; the State
House, Governors Gausion and Peai:eatary bura
ed.
Gen. Wayne holds the Oconeo BRIDGE We have nothing
from Macon.
Passengers fro the Georgia road report that the train
up Greensboro day. and that the enemy appear
to have all gone in the direction of hiledgeVe and Ma
con, but nothing certain known. scouting party went
after the Yankees left They report that all
the business norton OF tha city DESTROYED.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-24
IN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Supreme Court Of North Carolina on Exemption Of
State Officers.
MILLIAN D. JOHNSON vs.. PETER MALLsrT.

State Officers.
WILLIAM D. JOHNSON vs. PETER MALLzrT.
The petitioner claims to be exempt from military
service the army of the Confederate States upon the
ground that be is policeman of the City Of Raleigh.
His claim is resisted in the return of The defendant up
the allegation that the petitioner is not policeman
but only contractor to keep the City pumps in order
The testimony of the Mayor Of the city, together with
the other proofs taken and filled the cause satisfy Us
lat the petitioner is of the city police though in
addition 10 his OF IS SUCH he has had assigned to
bln the charge of keeping the pumps in repair. Up
the facts thus appearing from the pleadings and
proofs the question arises whether the petitioner
titled to exemption from cOnscrpton. This is ques
ton of law, and it is our duty row to proceed its
consideration =
It is generally, if not universally, conceded that
the Confederate Congress have power to order the
CONSUMPTION Of State officers. The principle is we'll ex
pressed by the Supreme Court Appeals in Virginia,
IN the opinion given in the case of Burroughs w. Pay
tom an0 We express our tul occurrence in it. "The
State governments essential part of our political
system for the seperate ard independent sover-
eighty OF the States the foundation OF confederation
rests. All powers not delegated to the Confederate
Stares by the Constitution, prohibited to it bv the
States reserved the States respectively or to the
pzope thereof and the Confederate States guarantee
TO each State republican form OF government.
1t IS absurd TO suppose that the government of the
Confederate States rghtfully destroy the States
which created it and all The powers conferred on it
must be understood to have been given with the imta
ton that In executing them, nothing shall be done to
interfere with the independent exercise of its sovereign
power by each State Congress have right
therefore, to deprive State of the services of any off
CT ssary to the action OF its government Aud the
0'a'e Itself is The sole judge to the officers are
NECESSARY ior that purpose"
are not aware that the Confederate Congress has
ever set claim to the exercise of any power incon-
SSent win ns fundamental principle OF State soVer
equity Va tha Contrary in all the acts which il has
pass granting exemptions from CONSUMPTION it has ex
pessiy mentioned, in some form or other State officers
as being entitled to exemption. Thus the act of April
2lst, 1862 'i judicial and executive officers of STATE
are exempted IN TIE of the IL til Oct
aud executive, OF State Governments " are again DE-
eli red 10 b. exempted. The OF May the Ist 1868
provides that IN addition the State officers exempted
by The act OF Oct 1lth 1862 "there shall be exeL pit
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-24

Col. Sherman, who was recently ex;tnuge at Rich.
mond gave the Chicago Tabune a lengthy account Of
afans IN Dixie aud the brutal treatment Of Yankee
prisoners He seems, however, TO have Jared very well
himsulI, as the following extract will show:
Col Sherman speaks in especial communication of a
Mr.. WcilmAn, cltz5n of Charleston, of the firm OF
Frazer &c GO, brokers' who furnished the Union Oil
GERS, voluntarily aud without soIlctatonKw all tle
money lheyreqlired taking on yher due os charging
no interest, and asking only the OF the prir cipal
"nen they should be able TO pay IT, He paid twenty
to weuty-tWo dollars in rebel curreacy tor a good
drufs. The Importance of this TO their comfort was
intsuimable. May of them snoeles4 hatts3 all
most naked The only sacdrity required Was knowl.
edge that the recipient officer 10 tha Union army
II peculiarly touching to iud such man In
Charleston. the birth place OF The reb.Lf1n.
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AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.-A refugee woman gave
birth to tine female Child at the city hospital ycs,er
day morning. here was present to assume the
responsibility OF lis paternity, and the mother was very
retlcent on the SUBJECT. Several wise heads were ia
close juxtapositIon for several minutes aud at their
conclusion gave it as their Undivided opinion that in
view OF the circumstances, the child should be called
Memphis after the name OF the city, and it cags-
tened. 1t Is not TO be presum IRON this, however
that any OF the city fathers give any account OF
the little stranger But waving this poiot, Memphis
Is very pretty NAME aud may become as popular
among the people Of Memphis Virginia is ia the Old
Dom nion.-Memphis Bulletin
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CHINESE CoURTsHP.-Every Chinese, soon as he is in
any way able to do takes small footed wife. seuds
for old lady whose well kno reUognz,d d. there
considered respectable, trade, is that OF go
and qnlres who among his neighbors
who wou!d 90 Tor wife. Toe lady meatious one and
gives description OF her Appearance che then the
ylundIady whom che thinks he would preieT-aome Miss
Lee Nang Nou seen, aud describes the the gal
liant Moo chung The parents then, with help arrange
the settlement, and the bride given away with great
rejocings tn, of the families will alow-aud 10
high and wealthy families the h1sbaud sees her face
he door hou ,e aud her
out of her sedaa chair raises her
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-24

THE LATE SENATOR HAMMoND.-James Hamilton
Hammond, Ex-Governor of the State Ct South Caro-
lina died at bis residence Hamburg in that State
Sunday, the 13 b inst. He was born in Newberry S.
c. November Is, 1907, and was conse quentIy within
two days of 81 years of age He graduated at South
Carolina College, studied law, and admitted to
the bar in 1928. La 1880, be became editor of o
political journal at the capital of his State, in which
be sustained with zeal and ability the doctrine of State
rights and advocated notification remedy against
oppressive acts of Federal legislation. He became
member OF the military family of Governor Hamilton
and subsequently of Governor Hayne, and in the ex
citing controversies and events OF that memorable and
prophetic bore conspicuous part. In 1885, after
the paclcation, he elected member OF the United
States House of Representatives. At the end of bis
term, he voluntarily retired from that service and visi
ted Europe, where he remained more than year. In
1872 he elected Governor of the State of South
Carolina. While Governor of the State he published
letter to the Free Church of Glasgow and two Others
in reply to an English Aboilonist, 10 which be set
firth the sanctions, the utility and the benehcence Of
slavery, with cearness OF statement an opulence OF
authority aud illustration, and cogency OF reasoning
surpassed any OF the numberess essays and dis
sertations on subject These letters models of
style, and thoroughly exhaust the subject they discuss
number of his dscourses and treatises other pub
lie QUESTIONS remain, as proofs OF noble intellect and
enlarged course OF reading and observation. l.
1857 he was elected to the Senate of the United States
to fill the vacancy occasoned by the death of Senator