Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-09-11
For the Journal

Mr.. EDITOR Having seen nothing IN the Journa from
this section of the couatr and thinking has perhaps an
occasional line from here might not embarrassing to
you and your readers, thought would drop you
line This section Of prosp 3rous and beautiful re-
Gion in most heart rendDg condition farms with grow
ing crops good for thousands of barrels Of corn besides
pork bacon and other produce have been abandoned and
the owners fed for safety from the Vanda caps that are
invading country. saddening to LOOK upon much
devastation and ruin And am sorry to tdat IN many
soers have conducted themselves not
much any, better than might expect OF cur invaders
by breaking opea houses abusing and deserang the nae
residences, killing stock robbng fields &c. Now all this
wrong, decidedly wrong, and it is great pity but what
Some though they thought being service cen
sed them to do any and everything mean Mr. Editor, would
you believe that this devastation and state OF ruin reached
to within five miles of KnsOn The question naturally
arises Why this of affairs exists what brought it
about So far from the they are not nor never
have been except few the Boats that the
River than eight miles of Knston, and then only
marauding parties Then nsk why this panic, why the
citizens leave home simply because the conduct
of the military officers and has been and continues to
be SUCH to forfeit confidence in them means Of
defence. Then you say what have they ne answer
about nothing at all Since General Ransoms Brigade left
its position five miles below kinston there has been
troops worth naming below Kinson. Our troops sta
toned we'll 1t is say how far GboUe Kins Our
lowest Pickets few days ago ell Of eight miles from
the enemys post Our Guerrllas and Patzan Rangers
doiDg nothing keeping Themselves far from the
enemy There has never been anything Of daring
ing dore by forces below here II what forces
have would go below here close to the enemy (where
We the citizens think they should be we would eoi safe
but no,-somebody might Yankee get hurt see
from card by cur say eur as seems DO other oommu
y with and not Of choice daring fearless ard gallant
Major W. Beverhout Thompson in the Raleigh Standard
literally you poor old father S5me
Registers old father Syme, old he is getting In
bad He has been on tho fence over the fence and
on both sides of the fence and now Major Thompson is
about putting him under the fence poor old man.
want no part nor lot in your and he gallant Majors
fight know you to be fully able to take Of your
SELF and if Major Thompson to go to Duplin County
(wheIe every NAN, and child le&de the Whining
know but of them place the Journal first and say
that you SO contempt bic, they would pull out the
balance of what hair he has left Yet think right aad
Informed c
his acts around here, which propose to give III bris
Thompson has been around here ever slice the fall of
Newberne the head of engineering staff with from
to three four assistants They have had all the hands
they wanted, prssume) they pressed hands for
q" the stone blockade in Neuse River below Kinsto.
and the battery commanding it. which, he says preven'ed
the Yankee gun boats from getting to kius)r. He
that " they could have passed them they could have gone
to Godsboro', as the river was very full"
Now, let examine this matter little. | have all the
time understood that Mr. Hawks planned the great stone
bloekede at least he (a k said So and gentlemen,
terry Did the Yankee boats start with the intent of 60
Ing Kinston Gol5sboro, the Major ntimates?
IT presumed dat they had forces aud gun BOATS
both at Newbern then if they wanted go knston
Goldboro why not take their gua boats and troops along!
The acs'are, they came up in one CUTTER WITH it said
gun and river ferry steamboats, with guns
few white and lots of negroes. Did they up to
sun thihk not fLee facts are from persons who ga i"
them l won't ray Go: prudence sake) how deep the
water the blockade at that time hardly tlink
examining board OF Engineers would pronounce them
very formidable Admitting that all the Major in
regard 10 thelF o. goipg to hnst9n and Go:
Road Bridges. The Rail Read Bridge
obstruction to the boats of itself Mr. Whtord,
President of the A g. n C. r Road had had the draw let
down to reader it almost immovsle Where the
cessy for burning it he bridge the Rail Road
South West three four miles below KinstOn, could
have been Of no service to the enemy if they had ad-
vanced Why burn it then The Bail Road track
up for six miles below bridge below burnt and the
ties oil along the track burnt Who're the enemy that
frightened the gallant ajor much him
have the two Rail Road bridges burned and order
bridge Just feto" hinston across Neuse river burned
also but to the praise of the in command the
bridge said ne refused to obey the Majors orders and
bridges being burnt, the Yankees nearly back
Newbern q mean the land forceF) Skeddddag for al
life from imaginary foe. The boats only remained ut
respectable distance below the blockade short time
went lesurey down the river should have said Col
Sol. Williams sick, but cOuDermanded the order
burning the county bridge he Of m
existence. These the facts Mr. Editor they
be gathered and if they Of any service you vol
can use them as you may think proper and perhaps yol
may hear from again. COUSIN.