Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-09-05

We give below certain items Of intelligence in the
order in which they reached Our Geographic dis
patch shows the strength of the attacking force by
and land:
HArrERAs BArrERY-A gentleman who left Beaufort yes
teray morning. that heavy csDnonadng was heard
in the direction Hapras inlet Wednesday, commen
cling P NJ and closing at II o'clock at night Firing
was resumed Thursday morning just before the left
for Goldsboro
An ofcia dispatch received this morning from Eewbern
via Godsboro says Battery and 535 of
men, including Col Bradford and Com Barron, have been
taken prisoners by the Federal feet
The dispatch saws that the Batteries taken Yesterday
IL O'clock n. This confirms the report brought here
last evening by the gentleman from Beaufort that firing
commenced yesterday morning is about 90 miles from
the Battery Newhern (by water) and steamer had time
to get u to Newbern last night extra train TO he sent
Goldsborough where the could be teegraphed to
this place this morning. it received We are well
all the above could have been accomplished and
although capture of the Hatteras Battery is to he re-
gretted we place fullest confidence TIE Dispatch as
We know It to he official.
Recriminations are useless, we suppose. 1t IS
better in the time of trsl to suggest what be done
to urge it's doing and to do all that can be done to
hepi forward
Recent events coming home to own State hover
ing over our own coast threatening own homes, APP
preaching to our own DOORS will 60 far to show wheth
er we were panicstrcken when appealed so strongly
for the construction of efficient works for the defence OF
our coast Over and again have we sounded the
alarm until made ourselves odious to the compacent
bead-men about the Capitol thing which we regretted
but for which we did not reproach ourselves. Can
those who so vehementIy did not like course say
that they have nothing with which to reproach them
selves If they do, who will believe them?
the force at Hatteras has fallen into the hands Of the
enemy not from any want Of gellanry their part but
because they had sui lent amount Of ammunition,
and because they were neither sustained had works
sufficiently tenable to resist the heavy force brought
against them a 900 men and 100 guns) There was
no provision made to secure their retreat.
But the reply to all who urge anything, has hereto
! fore been Oh TO- there is 20 danger, you only
scared" The people W lad enough of this, they must
act at once themselves Mere has been earthly use
10 depending upon the iu>iorit!es, 80 far at least.
COL Fremont IS the superior officer of Artillery in
this section. Let the people sustain him in carrying out
immediate measures for the defence OF this part of The
State. Let have the guns There plenty of then
at Portsmouth. By and by after while, quick as WE
can don't be in hurry, don't bother us, won't do any
longer We have and borne with that sort Of thing
long enough Break up the crcumocuton office. This
is no time for maneuvriug for Office political prefer
ment We must up energies and repel thi
midnight attack.
Pity some or all of the nodanger-nobody-h urt-you
are-ascared officials aud Others we wot of, bad DC
been down attcras in place of b afford and Barron
/ DailY Journal, seth lnSt.