Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-05-14

M, x,paToN N G. SATURDAY, MAY .. 1869.
t,uo,,ns despatch to the Editors Of the journal
from an officer engaged In the lAse oas'es' DO" " '
- t,es some additional particulars
honui RIoHAokD Nay 9Th, 1868
EprroRs JOURNAL The fighting is all over 80. y,
q7ruston is wounded in the foot; Captain Enho - no
thigh Lieut. Porter had lis thigh broken Lieut.
h slightly wounded in the arm Leu'eH - ".
s,isbtlv in the side Captain T. Armstrong Ah'eu Ls
80 : ,.oupded in Leg Lieut. Costin in the am
tent j. G. Wright has received q flesh wound IN 'he
h,cb Lieutenant F. J. Moore flesh wound in the breast
Col. Purdie of The 1sth il killed Captain Lewis and
tLsut Jacobs of the regiment slightly WOUNDED.
Nv addition we find the following the Raleigh State
Journal of yesterday:
The losses amongst North Garona troops yet Ie re-
hood ola Ttb we regret dinghy Learn ia severe
Iy wounded This comes from rehanie soH'ce- A"ls
Golope CLARK NJ Avery 23 slightly wounded
not sufficiently are pleased 10 stale 70 'ake him
Casually he I'D General Fender safe % too Ms jor
i A. hngeha f sa9 b 81 s sse M hs yet re-
ported to Ls.
We further LEAN om the Raleigh papers that Lieut..
s,,rDr. son If Rev. SMEDEs Of that city, is re
ported mOrtaly wounded In some OF the recent battles
round Fredericksburg. Lieut.. sMEDEs Adjutart OF
the 18th Regiment, N. G. L
The PROGRESS publishes the following obituary:
DEpAt Fredericksburg, from the effects of wounda re-
oeyed in the battle of the End OF May. r. E. MANLY,
aged II years and eight months
The Progress gupposes that the subject Ct tie notice
the eldest son Judge r. E. MANLY Of Eewbern noble
and patriotic youth
rHE Albania Southern Con1ecee aey of the 6th by wey
OF defending Col TRRAsHER the agent of the Press AsaO
ciation exhibits exposition reflect upon those editors
who complain the character of the dispatches received
By them. says that ET THRAsHER not employed TO
educate editors, supply them with brains his, atisst
conRong since, such the duties or that officer,
the past history the Association under ia present
lead his
ofapttude ard maerias But let that pass. Papers like
the Richmond Wing and Charleston &ect0y evan tie
Winir gton Journal will fufer little from stch
they stana in need of such education.
The complaint reference to the ed character Of
the Western dispatches las been general and certainly
FIRST good-nat a. forbearart. That 1t is bot
row. is perhaps, due TO the manner n which such com
plant has been received The officers of the Press Associ
ton MASTERS neither do assert that they it
serYans for do to ike 20 used such
phrases The complaints of the conductors of papers
entitled to the attention of any agency established
for the general benefit of such papers and OF the public
We plead guilty full share OF duness of Gpprehen
sion, but also lay claim to acquaintance with
paper AID telegIaphic correspondence, and say
without hesitation, that much puzzled be-
fore we have been under the present regime
TIE result of the attack upon Charleston by the on
clad squadron Of Commodore DUPoNF the particulars be
come gradually known, Verifes nearly all important
points, the predictions and calculations made by the
thoughtful engineers and military at the South,
title done against the turretted Monitors Of the
Ericsson class by way of penetrating their turrets
their side mailing by any prcsces huled against them
indeed has yet BEEN made that will through
eleven inches of wrought iron plates. The Monitors
the Chicago Times says, literally pounded and knocked
about such extent that they became utterly usee
for any purposes of oenge More than that, they
rapidly becoming uniuhabtabe by of the outside
pressure and the efforts at fighting the in the confG
space allotted to them. Their taret:s were becoming
jammed and their guns unworkabe.
While penetratiVe power in the guns used GiLs iron
csds 10 BE under-yalued think tbs recent
experiment at Charleston ha4 far strengthen the
views of those who commended that weight of metal crush
ing powers still be relied upon, especially as
against vessels constructed ss the Monitors
TIE second battle at or Fredericksburg, ike the
fs to increase in importance its results become
better kncwn which they do very gradually the details
in slowly It is difficult to learn who i, killed and
wounded, of immediate friends acqGaintan
That loss has been heavy is beyond doubtthat
the ots OF the enemy is much greater equally ceain
The number of killed il estimated oy eight
hunde to thousand That of the enemy three
times that number. Our loss killed, wounded aud mss
Ing viii not probably fall far If at all short of thou
sand That of the enemy will probably be in the neigh
bourhood Of twenty five thousand. 1t will certainly equal
does not exceed that number if have, ildeed ia
ken as many as ten thousand prisoners.
Whether active operations the line of the Eappahan
mock will be renewed early day, yet guess
ed at amid the smoke of battle ard while reports FROM tie
scene of action confused and contradictory. Of one
thing we certain. Our side will have nOEbg fear
from renewal of the struggle The enemy, with his thou
slRds of troops about to dsband, will have everything
dread. HooKEE, however may be goaded play Gee
perate game for things stand he is ruined man.
and further failure hardly make his position worse
While he may hope that lucky chance il for
h by which his fortunes to be retrieved and aures
be made to enicrcle his brow the oonQ1eror
Our wounded men are arriving in Richmond by every
train They will after be pouring the railroads
going South from that city They will be passing the
roads In this and other States They will be making their
way into the interior sections where there railroads
They VIII be sick, suffering and afflicted Their means will
be owho:o loo compared with their deservngs Let
not be said that they passed along without that attention
which their rght-which they have bong ht with their
boodearned by their patriotism. Let wayside be
made at every point the road and
be provided az every terminus for those unable proceed
Aet 1000 and other necessares be provided Surely
~ these brave suffers deserve all that done fer
them EuIely they deserve more.
The Price Paper
We assured By the highest authority the way OF
the rangressor is hard only the trangressor had hard
way TO travel If be only boupd Jordanward, and il
sn others had OF pleasanness and paths peace
then, indeed. would the be fully made against the
publishers Of newspapers for their ways indeed hard
Our sufferings intoIerahIe Paper ha3 gain taka1