Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-06-13

teman be so kind as to state where there is battery
either in position light artillery, between Cape
Lookout and Confederate Point between Oak Island
and Little River, if we except Fort Macon.
We have already stated that no landing has been
made attempted to be made as yet upon our coast
But let repeat the question propounded on Mon
day. Suppose there had been an attempt? What
then?
1t is no in being too retcent about this natter
We would not put anything in our columns that would
give information to the enemy but, with men going of
North every day, we may rest assured that Lincoln
knows our position to T. We might well know it
ourselves. Is there cannon between Fort Macon and
Confederate Point Is there artillery company
Is there regiment?
WE PUBLISH THE sUBJo1NED PROCLAMATION, which
has been issued by General BEAUREGARD 1t is modest,
but directly to the point Beauregard is bound to make
his mark before the difficulty is His appeal to
the people of Loudon Fairfax and Prince William, is
open and manly, and he who can resist it might be
more or less than man
HEADQUARTERS Dept OF ALEXANDRIA,
Camp Pckens, June 9th, 1861.
A PROCLAMATION.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTIES OF LoUDoN,
AND PRINCE WILLIAM.
"A reckless ana uDprlnclpeu IyrdnG has invaded your
soil. Abraham Lincoln regardless of all moral, legal
and constitutional restraints has thrown his Abolition
hosts among you, who are numbering and imprlsOnng
your citizens, cOnscatng and destroying your proper
ty and committing other acts of violence and outrage,
too shocking and revolving TO humanity to be
ted All rules of civilized warfare are abandoned, and
they proclaim by their acts if not their banners that
their war-cry is BEAUTY and Booty" All that is
dear to man-your honour and that of your wives and
daughters your fortunes and your lives, are involved in
this momentous contest.
In the NAME therefore, of the constituted authorities
of the Confederate States-in the sacred of
stitutiOnal liberty and selfgovernment, for which we
are cOntending-in behalf of civilization and humanity
itself, l. G. Il. BEAUREGARD, BrigadierGeneral Of the
Confederate States, commanding at Camp Pickens, Ma
nassas Junction. do make this my Proclamation and IN
vite and enon you by every consideration dear to the
hearts of freemen and patriots by the name and memo
ry of your Revolutionary fathers and by the purity and
sanctty of your domestic resides, to rally to the STAN
dard of your State and country and by every
Your power compatible with honorable warfare to drive
back and expel the invaders from your land conure
you to be true and loyal to your country and her legal
and constitutional authorities and especially to be vigil
liant of the movements and acts of the enemy, to
enable you to give the earliest authentic information at
these Headquarters, or to the officers under my COM
mand
desire to assure you that the utmost protection in
my power will be extended to you all.
(Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Brig. Genl Comdg.
Official, THOMAS JORDAN, Act'g Asst Adj't Genl.
nen 1t is difficult to obtain any definite news from
the North. We are indebted to E. Kidder, Esq, who
has got back from there for copy OF the New York
Herald Of the 4th, and also Washington City Star OIL
the same date. From examination of their columns
we forced to the conclusion that they than
half scared. More especially do they exhibit this in
their references to the positions and tendencies of foreign
governments with reference to existing difficulties
There is evidently feeling of uneasiness. An idea
seems to be gaining ground that the great maritime
powers Of Western Europe must have cotton, and thai
they U have it and it is equally evident that they
must have naval stores and tobacco. Now, all this
stripped of the verbiage with which diplomacy
surrounds ITSELF means that Eng land and France art
pretty certain before the year is much older to find
make an occasion for having finger in this quarrel
and that their efforts will not be against US nor for tn
North With them it will be a mere question of inter
est it will be with us. Much as we desire to to hav
all the aid that be honorably obtained question
if any Southern statesman, any considerable portion
of the Southern people, would consent to receive it
the cost of any entangng alliances at the sacrifice
one iota of perfect national independence 1t might
and no doubt would, tend to early solution of thi
difficulty should England and France take decide
r stand in favour 1t would expedite matters an
hurry up the result but it would not change it. Th
people Of the South feel perfectly able to defend their
rights and confident of being able to enforce their
cognition by others, the North included. 1t would
folly however, to pretend to say that all of would
be reoiced to find the matter honoraby adjusted at
early day possible, and with little unnecessar
expenditure of life and treasure possible We a
want to go to work once more, and we expect to
that efficiently and on truer and better basis ths
we had when we depended for axeheves and woode
buckets upon the North.
Are there spies at the South? Are there spies in Il
e camp at Manassas Junction? We ask these question
because in the n Y Herald of the 4th already reerr
to, we find what purports to be complete plan of Il
Confederate positions at Manassas Junction. Eat
battery is located. The encampment of the differe
bodies of troops laid down. If this be genuine affa
how was it obtained? Not fairly, that is certain. TT
same course to have been pursued permitted
e Harper's Ferry. We have no doubt in the world tn
st search in General SCOTS Office in Washington Cit
ID would disclose complete plans of all the defences
Harpers Ferry. Evidently some screw is loose. Flu
ther can there be any sort of question that the militia
authorities North know exactly how situat
le here Why, men have been going North every da
lie and among them certainly Scme who wouli report
I'd they knew. We happened this morning put hal
be on the following paragraph, and insert it here.
W young man Mixer, to whom reference is made, was
clerk here, we believe, and upon the whole be seems