Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-08-01
THURSDAY, July 18th.

we naQ the pleasure tnlS morning OF seeing IN our OF
Gee one of the soldiers from General Garnetts force
at Laurel Hill He contradRts the reported surren-
der of four Georgia comp anies at that point Four
companies were cut of from the main body, and
were unable to reoin-but they have since got safe
to Monterey not parole, having never been taken
Their suferings were very great indeed. Our infor-
mant says he met one of our North Carolina volun-
teer regiments, Col. Lees, we think They were in
excellent health and good spirits
The Daylight" will have to do better if she expects
any one to acknowledge her blockade of our port as
either actual or effectual. Two vessels have just
come in.
There's JEFF Davs!" was the cry that rang through
the ranks of the Southern army at Manassas, when
the President appeared on the field. The waverng
rallied and the braves outdid all their former ef
forts. The fight was no longer doubtful.
Among the prisoners taken on Sunday, was Mr.. Ely,
a member Of Lncoln's Congress from Rochester, New
York. Mr.. Ely was an amateur fighter. He was
secured by Captain Harrington of Col Cash's South
Carolina regiment.
The reports from the North very conflicting, none
of them, however, put the Federal loss in killed at
less figure than four thousand. We presume six
thousand killed would be nearer the mark. AS there
are generally two wounded to every one killed, we
think that the effective force of Lincolns army has
been reduced by amount not less than twenty thou
sand. There is no doubt but that General Scott will
make every effort to retrieve his defeat and men will
be poured down rapidly They lay all the blame now
upon Patterson. The next time it will be somebody
else.
Perhaps nowhere is the effect of the startling
than in Louisville, st. Louis and Baltimore, where
the Southern men, although under the heel of mill
tary despotism actually cannot contain themselves,
nor conceal their joy. "The little iron man from
Massachusetts," who boasts of " throttling" Mary
lend, may yet be forced to give up his grip and de-
fend his own life, or seek safety in fight.
SATURDAY, JULY 9TH.
The Portsmouth Transcript says that Lieutenant Sci
den, who recently passed through here as prisoner
in charge of portion of the Florida Regiment, has
violated his parole at Richmond and decamped Sci
den had been in the United States Navy, was in
charge Of certain prizes. He taken and the prizes
recaptured by the Floridians SeIden is Virginian.
The Norfolk Day Book is happy to say that the report
of the death of Captain DLagnel is unfounded He
is still alive, although severely wounded. We trust
that this report of the Day Book may prove to be
true, but we fear it is not.
The Petersburg Express of yesterday repeats the ru
already alluded to by with reference to Beau
regards having entered Alexandria without firing a
gun. Something is going on in that direction, or TO-
wards Leesburg, boh but aVha is difficult to say
One thing is certain, the teegraphs and correspon'
dents keep very close This is of course the order Of
the Confederate authorities who, without violating
any civil rights, can efactually prevent an exposure
Of their military plans, movements corporations
The Richmond Despatch states reliable information
that T. F. Meagher, the celebrated Irshman, who
volunteered to fight against Virginia. which led the
way in defending the rights of foreigners against the
Know Nothings of the North, was killed in the bat
tie of the 2lst. The Despatch reoices to hear it.
So do we. 1t served him right.
When Lincoln and Scott learned the result of the fight
on the plains of Manassas, they not only thought
:" damn it ~ but they said it. By the way we much
prefer the name of Manassas to designate the great
battle field Of the 2ls to any of the other sc
far employed. Manassas is sonorous 1t is Scrip
tural it is connected in the Southern mind with 81
many associations of Beauegards stand to check thu
Federal advance; it is the locality to which ou
troops fell back, and beyond which they would no
fall back weeks ago. The general idea of the BATH
arises at the mention of Manassas. It does not il
connection with Bulls Run or Stone Bridge. VIVA
may finally take its historical place in the bat
tie roll cannot say, but vote for Manassas
although really, the leading position so long held b.
General Beauregard is far enough from the tru
Manassas, which is gap in the Blue Ridge-Manas
sas Gap,-whereas the battle-ground was in tn
neghborhood of the junction of the road which
the Blue Ridge at that Gap, with the Orange an
Alexandria Road. 1t is called the Manassas juno
ton.
The Savannah Daily papers, yielding to the pressure
the times, have been compelled to raise their sub
scription price to So year. The price of tn
Charleston Courier or Mercury is $40; of the Mo
bile Register, $l0-of the Tribune, S. New Or
leans Picayune or Bulletin, $I2-Delta or Crescent
SO; Memphis Avalanche, Bulletin or Appeal $40
Nashville Union or Banner So; Montgomery AID
vertiser or Mail, So. We state these facts, not b.
way of preliminary to rise in rates. for hav
no such intention, but simply to show how the thinE
works upon the newspaper business as well as upol
every other.
General Scott has made up his mind to occupy Rich
mond on the next htrtieth Of February. One 0
Ellsworths Zouaves had been assured that he shou
dine this week in Richmond. Before he had chanc
to pull trigger, ball tumbled him over and be wa
taken to Richmond sure enough. "Well," said he
here am in Richmond -" but" added this piou
and exemplary man, in his poetical style " How tn
h-n am to dine with ball in nv belly ?"
The enemy at Manassas appears to have been arme
mainly with MIME rifles or at least to have fred Mini
balls This is shown by the character of the injurie
inflicted upon our people who fell either dead or wound
ed by small arms. The Mimic ball, especially when fire
from rided weapon makes an awful wound, not to b
mistaken for that made by round ball from muske