Wilmington journal., 1876-01-07
Oar Living a8d Our Dead Pub
iish-d at t<aiei2h, N. C., by . I'D.
Pool. Editor.

Oar Living aaI Our Dead -PRb
iish.d at t<aieiah, N. e., by Id.
Pool. Edit1r.
The d. cember number of the above
Mag ,zine is before u-. It's table of
contents is unusually full, rich and va
ried. The "5oldier's History of the
War" by Rs I. John P ris is continued
with undiminished interest, while the
summing up by Mr.. Johnstone Jones
of his "Evidencss of the Meclenburg
ID cloration" is strong exhaustive and
conclusive. After having read his
our Meclenburg Declaration must
hereafter stand unques5ioned as ''the
happy prologue to the swelling act
of the American Declaration. We also
meet in this Number, and with some
surprise we confess, with our late
antagonist Gen. Bsrenger, whose
Cavalry Sketch is indeed very
readable and every way worthy
of him. We commend him for this
his effort Ito shed halo around our
Lost Cause" and as we'll as for the
hopes aud sanotified SORROWS may yet
be rewrded with the triumph of
institutional Freedom" Ga such
holy ground rs this there ought to be
parpetual truce, and in retuln for
his frank-pledge we offer him our haul
in token, promising with the continued
cooperation of him and such as he,
that the rasult though delayed, cannot
b. doubtful. But the article which
impressed US mo,t highly, of the whole
coil 'ctiOn. is "VOn Moltke or West
not betray the author to us, we are
ashamed to cay, since he cannot be un
known to fame. Certain it is, this our
foreign critic finds himself criticised
in a graceful ard trenchant style.
Perhaps we ought in ga!lantry, at least,
to have qualified our preference by al
exception in favor of the two lady
contributors, to this numb"r, whose
contrib itions, The White Doe Chase, ,
by Mrs. ~ NJ and Edith Moore, )"
by Mrs. Cicero W. Harriss, the for
mnr a prose, and the latter met ical
romance, but as works of their order
tonch upon the confines of Art, We
raukiy dietgust our ability to do them
justice.
T., hn al n,,titF,,,J GGNA~Eh
lima Generals by L. B. K, we no
tice an error iu5o which Mr.. Kingshu-
ry has fallen as to the name of Il
North Carolina General who literally
won hit spurs in the terrible conflict,
| and who for this as we'll as for the
personal virtues which have endeared
him to Wilminetonian from his infau-
cy up. is heid by them N the highest
esteem We refer to the name of Gen.
erai William McRae . "Our LiUiug
and our Dead, has it p McRae. OF
| c6urse this error is an unintontiona,
one, as wa the omission of the Chris
| tian name of Maj. James Relay.
; whom Mr.. Kingsbury appropriately
styles the famous artillery officer. y
But our purpose was not to particu-
larize or yet simply to commend as a
whole however warmly and sincerely as
we both could and do, the varied excel
lence of this truly North Carolina
| Msgaz ne.
Our purpose was rather to call atten-
| ton to the appeal which the Editor in
| this number makes to his eaders, and
emitting in that appeal, to say a word
| to our own readers in behalf of his EN-
terprise. In every literary point OF
| view We do not hesitate to say that or
Lauing ana our Dead may challenge
| comparison with any Magazine with
which We are acquainted. But for
| North Oarolinians it possesses an ex-
tensive value as well. The purpose
| of its Editor is in truth not less glo
| rious or Iious than that of Old Nor
| tality-to preserve forever the memo
/ rabilia of our Confederate History
and to rescue from oblcquy or ohli-
Won the name aud valor and virtue of
! those who have elsewhere found no
other record. Hitherto it's execution
has been fully correspondent TO its de
sign. SO much SO that it deserves to
be in every household in the
land-It ought TO be in every
household which can afford il
But it's success is not yet at =
sured and it will be burning shame
if it is allowed to perish for want of
pecuniary support.