Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-04
Lafesf rrnua ane North.

The Philadelphia Icu;re of the 2lst received last
evening Is news columns are mainly devoted to the al
upon Fredericksburg After describing the arrival
capt Pettts battery was at once placed upon high
screened by the natural position hill At shout half
past three The first gun sighted and brouht to bear
uoon the enemy, which at brought on resonoer
The st shot from the rebels burst directly over cor bat
tery'
reat given Burnside for his mastery evacu
alton of Wsrrenton and removal of his southward
eastward the high road to Richmond strongly occu
plying Fredericksburg as point of the new base
Nothing that be now seen or foreseen seems ape 70
day to day to The rebel tactics TO have beer
rvae1 by sWn movements; Tor Is asserted tnae,
man bndv of troops iege is nearer to Bsrnside
than Jackson is Lee If such is the case why cannot
the Union General fall upon Lee a. once before jackson
con d join him. and crush him with numbers!
[Sure enough why couldn't he'll
But the details present movements are upknoWn
and it would be but cuation to expect cersan &c
certain results of troops st this only lei
them and action will speedily come to meet mem
"MeHnWhle the ment is still forward; the WARM
rains do not i'm EIDE ADVANCE while they make the 70
impossible to ender his threats entIe
mpotent The headquarters of Burnside are constantly
advancing, and the army corps are rendezv0usIng al
w to Pv a sfaD
have taken the slaIm and Is pressing hastily W
the Capitol"
AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
BV recent arrival Newbern have the following
version of the situation of affairs ID Eastern Nor'f
CsroIina ~
Governor Vance in answer to former co"muDlca
ton. Vance sta that he declines to arrange
for any Getting betw himself ard Governor Stany, anC
conference OF COMMISSIONERS de requests GOV
Stay if he wishes make any 10 trea
drectl, with the COME deraFe authorizes at Rlthm nd
>orh Carolina. states dfanty, will tight 10 the las
drop of blood.
On the evening the 1lth inst pckets at Newberr
were in by la ge body of the rebels and it wa
feared attack Intended Newbern, a. it was thel
in weak csnd n many reg nts berg absent OF
late Hamilton sxrt dinOn Everything was prepared
to meet the ~ Colonel Kur in The absence OF Gen
eral Foster At O'Clock M. the 18th the rebels at
tact our pickes on the railroad Bachelors Creek
The pikes held the cavalry in check until the Monitor.
iron clad rail- which mounted two gnrs, could b
prepared for action After long fight with grape ant
err the rebels repu sed The twenty fourth as
husetts regiment IL st one nan in 1hls acsn Ig
force Of cavalry have been dispatched to capture the re
bels their force is known to be mall Their or
to capture the iron clad rai DAD car Gen Foster arrived
the afternoon Of the 18th, after the fight
with reiRforcem-nts ON the Hamilton exuediton
IMPORTANT DECISION, JGdge Hally burton, of til
G. s. District Ct urt, yesterday decided impo@tan
case which has been for some time pending, stylet
% Confederate States of America against John Jones
on petition flied by Thomas I. Giles, Receiver &c
sequs,rat the property OF Auguste Belmont Com
pany, as alien enemies" The property involved il
twenty FIVE hundred bogsbeads of tobacco purchased by
ar Jones agent for the principals, and for year
two past stored in this city. Evidence having beer
procured from France that the tobacco in reality
the property Of Ronschilds Brothers, the cause wa
Yesterday submitted without argument, and the Cour
being OF. opinion that there sufficient proof
the allegation that the tobacco the property OF an
alien enemy liable equestration ordered and de
creed that the petition be dismissed This case has ex
cited much interest in th community, and many per
have heretofore supposed THAT the large amount
property involved just subject OF cOniscatlOn
but French bankers havig esab ished their CLAIM
beyond controversy, al liberty to send for tn
! tobacco whenever it suits tLeir convenience.
Richmond Wing,