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


itorial articles Speaking CT the received at New
York from Charleston saturday and Sunday the lhard
18th, it says -
We may now expect in few days The most imports
about the the expedite against Charles
When the Geo. Peabody left the Oh 'ns the best of
stronghold does not fall it only ms efficient
land and water has been sent against IT, and that
its defence Our has had two saa,s which
make Its rrspara ons and considering the at s
nance small arms amnuuoa and al the appliances Of
which money without stint could purchase, it
end in failure like operation against VicksbuTg Port
Hudson and Richmond. The War and Navy Depst tine us
tons Of Chsr.stoa They knew that required Fort
Mcurie, and iron-cad battery Cummings Point,
and other batteries, for two days. to compel
| the espitulaton of Fort kumter in le6l manned by
only Ssy sn oD SH the buppp sa Of tie
officers quarters with SHELL and TINS rendering the place
hot The The of S
since been removed and taken
ss outside haa been greatly strensthensd and
seems, then, that if many batteries ard guns oouo
eircumsances and With guns Of small caIibre hardly
reasonable TO suppose that the thirty guns carried by
trection Of the same .fOrt, improved and well man
ned. and its cOmmuncaops open with a shore
hundred other bring to bear their cncen
trsted fire upon little Monitors The recent fight In
the Ogeechee shows these vessels stand great
deal Of bammelipg The Nehsn for instance as We learn
George Peabody,
from the rebel batteries Recent experiments IT. England
demonstrated that there vessels aoat with
guns whether or rot the rebels such ordnance
there evidence to show. But considering that En-
and the Tredegsr Works at Richmond equal
the manufacture of cannon of the largest oabre known
it would be only acting the part Of prudence to that
guns this Cabre mounted at Barleson and 10 take
measures accordingly.
raons against it. There high ground in the vicinty
Forts Sumter and Fine tney rise ont and the ad
pluDCns Gre For. Moultrie is only water battery
has fardy any elevation at ALL But By the number q" heir
guns and heees their fire, the distractions
of the chsnpe and he rescbe.ous torpedoes at the
bottom of the babor they make for the want of bluffs
II the whole difficult TO capture than SebastopO
which required regular approaches long SIEGE end the
| sacrifice Of large number of men
enough force hundred thousand men if necessary,
ngh to be take It 10 The or nj h9 be Re Re
regular approaches taking battery after battery and LAID
ing sans ana o he os Alter their oaUtue the fall of
the city would be inevitable. But the by
indicates the Duponts Hunters
and men are in good Spirits and our government
feels sapgune of the result.
The evidently chang from that blatant ubilance
with which the preparation of the expedition was hailed
the ausion the tte Monitors ouch would be
apt to create serious whether they indeed the
vessels that proudly herded able to crush oat
the rebellion, whip all creation and beard Louis NAPO
LEON IS any other man - in his ports
The French steamer Canat brings reports from Port
Charleston Courier learns from late arrival through the
from Hilton Head that the Yankees there freely ad
NIT their MSnitors to be total failure Its informant,
who there the time of the arrival of the first MODi
tor efter the fight states that chs towed to Hilton
Head by two steamers and there in sinking condi
ton Her turret had been crushed in places by
shot about half way through All Of the remaining MQni
tors had arrived before he left Every CT them
less crippled and exhibited numerous marks OF
the terrible ordeal through which they had passed The
rets of mostly all badly damaged to have
tirey lost their revolving power Three OF the Monitors
it reported would to be sent TO New York fol-
repairs. The other thee thought might be repai,
ed at Hilton Bead.
schoones, the Rising Dawn, fro Prince Edwards
Island and the Mary Jane from Nassau captured
he Gath ultA while trying to run into New Inlet bound
Wilmington. They were sent to New York.
The Herald goas the female outbreaks at
points in the South and adds These bread riots
having commenced says the Raleigh Standard
| "w where when they will end God only knows "
The Herald represents FOSTER as hemmed in Wash
ington N Co. the latest dates and that
sand troops attempting to reach Washington from New
bern, driven back Wednesday, the sth int eight
miles, with the loss of about fifty.
The Herald in it's financial column, Gays If it should
turn that the demonstration of the 9TH of April
Charleston merely reconnaissance in fcrce
fairly probable and if the subsequent attack should
the reduction Of Fort Sumter and the other deences
city, lit is probable that gold would fall i per cent
in day two. If, the other hand feet should be
REFUSED and finally expelled from Charleston harbor pub
lie confidence the currency would decline gold would
advance
This written Sunday last the 18th inst.
The Yankee troops recently landed upon the ielan0s
the vicinity Of Charleston reported and believed
eembaking for Hilton Head. AS the land forces were
intended to cooperate with the eet their Hilton
Head womb Indicate the indefinite pospor the
tack upon Charleston at least show that will FRO.
badly be renewed for several weeks
FIGHT took place Wednesday at Beverly's Ford on
the upper Rappahannock, which resulted signal
pulae of the and the capture &C twenty
troops.
he Rio hmOEd Enquirer it s believed that this and
other demon STATIONS upon the fords of the Rappahannock
intended to change of base the prospects
that route to Richaond of Summer with
some notifications will also be the chosen avenue of the
next hero, Fighting JOE HOOKER. We hardly coincide
in this opinion think these demonstrations are intend
the sending large reinforoements to the
West to cooperate with RosECRAkz.
We End the following in the Richmond Enquirer CT yes
terdsy the 18th inst -
Reports from Suffolk and the Peninsula.
We learn from party Eho arrived from the vicinity of
Suffolk yesterday that Tuesday last hot engage.
mer took place between several gunboats the Nanse
and batteries the shore resulting the defeat
ef the former and also that Gen was now
tanly the OF the enemy at Suffolk having command
of the situation and proceeding to force surrender
SONS Of the Yankees in that region learned from then
following il reported and credited that Gen. Wise
about one thousand prisoners and that the commanding
General at Fortress Monroe (Dx) fearing an assault
upon Hampton had posted sixty pckets at BRIDGE
sroyed at moments notice further stated that
regiment of Zcuayss at Fortress Monroe thrown down
their arms and that Gen. Dix having available rein
he