Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-05
Service Afoat.

We have received from the publishers,
Kelly, Pet & Co of Baltimt re, through
Mr.. Helms berger of this city, beautiful
copy of Admiral SEMMEs, of the late Con
federate States Navy, new work, MEMOIRS
OF SERVICE AFLoAT DURING THE WAR BE
TWEEN THE STATES.
This is, without doubt, the best written
and most authentic work yet published in
connection with the late war between the
United States and Confederate States.
Admiral SEMMEs has shown himself as
vigorous and successful with the pen as
with the sword. He has added a valuable
contribution to history, and the record
which he has thus handed down, will live
as one of the brightest and strongest links
which have made Southern proves and
achievements immortal.
Admiral SEMMEs' style is clear and forci-
BILE, and his descriptions of voyages and
particularly of battles are fascinating in the
extreme. The whole work is marked by
extraordinary ability in it's argument,
while deep conviction of a noble duty
we'll performed characterizes the whole
work. It is illustrated by engravings from
original designs printed in chromo-tints
and steel engraved portraits, among them
that of Lieut.. e. MAFFIT, of our city, who
served with credit under the gallant
Admiral.
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Southern Recuperat1on.
It is most encouraging to persons who
have had the opportunity of travelling
much through the South to witness the
certain and gratifying evidences of rapid
recuperation which some portions present,
and which most assuredly will soon reach
all. If such a wonderful change has been
brought about by single remunerative
harvest, what can circumscribe the hope,
or even the reality, when the labors of
husbandmen shall be blest, season after
season, with the rich rewards of their in
dustry and the fertility of their soil. If
so much can be done in one year, after
three successive failures, and four years of
bloody and wasteful war, without the aid
of foreign capital. without, even, its sym
patty, when labor was disorganized and
society itself in disordered condition,
what may We expect when capital and pop
ulation seek our section, when. wise and
Just laws organize society, and labor is
controlled by the great laws of supply and
demand when peace. real, lasting. just and
honorable peace. blesses US again with its
beneficial presence. Who can contemplate
the boundless wealth and power of the
Southern States
Another most gratifying and promising
fact strikes the Southern traveller. It is
the number Of Northern and Foreign capt.
talists seeking investments, and frequently
homes, in this section. In the cars, the
hotels, and even in social assemblages, they
are to be found. not political adventures
seeking the best locality to unpack their
carpet bags, to prey upon the Southern
people, but honorable men, desiring to
unite their fortunes with ours, anu help
restore the lost prosperity of the South ;
men of substance and OF character, who,
whatever may be their politics, have as
much contempt for the miserable blood
suckers, left among the worthless debris IF
the disbanded Federal armies, to feed upon
our helpless people, We have.
They all expr. S. themselves we'll satisfied
with our people, our climate and our lands.
Surprised at the warm reception extended
to them, of the wonderful quiet and order
prevailing throughout the country, of the
still kindly relations between the races-so
different are all these things from what
they had been led to believe. This inter
course, if no other result is attained, will
be most beneficial. But we look for large
increase in wealth and population as the
offspring of these tours of inspection.
Southern Press Association.