Wilmington journal., 1864-11-10
From the Richmo ond Dispatch.

Two subjects this time occupying
public attention The first is tue correspondence between
Generals Lee and Grant relative to the exposure of our
prisoners Dutch in alleged retaliation for the expo
hands and clad in Yankee uniforms General Lee opens
the By showing that according to the Con
according to the uniform practice In all preceding wars
are liable. when taken and recapured to be returned to
their This o: scce he has pursued and could
asteny the law Of he Confederacy PURSUE other
es
he desires to know the exposure OF our prisoners was
cury declines dacdEs the slavery question: says the
negroes his soders and he shall protect them by re-
said negroes shall receive at hands, That is to say, if
the negroes question be returned masters he
| or upon the pu5lc works in the Yankee States.
The other question this Sheridan, having laid the
the Manassas Gap railroad But Mosby has been operat
ing upon that railroad with terrible effect capturing trains
and cutting off supplies and thereby reducing Sheridan TO
ttay yyonte EovernnNnt has lse1 upop the deyc OF
sending number OF Aexaudria ciz3os, OF know attach
ment to the Southern use, upon every tran puDnlhg
public feeling IN tSe Confederacy. Railroads oodTse,
perfectly legi mate objecs Of much 81 as
KEGS proposing send women along with The
trains to make them the more secure. -
appears to Government has never oompre-
hended and does even comprehend, the spirit 10
which the Yankeeh Ting this They hsVe pro-
rebels and refuse recognise rights that
we claim as belligerents There but remedy let
and that retaliation any and eyy offence against cur
we mu pursns that policy give the contest alto
gether The determination to place our slaves on the same
footing with soldiers captured in battle, If submitted
settlement il their favor OF the very question Tor
wlich The recAptured slaves are the pro-
pe Of their owners AID there Is power IN the oVeh
meht to withhold it, We rather regret that General Lee
did copfne h letter to the simple question with whcn
that who her the OF prison
at Dutch Gap made by tho authority OF Grant or
Ths exposure Of the citizon Of Alexandria upon the
trains still open nui au aclous denial OF our bel
gacent rights. If submte4 ~ The cons quences prodc
et by contemporary must Inevitably IoioW Grant,
Rhei make his grand attack our lines
will Certainly place capted Citizens OF cur own IN front
of negro advaLc guards, ard shall he reduced to
the alternative OIL surIenderng without hlDg gun or OF
into d col-e and DC what ought to have
done when Butir hnOg um OFT Il. Orleans; must put
by b5ng exposed by hs barharity OF the Yaa-
We sh ouId have pursued that policy Charleston
Object, bat purely malice. For every m&n, woman
child slan by she'll others missile, should ha ye
it and the 14nhees went ea"roachnG unt now they
have comp eey oished their theory that
there wo sides TO that view OF tue question: that We
Ia and lave rights, being Outlaws Lot
| beund TO Iecogilso any rights Ia others.
/ EXTENSIVE RAID GY THIEVES ON THE NEW
! YORK Aan E&itE RAILWAY.
/ One of the most daring outrages ever committed in
this vicinity took place on the New York and Erie
railway On Thursday night, by a gang cf fully 200 Of
the worst class OF bruisers backegs ana thieves that
invest New York and Philadelphia
/ The western bound train from Jersey City, at Al
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, carried out about 200
ruffians from New York and Philadelphia, to witness
prize fight which to eff yesterday somewhere
up the EIie road between Dooney Harris of n York
and Peter Martin, of Philadelphia. Before the cars
had lett the Long Dock several persons relieved Of
their money while passing through the cars in quest of
seats After the cars had left the rutiaUs becoming
more bod roamed through the cars, and every stop
ping place between jersey City and Middleowa, &c
miles distant robbed Passengers as they were getting IN
and out.
/ At Middleown the train broke down, and about the
/ firoatf fraip
came up and Was detained for time in conse-
quence The thieves then sailed out il squads passed
though the express train and robbed the passengers
both male and female, of watches, jewely and money,
| and in some using Considerable violence.
/ One elderly gent!eman from kentucky, whose name
is believed to be Wait, was seized by gang of rut.
fans, handled in brutal manncr AID robbed of
side1a amount Of money. The i-trea.ment he re-
ceived is supposed to have brou At On fl OF ap0pexy
At any rate after the started he expired and
i bis remains were left at Goshen.
Citizens of Middietown, who passing along the
street. We're also seized aud robbed and Other depreda
tons also committed before the ruians continued
their journey to witness the prize H. mt.
| THE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF TEE LONDON Press
There is attached 10 each Of life London morning pa
pers functiouary called the Biographer whose lit
eary employment ID to write and be in readiness with
the mebers of great and leading men, that their
demise day may not pass ere the public are put ir
possession Of 1he prominent incidents of their lives
! and career. With the inexJrahle diligence of fate
tie " Lifes Writer - of the London paper is al
ways posting up the records of public whose in
creasing years failing strength renders it probable
that death at no distant day may close his
The machinery indeed, is said to be perfect that
memoranda of most EViog great persons are Put
away in series of smol COMPARTMENTS under their
respective initial letters ready fer and compila-
| ton at a moments notice. THUS we learn that not
ony are the Duke of Wellington, Lord Brougham, anc
other veterans OF the Upper House, regular pigeon
hoed-waiting their inevitable turn in the biograph
cal depar trnents OF the chief London Morning Jour
nas and have been 50 for yearsbut the Premier
himself, Lord PamcrstoD, Lord Stanley and offers
are posted up every session IN these grim hyheets with
methodita precision that should any casualty cal
hem suddenly to their last account ouy few bours
would before their histories would be thrown
into shape and served up il the columns of the morning
press.
+ Exemptions and Details
There is very plain distinction between these terms,
but eueh is the disposition in these times to
found The authority OF the lawmakers with that Of the
officers entrusted with the execution OF the laws that
many persons do not 10 know the difference For
instance, have been met several times recently with
the positive assertion that the Secretary of War had
issued order caucerg the contracts of all bonded
agricuurali8s and ordering them forthwith enrolled
| for the field.
i The mistake arises from the failure to observe the
fact that there two classes of bonded agrculuriss
those exempted by act of Congress for being on planta
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