Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-10-01
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
CoNrE1 ERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
c., THURSDAY, OCTOBER l, 1863


wILwNGTON,.N. c., THURSDAY, OCTOBER l, 1863
By AN arrival from Eevbern we learn that last week
the re were three white and one black regiment in and
ar ornd Eewbern likewise rs 100 cavalry and
battery Of field artillery There at Bachelors Greek
one gmert of infantry and of cavalry The Yankees
had iron clad railroad battery OF guns, which they
haul with mules.
All the negroes except the able to make soldiers and
the Notifications, had been put out of town into
sha the shift for themselves. There
eng the negroes Ncwbern runaways from this well
places and white Also One of the lat
entered Newbern week from this vicinity, giving
full information of all going here Also one from hnS
ton. De ererg from army used as spies ana run
oers and II other disrepntab'o capac1tles'
The yo,koae -e treasury notes of all denomin nations
down 70 FIVE certs and cent tokens made of copper These
latter are private affairs the 'Nickes and
bear various devices and moos among the
with Union another has the motto legend s'Peace
Tor Ever. One Mr.. hITET1GHT, (hB. MIDNIGHT) makes
safes and has the picture of safe his token, whicb
serves the purpose of business card. One has head in
profile by fine moustache, which said
tended for GEORGE &. MCCLELLAN. They well gotten
up, very little inferior to the O. s. nickel cents and
NUN superior to the cid
The Yankees say that when they getthrough with Char
lesion they will next their attention Wilmington
We may here state that have recently received pretty
direct conr nation of what had long suspected, that at
Wilmington, but have been postponed in order to meet the
exgeLcieB Of important points One house in New
York formerly connected with trade, these sew
el times applied to for captains others familiar with
our pilots, and have the
application refused Other things iRterfered the
forces :acei7el different destinations.
The New Ore ans Bee the 9th instant lit was in other
GSts6 Boh Jofn sde the paF o I the
Couede rscy and the Emperor Napoleon, and that one of
FT-e he xco, with feet Of French and Austrian yes
se.s--alI sail on the first of October.
Ills news, il stated, completely changed the pro-
gram re enemy respecting the attack on Mobile
Ihrty-fTe thousand men are now on their way up Red
River ro, supposed to the Mexican frontier. 1t
represented uTther there about i've thou.
sand men ~ the different barracks around New Orleans,
and that al the steamers in the rivers schooners other
CRATE tie lakes have been seized by the Government
aud al FoYsoed, with wood, water &C., ready to sail
al moment . warning.
Wo the above from the Charleston Courier of satur-
day, and give of the of the day, with
out attaching any great Importance AS statement
OF fact It las 10 value, bat indication Of fear in
Yankee quarters that something ia in the wind it is
without EgnfcaIce That troops have been hurried on
board trausp Orleans seems probable and
quite likely that they destined for ths Rio Grande
bat al tho story about MI SLIDELLs treaty with LOUIS
NAcoLEoE, etc. evidently premature to say the least
1t sensation. There be little doubt, however
HAT tie relations OF the Federal Government France
IRE critical ID the extreme.
L .oEEEsroADzsT dating his letter q. KinstoD. II. c.
Sept -0 Iot, that editorial in Raleigh Pro
Of the lIta inst gives what purports to be the
S'a1 OF the proceedings of meeting held in Company F.,
18th regi meDt =. &. T., recommending Lieut. DUNN
:gr Congress in the Sd District The writer de-
mes any such meeting held request Us to call
upon rtss publish the proceedings of said meet
ing.
We do Lot ollct tie editorial the Progress refer
to- uothug the circumstances of the case
and thcr eiJc have nothing add. The correspondent
has furnished with lis name, give hI statement
without oppression of opinion part without
giving mace 10 his expressions of opinion.
TBE latest news from the Western seat of war viii be
ouHl in Geographic column. Dur readers can form
their own conclusions II is Die that the recent
sacccsscs array under BRAG glorious Is thew have
IL been have accustomed comparatively little feeling
of ahiance il The public mind In that quarter even vic.
tories having been seldom productive of any solid adj
vantage have often merely the preludes to dis
and thai the people pause before giving them
selves up to JOY which may he dashed or calcu-
lat'lI aFon success which may never be realized
81 is stated u2cn good authority that General BRAGG has
10000 @Eo did tire gun in the late battles near
the thrk fnEa. These most probably belong to Lose
OF the army Northern Virginia and are
not used - Icing beaten battle ought to be expected
soon.
The Railroad from, to CHATTANOOGA crosses the
tennessee River at Bridgeport, miles below Cbata
nooga m Bridgeport TO Chattanooga it keeps near tn the
South bank q the fver Cur forces Lookout Mountain
comment Ibis portion Of the railroad, and cut off Rosr
GRASS Communications by it with Nashville distant "A
miles, winch would hc enormous line indeed tn ba L
up by wagons, especially as the Confederate oor
airy are over the river and Will be ant to intor |
tere VIII thtm as We'll as with the operationO os |
Lhe ra1aa sui they need not wagon all the from Mach
Ve we suppose They are said to have depot at Bridge
port IA may thus reach point opposite Chattanooga
"l'ao" faR"ulae more than tweny-eght or thirty mes
Still, under the circ unsances the enemys nosit;on a.
chattanooga would seem be very critical Tbav o,o
Or from theT base and their commune atoms are
led aad tbeis SUI plies rendered scanty and precarior.
they have eaten on 2r destroyed everything in the p,a
date section which they cccu py while the Confedar4
comm AHp 'he III" VI Tu'lToaa which Connects them
Nashville on tie North and with Memphis OF the Wes.
Harrison IS on tie Tennessee River some 20 miles North
ana Hast OF Chattanooga, and Is the place at which mart
of hoeEclAfZ army crossed made fent of crossnp
while another portion crossed below Chattannpa tbno
auhng lRAr5 ana causing him to fall back from Chatta
looga. Las been reported that the advance of BRr
side army had reached this point some days ago on his
way 10 reinforce RosLCRAAz We have no doubt he has
Ved within striking distance OF Chattanooga but he has
10 forty Thousand men, anything like it,
Taking ali these things into account some of cur paners
INSIST that R0SECRANz either retreat with great loss
fight be beaten and retreat with still greater loss But
~ that dcIcnds upon the energy Of the movements made
by the Confederate army.
THERE is going the rounds Of the papers a state
ment in reference TO CHARLES HALLoCK said to be SON
Of one Of The former proprietors OF the New York Journal
j Commerce. Young HALLCCK came over to the Confed
acy nearly year ago. AID employed for some months
> assistant lf9T OF the Augusta (Ca) Chronicle and
',Hh'- "D'ch position he ceased TO occupy some time