Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-11-12

- The situation of affairs in Northern Virginia do not
appear to be bad had feared TIE telegraph in
forms us that our loss on Saturday not l0
The Richmond Sentinel sour less, In Killed wound
ed and prisoners estimated by some az high as le0O
while that of enemy In killed and wounded Is sed to
exceed our whole loss Our represented to have
fought with great desperation using their dubbed guns
ter their ammunition gave ont
1.-THE ambulance corps has been ordered to thu and
Ia general engagement is locked for.''
TEE Consultative glad to learn from an officer
who made his escape from board the Cornubia that it
from want Of "resoute determiDation on the
part OF the commander of the Cornuba any other off
the that the Cornubia not safely into
port All that was possible saecompshedevery effort
having been made to the ship. She was not
shore by order but she grounded in consequence
being hoy and closely pursued by three bockades and
those who escaped had chance Commander GALE
spoken of "a having acted with great GOODNESS and de-
termination, and the loss of his ship Notifying to
him than it possibly be to any outsiders. We have
made this aement in order public mind may
dsabused of auson have made regard the loss
of the Cornubia.
P. g. Since the above in type have resolved the
following explanation from the officer alluded to- and We
have implicit confidence in his statement. He the
last man who left the ship. he says
"Capt. GAYLE, when hemmed in by the bockaders. re-
solved to run the gauntlet anc ordered In endeayorcg
to execute determination and pass between of the
and the beach, the Corruba grounded and they
alongside instantly, while the escaping
from side the enemy boarding the Cornubia
the other"
TIE Salisbury Watchman of the 9th inst, gives the
names of eight persons in Rowan county, N. who have
had patriotism enough left to sell to the government their
surplus Wheat Flour and Corn at prices The
Tachnsdn gives their names as follows: Hon. B. Craige
sold his whole crop of wheat to the at the
eminent price. John Shaver, 1000 bushels F. W. Hair
son barrels -four James E. Kerr, all the wheat he
had spare; VIM. Powe, Capt. VIM. McNeelg, Dr. j. W.
Hall, (four Jos. Henderson and JOS. Blackwell.
The Wdtchmd5 adds And this believe is the entire
list what theatrical would call egsarly showing of
empty boxes. These eight should be multiplied by
% least for Rowan alone. And what true of Rowan,
Ia also true OF the adjoining counties.
New what is to be done in this Our soldiers
not live and fight water and air. They must have pro-
visions Will the people at home supply them cheerfly
and Of their free will will they compel the Gov
to send out its officers to impress provisions? One
the other they must do Commisares have already
ceved orders to mpres and uoess they obtain supplies
without f. will in few days Issue notice to those who
supposed have surplus provisions requiring them to fur
to the Government Surely the farmers OF West
North Carolina will not subject the Government to the
unpleasant duty of this last resort.
situation Charleston remains in satu quo-that Is
say enemy continue to lombard Fort Sumter with
effect, except the waste Of powder and ball. The fol-
lowing from the Courier Of the 10th will give idea Of
the siege during the previous day and night
Bembardment Fort
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SECOND DAY OF
THE SIEGE.
The enemy has kept up slow fire since last without
any pefceptibe effect the fort The accuracy of his
materially diminished Out of ftyeigh shots
fired Sunday night. sixteen missed
On Monday sixty shots fred from Gregg, twenty
of which failed to strike.
The number of shells thrown In the time b the
tar battery at Cummings Point twenty-five OF which
FIVE missed Two Monitors were also alternately engaged
Monday, and fred twenty-five fifteen inch shell,
of which missed. The whole number OF solid shot and
shell from sunset Sunday to sunset Monday hun
drsd and sixty nne of which forty eight failed.
The following TesapitulatiOn OF number of shots
and shells fred during last week Rhed shots from the
hundred and eleven missed from the mora-s, fourteen
hundred and sixty Of which three hundred anG fifty
nns passed over from the Monitors, four hunded aud
seventy nneteen only Of which missed Total for the
week. three thousand and hundred and otyone OF
which thousand nine hundred and fifty suck aLd
seven hundred and eighty nine missed.
Total ed during the previous week. five Thousand seven
hundred and fortyeight struck and eight huEded and
seventeen missed.
The aggregate nuEober of shots and shells the
commencement of the present bombardment to Monday
morning, is nine thousand three hundred and six
hundred Of which struck, and sixteen hundred and six
missed.
The red proectes fred from the Monitors mentioned
In previous report six and half inches i'll diameter,
have ceen found examination to be sight inches in
diameter and twenty inches long.
Five negroes wounded, tEo severely and three
slightly Sunday by the explosion of mortar ghs and by
bricks thrown up by raed shell at night.
No casualties occurred Sunday night durng the firing
of Monday