Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-07-31


we believe the Of MIS- PICKETT will be remembered
by each ard every of the company with the emons of
RICHARD H. SMITH,
JOHN HALL Comm.
L. T BRANCH. Chm.
We have been favored with the sight of hter from
Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, giving
account-a sicke0ing, out we fear 100 truthful ac-
count OF the OF things there under the StanIy
reign AS it was not written for publication there are
and circumstances which, or obvious reasons we
omit:
WASHINGTON, Territory Of n. c., July 9th, 1862.
1t is not often your correspondent is driven 10 the
necessity of venting his Indignation paper but things
aIe 10 such fix this village at present thata loyal
SOutherner express his sentlmeu with )ut dan
ger OF bei incarcerated in POtters Dungeon >ther-
wise known as Frank Havens warehnuSe,) there to
remain until it peases His ExceIlency, cur new Gov
ernOr to release him; you all such talking about
payed out in the family circle in the presence Of
negroes, the streets, in the company OF many OF
cur new Governors old political friends. Scarcely
remark has been made in this town. hostile to the Lin
coin gOyt trnmeU since these maraudeES have been here
but what has been faithfully reported at head quarters
THIS IS huY fetgn Of er1Or and God grant that my
eyes may behold another. 0 tOogue TELL
pen can describe the scenes of maraudng, house and
store breaking thieVing end pundeIing, CentCuness
ard beaStIalty that have been erac,ed by StaDIy s
glorious amy of noble pat lo" since their advent
in Washington | viii not attempt ii for tear that l
should be thought 10 resemble noted old character
called Uncle Ben, who lived somewhere in Nash county
He iGcurahle stulterer and horribly prOfane,
probably could ouswear any who ever tried, except
our new Governors boot-oack. D. B-ks, who
| inclined to think Can equal him in that ne at tbs
tlme particularly when he takes his text on the Confed
eyufe government the Confederate money Jeff DaUs
Well upon certain occasion Uncle Ben mpeled
to haul load OF wheat in bulk While going up q
bill the taboard Of the cart dropped out, and spilled
all his wheat the ground. Uncle Ben dlscOV-
cred his mistake until be arrived the top of the hill,
and bis attention was called to he accident by troop
of mschief-loving boys who had followed him for the
purpose OF teasing and annoying him. One of the
boys cried out Why don't you swear, old fellow -
" w-w-wouId" replied Uncle Ben, BIB but tf-tear
c-ccoud nnnot dd-do th-h-the s-s-subect jjustce -
Your correspondent is like Uncle Ben he fears he can't
do the subec justice.
Soon after the Yankees arrived they appointed one
Lieut.. James II. Turner Company A, Oath Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteers, Provost Marshall and de-
Cared martial law. Then commenced OF whole
sale robbery and plunder equaed this CONT
nent. Stores opened and stripped of their con-
tents, every house in town left by its was
entered, and everything portable and valuable taken,
packed up and sent North. Portraits, paintings, dag
guerreotyps engraVngs private letters account books
writing desks, libraries crockey plate in truth every
thing belonging to a we'll furnished house, either
taken away destroyed or given to the negroes. Not
even infants apparel (hey took Mrs. Burbanks dead
babys clO hes Sheets towels, bed furniture was
spared n the general scene of devastation In every
instance of house breaking the negroes their nor
mants we'll aiders and abettOrs. They did not
speCt the privacy of ladies' bureaus, but broke
them open and distributed the wearing apparel to the
negro women sent it North. The letters purloned
from ladies' writing DISKS would afOrd them great
amusement and often elicit brutal, vulgar jest. 1t is
supposed by OF the privates Of the Yankee army
that Turner has stolen and appropriated to bis private
property to the amount OF ten fifteen thousand
dollars.
When they first commenced their works of punde'
complaints invariably made at head quarters, but
without receiving any satisfaction, only promise that
GCOud be attended to faally, ceased to m plain
and submitted, with not loud but Deep and this
cursing and is not con6Lel TO the slerner
sex, for even the women and children vent their
anger in words that sounded very much like oaths for
al loyal Southerners seem to and speak though
they eDtied to turlough from the Good Being to
vent their anger in the first words that upper
most in their minds, and not be held accountable
| therefor.
Yet, with these outrages patent to all the commu.
| nifty. MI. Stany calls them a noble army of partr
ots," and says they here to protect from the
robbery and plunderiDg of the Confederate sodlery
and SO says that the property destroyed by them is
but tthe Of what was des Dyed by the so7iers tor
merly stationed here suppose be anudes 10 the burn
| ing of ,ttOn and naval stores
| This Turner tine Provost MarshaiI) is very
tall, fine looking fellow, and stands over SIX tet high
He has played sad havoc, not only with privae prop
cry, but also with the hearts OF some OF the " uOL
ladies both coior' Soon after his arrival he en- ice
off Capt. JJs4pbus Waace's muatto servant CIR
Theresa and having fitted up the directors room OF he
Bank of Washington in the most beautiful manner
with stolen goods, placed therein his dky stolen b. sde
arr0yed in stolen habaments, taken from the bureaus
of ladies' who bad left the arrival OF Sanlys DO
BILE army OF patriots" Report says that Turner witt
his hauds me face aud stately form had played sac
with be he rrt Miss 5. P but Miss There Wal
ace inteered with her matrimonial prosp Cts. Tht
handsome and chirnk o,.s Massachusetts Lieutenant
heard to say he thought be was IN love with Nj Ms
p but he never knew what love until be met will
Miss Wallace She was the sweetest, most ntelligen
" lady" be had ever met
Stanys friends are dividing among themselves all th
Offices Of honor and profit. Old Mr.. Ri is to b.
the Postmaster H, Collector of The Port; Col. I
s., j. p. ard j. r. (ship carrenter are the Unior
dinner gvers. d. B has taken the office Of U
5. POvisson Distributor and Secession cursor. j.
$, Court House bell ringer and gus lighter, an(
| stamper and clapper when the "Governor makes
speech Bill Fl. and Bib. s. are the Union Gass
ers and Blowers, and j R. B. Speech distributor.
Lbave enumerated the principal offices already filled
but there are nany applicants the lis for ofcs tt
| be created.
Amid all This display Of rampant treas 0n to lhe SOU
there is quite a large party who have straddIed th
feuca Some of them state that they tired OF th
war AMI think the South ought not TO prolong uses
contest That she will certainly be subjugated. Tha
the u s. will certainly take every place they go to-
that we had better submit ere it be too late:
the time these people call themselves Secessonsts
There is another class who disclam the name OF Seces
sionists, but say they are John Bell Rebels" In thi
| class can be found one X <. He is, according
to my way of thinking, curious kind of Souherne
for he "speuds his whole time in the public and prVat