The tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-01-25
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Eab(ure of Fort Fisher.

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Capture Of Fort Fisher. =.
Frpip t4e WILMINGTON Journal, Jan: ISL
Might before last we.Sweait! qnetEs@to beg
satisfied that al! was right at Folt Fisher. oul
atfennti6n, sffainel. y, the: utmost for. days
faSgea and VIC y ent Immediately 70 sleep. o.
Yesterday morning we woke to find For. Fishe,
WbturedssAs we expected, Gen: Whiting .fonght
IKE aspsladin: Both he and Col. Laq,b arc
safiioasly wounded and in the hands of the
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sis:s certain. that. generally, the Fort :'wa'
foaglhiTwvith' chivslric bravery. ~ Tothis> there
wefe exceptions, to which, at some future time
"a max. aflaJe asa matter Of justice to; others
W. cannot say when that time may occur. :.
For the present it is enough for us to~knov
that Fort Fisher lses fallen; that a division 0
infautrs, .ip .thesN were ia gun:shot, and die
Iof kfsfs.gpai to saaesit thai, we know. Of, ane
that heroic men like Whiting, Lamb and other
are priseHessi that.tbe last; port of the Confed
erscy is gone, aud that it ought to have beer
stved.
.-aJEa I'LL to& tt,st t.oalselYes-sos say me'rc.''-f
ws ssid Enyt6ings we might possibly, give ven,
to DIR feelings. We do place tile responsibility
for our failure, but if we once commenced We
mightgiEe too, wide II. vent. Our port ought
NOS to have failen. There is a responsibility y
that responsibility will hereafter appear
So far as we can see. the enemy cannot gel
to the town. We say-"so far as we car, see, !
f,r weeplace no reliance npon what we canno
Judge for ourselves. !. OE.Sunday night, awfully
tissd, We ,slept quietly: thinking that all wa'
right, depending npon an official dispatch. W.
found the thing totally different:
It is not our part to give advice to our citi
zuE Hhere are 50 mansxthat, under any cir.
curnstances, cannot leave, while there are sc
many; T ! that, " under any circumstances, must
leave, that no vsngle ,rulc could app Jy to all
Every mans conscience must lie his own Judge
We need hardly say what we..will do, or try te
do. Our course, we presume, is anticipated
We are Confederatvs. If we lose, ,Yhy VI.
lose, s:4,;. !; ~. :. -: - s..'.: .':;:.
;."Bht wosee no reason why We, more thaI
Mobile, should be taken. God only knows why
our outer .defenees wei e,taken; we Go not; we
hsyeIost many! good and, true .lrepds ). ,sHe
maylose many more. We fear that they were
sacrificed. Such is the impression we have de-
.rised from all we have beard and otherwise
learned. g.. ....'t, = -. 49, ..,' .,s..,,
There. .isuo doubt:hnt that there ia strong
excitement against Gen. Bragg. There can be
no. doutxs either that Gen. Bragg has attached
to him the prestige Of bad luck Unfortunately
be always has that prestige. Permanent .bad
lpeh means permanent bad management, some
where's A man with this. prestige ought no. tc
have been sent here. .-.-.-- .:
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Since the fall Of Fort Fisher: .thqro, seems te
,besa, lall in the wasalement. apd,; quiet. igp'
;aluue thB tines ;sThetferce part trofthe combat
;s.ystto come :Eated with their sneeesai othe
Yahkses wilt soon, doubtless, put forth another
effort TO, beat back our,treape. With the rein
faroements. fisuaily arriving, and the posi
.sign eur Iine3 lave, asspmedy we.trust this' 'nex1
effort will be futile one.-North careainian
l7M.
t:>H number of wealthy families i9 Missouri
sick and tired Of "the Massachusetts ,rule," en-
tertaiin the idea of purchasing large Tracts In
Nicaraugs, and moving there and establishing
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