Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-11-03

tre~s eIni+e ,f anuse l"Ct II r"ut!irsE of
those ehar, bps ties 4, -as ht witt, RS mech
eafnestness and WITH sue!l te1 ious con-
seriousness OF their impotiaEcs- The
Britt h military authorities evidently feel
exultant st he result of tjtir autumn
m4Le lvrts. TheG have actually succeeded
in assembling 'me thirty odd ahonsaLd
mer, regulars, militia and volunteers,
and ninety pieo,4 of artillery: For
three weeks th-y h we moved them
about over veil studied district of
county, having previously divide them
into W confer ding armies, one of which,
| u der Sir Hope Grant, defended the az
| 1.ropch,s to London, @hi:e the o.her,
under Sir Charlie: S'ay"lty, fepreArnstd an
| invading arm. OF 'uroc, the latte have
been defea.c,l Even il this mimic cam
poign, the ,Icops have suffered occ 'sic nal
| IL from eight delays 10 obtaining ratiols,
| but On the Whole, ibey have not been
| starved or compelled TO live Oh tho coun-
try; AMI the supply OF blank ammunitioG
has not failed at tie critical moment.
t Hence John Bull, hitherto most dis urbed
in his mental equilibrium by that night
mareish ''Battle OF DJrking." is again re-
stored to his equanimi'y by the SUCCESS of
the ''Fall Campeigr," and once more
strong in his faith in the Horse Guards.
| Yet there was no lack of ludicrous mis-
takes and mishaps. Old Won Blumenthal,
| just from his French campaign, must have
| laughed inside of his .Prussian beard when
| congratulatipg the British generals upon
| their brilliant strategy" while he was
probably taking private notes in view of q
possible English campaign at tome future
day.
Among the amusing incidents of the
campaign is the rout Ct a militia regiment
suddenly surprised, who :ook to their heels
| and ran IS if they had been under real fire,
until brought up by supporting line of
skirmishers, who fired their blank cart
halt. Another was the surprise of Ithe
Cd Life Guards, that splendid ard gigantic
body of Hous ehold Cavalry. They were
drawn up in battle array near a lane un-
suspecting Of all danger, when a regiment
of the supposed enemy got on their flank
|
fire upon them, that the Umpire Of the
field a6jldged the Life Guards to have
been exterminated and ruled them ont of
any further operations.
The Prince OF Wales, who took part in
the mar povres in command Of the 10th
Hussar', charged battery and drove the
gunners from the guns, but was claimed ss
10 hok I,io
done under snch circumstances as TO rem
der the feat impo, sible under such fire.
But although the Umpire and tie Com
mander-in Chief both decided tn he was
to be considered as prisoner, instead OF
surrendering gracefully. he Put epurs to his
horse and galloped eff with his suite. to
the great disgust of the lovers OF fair play,
that is to say, of the whole army.
! Well, the campaign is over-the troops
have struck their picturesque and COM
Portable tepts-which would be found q
l mythe in actual war. Many people on
both sides Of the ocean will be disposed
to consider the whole thing farce and a
useless pueri ity, one of the empty shows
of Monarchy.
"oc
demanded to trarquilize the public mind
of England as to the ability of the govern
ment to put in the field a respectable ar
my, and these marOayres have been or
dered in Difference to public opinion.
Whether the ability is proved is ques-
tionable. But supposing thi, were only
one of the empty shows of royalty,-we
think it has many advantages over some of
the realities of republican government as
practiced at this day. In this mimic din
of arms, not a single violation OF the law
has been committed. Had it been other
wise, had the rights OF any Englishman
been violated under the plea If military
law, The whole lard would have protested
in such a way as to force imm ediate and
complete redress. But here, in this Re
public. President undertakes to play at
war in q time of profound peace, when.
by the testimony Of his own officials, both
civil and military, there is 10 attempt at
RESISTANCE to any Of the processes of the
law; and upon his mere proclaim alton,
! without warrant. without a probable
cause, without any cause, any private SOL
der, with his cooked and loaded musket,
arrests whom be pleases, and eonsigns to
indefinite impriso Dment the best citizens
of the land. Such is enc of the differences
between those effeIe monarchies OF the old
world and this model progressive Re-
public
ROCKY Po1gT, N. O.. Oct. 90. 1871.
Editor Journal:
| DEAR kIR IL notice in your issue of the 27th
inst tn st our sub .cribers Angola do not re
ceive their papers regularly, and your reflect
tlons seem To cast TIL blame upon the pest
master at Bnrgaw or tie mail carrier on the
Angola route. Now tax q this occasion to in
| form you that papers from your Office, addressed
TO parties at Angola. are freq 1ently put off here
on Friday morning, instead of being carried to
| Burgaw. from which point the angola mail
starts, and when papers and other mail matter
is thus careessly LETT off here Friday, aud for
| warded by me to Burgaw Saturday, it is
then too late for the Angola mail. and hence it
has TO remain over just one week longer before
| il can reach AngOla Sc if the fanlt ia not in