Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-02-28


ply or history, or something. Nobody sailed from
Wilmington to Fort Macon. Fort Macon is at Beau
fort Harbor and not on or near the Cape Fear Fort
Macon never was touched Furthermore nobody from
Wilmington seized Gny fort or forts The forts at the
mouth OF the Cape Fear occupied first by citizens
OF Smithvie, and would have been held by them and
they would have been sustained but that they did not
wish to be placed in antagonsm to the State as well as
the Federal authorities and because they were assured
that the apprehended Federal troops were not on their
way
The Raleigh Banner believes it was under Mr. Ashes
auspices that one or two military companies from Will
mngton recently sailed down to and captured fort Ma
CON- No military company from Wilmington sailed
recently anywhere Nobody went near Fort: Macon
Nobody from Wilmington captured any forts-fnally,
no fort was captured. There resistance and no
capture Neither the Sergeants in charge their fam
lies at all nterfered with The forts occupied
to prevent their being used in the interests of coercion
We really think that such vague statements these
ought to be avoided. Certainly people undertaking
be sensors ought to know something of what they talk
about at least be able to come to something within
hund, ed miles Of it, The forts at the mouth of the
Cape Fear are called Caswe and Johnson" "Cas-
we'll " being large stone built ratification, with one
tier of guns in easements and one tier the parapes
and intended to mount so to 80 guns in all. Of
these there are very few mounted, and not than
half the aumber necessary fully to the fort is there
at ALL Fort johnson is mere barracks for troops,
with an open battery of some guns believe. 1t is
at Smithvle. Caswell commands the main bar.
b Now, ever, it is the policy of the Republicans
posed in fact to doing any justice to the South to stiff
fen the knees and strengthen the backbOnes of their fol-
lowers by representing the people Of the South div
ded among themselves, and with this end in vew the
Southern papers eagerly searched fer everything
that even by implication would to give any color
to this representation rather should say, msrep
re8enta alton. How these things from State have
been and seized upon paraded by the n Y Times
and other papers of that class is matter of noorety
The same class OF papers, pending the action of the
Peace Congress endeavOr to persuade themselves and
their readers that there reaction 10 the seeded States
against the Montgomery Government, as they call it.
The Philadelphia Bulletin to sustain this view of the
case, COPIES pretends to copy, from the Corin,
Mississippi, AdUertiser of Feb. 9th" What part of
Mississippi has the honor Of containing this casseay
named place we are unable to say, and the Gazeeers
give US no information. Corinth, Mississippi, finds
place in their ample pages-not even post-vage.
There may be such place and such paper.
There is thing certain however, and it is this -
hat the tone of the Charleston Mercury and its follow
ing is doing injury all around. 1t is doing injury to
the Southern here and elsewhere. We know that
the Mercury is not South Carolina and that it does not
represent the real position of the people of South
Carolina in many particulars but others may not know
this or may not be willing to know and acknowledge
this fact and therefore the queruous tone of that
taken for South Carolina and is represented and
used as means of eectoneering against any action
in this State elsewhere. This is unfortunate and it
is unjust. The Mercury appears dsgruntled, why, We
do not know, is it necessary that should. But
it appears and this fact is seized upon as capital at
the North and good deal Of the capital kept
the South for home consumption The tone of the press
Of South Carolina with the exception of the Mercury
is one of satisfaction with the action at Montgomery