Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-23

On Monday Eay 9Th, the citizens Of Wilmington Will be
called upon elect Eve persoEs and the citizens of Smith
vile one LeTson to Commissioners CT Navigation and
pLoaRe for tie polt Of Wilmington and the Cape Fear
River
The Beard Of COMMISSIONERS OF Navigation Is highly
important enc especially It's relations to the public
health and the public health is secondary TO other cen
sderatioD if we except the public safety and that
can barely lie EXCEPTED.
In the course OF time the present will end, aAd
must start anew il The for commercial progress and
soHdH prosperity. Wilmington, if she would not sink under
her share Of bur5eya eDad by the must be ready
to secure her share Of the trade and industry OF the Con
federacy Size should The contest with few draw
backs possible She sboEd not enter it with the
tation Of sickness malaria CT with tbs stigma of being
q Yellow Fever town.
Most Atlantic lsabOard cities, faT EeTth az Phil
adephia end New yo- have time another been
visited Yellow Fever hut not than OF twice
PERHAPS in cir whole histories, and then the disease
traceabe to Importation Wilmington visited over
forty yeaGE ego and not since until 1882 We have
10 doubt that the disease beth times originated else
where end only spread here did because Of finding
state things peculiarly adapted 10 its dissemination.
Cur town Authorities trying to improve the sanitary
condition ofhe town, providing against the spread
any con 5.ous disease General WHITING order Of tn
Goth, Is desEaed 10 prevent its introduction We trust
that may accomplish the desired end for second
of Yellow would Sc far entail upon the mt gr
reputation Of being den Of epidemCs, thus per
manenty lrus for loDg years TO come even after weI
Lsd passed away.
The most efficient action always he obtaned by the
cordial cooperation of al parties concerned in giving eff
cheney. Tie hands OF the General commanding will be
strengthened by the advice sanction OF the civil
thortes and the permanent interests OF the town will be
subservad by rEid execution Of The quarantine laws j
IS certainly Of Importance that the lives
health Of cur people sLouIdbe guarded aud the sanitary
reputation o. preserved from further Injury than
that speculative CG-goes shOuld be TO wharves,
mainly foreign nonresident parties, who
o.y port convenience, shipping their cafgocs
to other points for sale.
We wish, conclusion, call tie attention of pc
pie the election for Commissioners Of Navigation the
4tA Of May. Somehow, since the broke out the idea
has prevailed that there could 10 10 nee3 for Commits
EioDers of Navigation, since navigation Itself supposed
10 have been brought to close, far
ceDed by the operation of the blockade. The accounts
fer the little ineIegt manifested by the people tbs cleo
held ts al this Board, well for the
the Board tge Of which, learn shat meeting could
act be esAin5d during tIsN hole Of last Summer We
oeness uless Of the OF half the gentle
men composing the existing board of Commissioners
Navigation, and have desire 10 reflect them. We
sinply eude the facts Of the The people must
be that in truth they had interest in the
Commissioners OF Navigation, while the Commissioners
themselves also have found reason that the
does not de away with the necessity Of having Com
Rissonars Of Navigation, deTact from the i'm
u i
missoHeTz Ct Navigation this year the will that
they cast their sUTsges or those who will regard the
sition positive trust. and mere nominal affair
and that gentlemen CoLssRtirg use Of their names
viii 90 with due of the responsibilities to be
incurred ana fuI determination to meet these RESPONSE
bilities
We ere informed that some Of the gentlemen elected last
year, probably without their own consent declined 10
qualify Ihsmacr ought 10 be seen into ard only gen.
tlGmen elected VINO vii serve.
TIE wITHDBAwAL or GENERAL bill from the vicinity
Washington longer doubtful The idea of forcing
the Yankee army eIencked there capituate by starv
ing out, had be abandoned consequence Of the
fact that than vessel with supplies had succeeded
IN running the gautet of batteries at Hills Point
TIE hope Of taking Washing ton BY investment always
seemed TO Is TO be about the feebest We are forced to
change cur po1 ana to question whether there was
any even the ecDst here Of taking tho place in that
way.
But for Ting the capture Of washington even if i
could have been accomplished WOule have proved bar
victory fer without fuller and more elaborate defencas
on the river t-a We have could easily place there il
would not have been retained. he only advantages to
have been gained BY tie taking of Warrington would have
been the capture Of some Yankee prisoners s also of sp
dry lazy huiknS and scoundrey negroes There were no
supplies Washington, it having bsen the custom of the
Lncontes to them weekly from NeWbern where their
main depot Is kept.
Iie t@iuFe OF The loDg msdated attack upon Charles
tor, occurring sn ntaneously with the advance by
forces upon the Yankee lines this State was perfect
godseEd to FOSTER sHce II left large number of troops
dsp sable for his relief There can be little donbt of the
act that many of the transports from the Charleston set
have, since the failure in South Carolina carried oo
backto Beaufort, North Carolina for ought we Know
MAJ be engaged carrying them now. 1t is not likely ba
any Of tie iron clads will take part in this movement a.
there could be no OBJECT 10 sending Ouclads any point
in North Carolina North ofhe Cape Fear 1t is not at all
probable however that the arrival ohose renforcemeuts