Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-08-07


1888 35s
kS5~We regret to hear report based upon what
to be the best authority that before the election
officers from Col Vances own regiment had been off
duty, perhaps furlough, going through the camps
electioneeTing for Col Vance. We knew That there
was pretty INSCRIPTIONS electioneering going on and
that Mr.. Vance, politician would work in tqueer
ways, but did hardly expect this. 1t ought to be
looked into closely 1t is due to Col Vance and to the
service.
The RAIN RAINETH EVERY Day" Shakspear -
and nearly every night too. 1t is perfect rain OF
terror it don't DO anything but rain 1t has not that
pleasing variety said to exist in the Highlands of Scot
land where the boy being asked by the tourist if it
alaDayS rained there replied co0Hy-" 1t sometimes
snaws." Talk about forty four inches Of rain! We have
seen fifty feet Of rain fall this season ourselves. We got
caught out in slight shower and to the best of our
knowledge and belief about eighteen inches fell on us
before we could get under shelter. We are confirmed
in this belief by the fact that, walking on de&d level
the water in the street at least that depth. We
were glad that Yankee gun-bosts we're at hand,
they could have sailed all over the settlement.
SOME EXCITEMENT was created here on Sunday by
report from Goldshoro to the effect that the enemy
advancing from -Newbern in that direction Doth by
land and water. The excitement appears since to have
passed away, and would to have had its origin in
some advance Of the enemys light draft boats some dis
lance up the Neuse River, now said TO be unusually
high. They probably occupied themselves in their
usual amusement Of Smelling the woods on both sides.
Ages yet unborn will wonder at the amount of cast
ho of nF
| A GENTLEMAN who visited the fields near Richmond
not long after the bloody fights OF the coge OF June and
beginning of July, has mentioned to fact which
somewhat clashes with the general impression shared
by ourselves. At Savages Station, on the York River
Railroad there established large field hospital for
wounded prisoners. at the time our friend there
there were some twenty-five hundred wounded and well
prisoners the well being detailed to atteud the
sick and wounded, We suppose. 1t so happened that
our informant missed the train returning to Richmond
and had to remain unplessantly long time at that
horrible place" for it horrible he therefore had
even more chance than he desired to see hear and be
wished, talk with the well and i'll prisoners and was
surprised to find very small proportion of foreigners
among the number. The great body seemed to be
made up from the New England and Middle States -
AS our informant said, genuine Yankees" Some--he
great majority behaved very properly. Others were
gratntousy insoent and Impairment They had plenty
of ice and although they using it lavishy waste
fully our military authorities seemed to have seized
none of it for the use of our own sick and wounded.
DRowxED-We regret to learn that Mr. Luther
Toon, q member of Company H. 5lst Regiment n.
T., was accidentally drowned about one O'Clock Mon
day morning. by falling from the deck of the steame
Congaree on her run from Fort Johnston to town.
Mr.. t. it would appear had been aeeep, and in waking
up suddenly walked overheard
The deceased belonged to Columbus county, was
younger brother of Major Toon OF the 10th Regiment
and is spoken OF in high terms by those who knew him
TIE TELEGRAPH in to-days Journal coming VII
staunton Charlottesville and Lynchburg is indeed i'm
portsnt, if true--highy important. But there's th
= rub, That little word if comes in. We must wal
and gee There may he something in it and there ma
: not.
AS fol- Stewards resignation farther than as stray
to indicate the direction OF the wind there is real
nothing 10 that, Old Abe get as bad q mau a
Seward any day and he will do it. But it 80 astue
man as Seward leaves the Lincoln ship it looks lik
there were breakers ahead and he knew it, 1t looks ais
IKE distraction in the Northern councils The charg
ssid to be preferred against him by the National hts
gcneer is more than we can offer an opinion upon.
may be so or it may not,
We must doubt the report about the Governors Q
certain Northern States having refused more men, tina
is absolutely refused them. We are certain that th
thing will turn out altogether different when we know
more about it. Perhaps they have declined to make
consent to draft, and in some cases this would b
equivalent to the refusal of men, for they will not en-
list voluntarily.
We publish elsewhere some extracts from Norther
papers which rather foreshadow Mr.. Stewards with
drayal from the Lincoln Cabinet and certainly indcat
the difficulty of obtaining men by voluntary enlistment
| Daily Journal, 5th inst
A LARGE steamer with valuable cargo inciudlnI
munitions Of war, arrived ct Confederate port Slth
- e.,