Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-06-20
"Our Coast Defences."

Under this caption the last Raleigh Standard con-
tans somewhat column, of which good deal has
reference remarks published from time to tne IN the
Journal Now, at present. we wish to refer only TO the
notice it takes of advertisement OF regular grocer,
which the standard says an imprudent article
perhaps coming from sensation source perhaps, out
the Journal" published it without comment" &c.
Surely the fact of an advertisement being published
without comment is no unusual thing. 1t is the rule.
Surely nobody expects the editor of Daily paper whose
position certainly sinecure to read critically every
advertisement of regular grocer before publishing
/ it, with or without comment
This however is fact That when attention
was called to the advertisement in question, which
when we saw it in print land for the first time in any
shape we directed that it should not appear again. and
in this, the sensation source" fully agreed with
We regret that the Standard has deemed it necessary to
reproduce this imprudent" article.
| We have been informed and have little doubt but
that information is correct to the tone of feeling
and opinion expressed by parties which is to the
effect that we down here altogether too troublesome
and that this section is not North Carolina would
it make much difference to North Carolina mngton
and parts adjacent were wiped out F" completely
Now this is in large part true. Neither Whining
ton nor any other part of the East, the whole
East claims to be anything but part of North
Carolina, but it does claim to be that. It claims to
be the maritime frontier of the State, and it's defence
thus becomes essential to the defence of the whole
State.
We have never suspected Governor Ellis of unfriend
illness to this portion of the State and have
desired that he should exercise any undue Partially to-
ordc Ne
that some appointments have been made that might have
been better Where we have thought so We have said
so. But we agree that upon the whole, much-very
much has been done deserving commendaon, consider
ing the limited time and the limited means at the dspo
sal of the Governor. We say nothing of his health.
Should his system fail finally in this struggle he will fall
victim to his determination to stand up to the rack
and do bis whole duty
The State Journal of Saturday also contains pref
ty lengthy article upon matters and things in general
relating to the management of State military AFFAIRS
AS this article nearly three columns long, it would be
impossible to do any justice even in the perusa this
morning the Raleigh papers were late arriving to-
day. and we must close at II o'clock. Ut is IL
o'cock.)
We shall return to the matter again, but not with
any view to controversy and in spirit of captiOus
ness. For months we have had, and we will have now,
no controversy. We lay no claim to the honors
sponsibties of organship; whie the other hand
know that we acuated by feelings but those of
kindness towards the Executive of the State We don't
want to be considered sensational but we do want to
draw attention to points honestly think requiring it.
We HAVE READ and heard that during the war in the
Peninsula many of the British officers and soldiers had
to await the receipt of papers and letters from home to
enable them to know understand the real extent and
bearing of events operations in which they had borne
part but from the nature of things had opportuni
ty to take in the whole The same was the case with
our people in Mexico during the late
Thus it is, in regard to the operations going in
Virginia. The papers nearest the of any engage
ment seem to know least about it. The Richmond En-
amine anil confound the first small skirmsh between
scouting party of the enemy and detachment of a
Buncombe Company under Lieut.. Gregory of the 1st
n. c. Regiment, with the final engagement at Bethel
between the main bodies known to have been command
ed on the Confederate side by General Magruder and
said to have been commanded on the enemy's side by
General Butler The first mere accidental COLI
son taking place at Little Bethel. The second was
deliberate attack made by the Lincones in force, and
three times repused the last repuse amounting to a
route. We have seen who were on the ground, we
have COL Hills official report to Gov. Ellis for authority,
and we will have more extended account, proba-
! bly,.
The Examiner rather digs into the Petersburg En-
press by calling it the Titan of Virginia newspapers
Titan celebrated for his high colorng We con-
fess it to that the Enpress does color little
highly now and then.
The Meeting Wednesday Night.