Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-12-24

told them to stop, but they ran off in the direc.
ton OF their quarters, and he fired his pistol
when they were about twenty wards off. the
ball from the pistol passing through Bradley.
of Company A, N. c. Vols, and lodged in he
hand of Virginian. This happened about
O'Clock. About FIVE minutes after the Colonel |
sent Lieut.. Singeltary after the men spoken of |
above. AS soon as the Colonel discharged his
pistol! he shouted out at the top of his voice
in these words" Turn out, turn out the
whole Regiment The Company Officers
came running out from their quarters, and
never saw Companies formed more promptly;
the Officers standing at the head OF their Com
panies awaiting orders-the Companies re-
manned formed about half an hour, when they
received orders TO return 10 their quarters. As
the Adjutant went down the lines communica-
ting the order TO the Companies to stand in
readiness, Lieut.. Singeltary had the guard out
which the Colonel had called for; be asked
the Adjutant if the Colonel wanted the guard
the Adjutant said he presumed not About
this time Gems. Wool and Gushing came over,
and, after some consultation, it is said, appro-
sentinels was placed between the North Caro-
lima and Virginia encampments, and thus the
scene of the night of the 5th August closed
The next morning the Company Officers, be-
lieving that our Regiment had been disgraced
by the circumstance above alluded to, respect
fully addressed a note to the Colonel, request
ing him TO resign, believing it to be for the
good and quiet of the Regiment" The Colo
mel took the note to Gen. Wool, Che note was
not sent by private soldier as reported in the
Register, but it was taken to the Adiutant's
Office, and his clerk carried it to the Colonel
| NnfhiDn Said about he hot 10 h.
ing the 16th) until evening, when it was read
out on dress parade, that Lieuts Pender and
Singeltary were dishonorably discharged from
the service of the United States This note
10 Col. Paine TO resign, recolect, was signed
by all the Company Officers but one After
this General Order had been read TO the Regi-
ment, preferred 10 on the first page,) the Com
pany Officers, knowing that they were basely
implicated and accused of what they were not
guilty. determined to resign! So on the morn
ing OF the 18th, ire handed in our designations
| think there were seventeen or eighteen OF
US The res gnatons were sent to Gen. Cush-
ing by Col. Paine without any comment, and
the General addressed note to myself and
two other officers that evening (being previ-
ously acquainted with me) to come over to his
quarters We went over to see Gen Gushing
as requested. The General told us he wished
us to take back our designations that Gen'l
Wool would probably discharge us as he had
done Fender and Sngetary, or accept of our
designations, and make any remark on them
which he pleased We told him that we had
been unustly implicated in that General Or
der, and shamefulIy accused of what we were
not guilty-that we had performed our duty
promptly on that OCCASION The General said
it would probably break up our Regiment if
we persisted, and if we would withdraw our
designations a week or two, that he would see
that we should be honorabiy discharged from
the service if we desired it. After some time
: we concluded it best to withdraw our resigna-
lions. Now we did not exhibit that contri-
ton, and beg to get our designations back, as
: is told by some of the letter-writers, which
is false; for | was an eyewitness of these
= facts, and they are as have narrated them
r above. The next day, the 18th, our Re.
} glment was ordered here, four miles from Bue-
ma Vista, our former encampment, and we have
8 been getting on tolerably we'll since.
l Now. sir, tell me where is the mutiny in the
: North Carolina camp? If there was any mutt
: ny, was it among the officers and men? Thi,
: charge OF mutny we can prove to be false BY
t the officers OF the line attached to our Regi
n ment. Aye, farther, by all the Officers of the
= Regiment, except, probably, a few, who are
u too insignificant to be called men. If there
was any mutiny, it ought to have been place.
e upon the heads OF the Virginians, who cam
i down into our camp and caused one of GU
d men to get killed. But the wooden hors
S seemed TO be the g first great cause" If tina
: horse had never been erected, this difficult,
i never would have taken place; and such
J. piece OF furniture, think, was entirely uncall
: ed for-for a more obedient and subordnat
r. set OF men have never yet come from the States
d than the North Carolina Volunteers | coul
IT say much more, but will desist for the pres
a ent. Truly yours, "AMICUS,"