Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-17

whilst Ire house resount!ed with darcing above aud
bef}", Iii bail aId chamber oud pls Meantime
others entered the pantry, and witt sticks wantony
broke crockery and g'ass, Ike children. surpce OF
the Doctors lett hanging in the library into
pocket bandkercbefs and tlbuted smosg the thieves
whilst pillows and other bedding and books from
the Library, were carried away. But for t6e faithful
OF the servants in charge Of the premises there is
no telling how uch more might have heen done.
The negroes, every where slave and fCre alike, we're
ppndered without mercy CT money ard every sort OF
clothing. Womens dressing was az nUct.sougbt efter
as mensand in more than one instance negroes had
shirt jacket taken from their backs whist not one
allowed to pass than With good, enc They we're
not o1 brutal set but ragged and filthy il the ex
treme
BarDs, stcre, houses and smoke-housos were broken
open and pundered OF thir choicest ccnens by order
aud under the eye Of the officers. We army,
friend foe to olage their hoTaes-bUt to steal
he Subsistence OF tie people, as these maucaUdrs did
Besides these things, insult added 10 il juc7. Never
were such garg OF thieves and rnians hofcIev
er did we expec. such humiliation.
From EdantOn they went 10 Rersftgd, ca Sunday
morning The people bad expected them two days,
and not church, Of the three in the village, was
opened.
They stayed there hardly q hours, but cDg enough
to take many horses and to commit some SURPRISING
ourages They took all the horses of the DOCTORS and
mixed their med;cin6s They arrested the Colonel and
Lie aenant Colonel OF the couny, at their OWn homes,
compelling them to put ca their cid uuiicrnl3 mean
while Insulting their families and intrudng roughly and
most needessy into their sick chambers and cvo8dng
around their beds One OF these ladies is very Ill
consequence OF fright and agitation aud hey life may
be the forfeit. The two gentlemen above ualned with
fouc or FIVE c;tiz aud several Confederate soldiers
from EdeDtOn, were carried away to Norfolk Such
experience of Col. Ouderdonk and bis cavalry,
band Of undsciplintd, beggarly, ruGialy troopers
which would disgrace the Chinese or the Turkish Gov
ernmets in their weakest administration. And yet
these the soldiers OF the best Government the world
ever saw J" A few OF the officers, very lew, oDd a
fraction Of The privates well behaved men, who
seemed really to depIore the necessity imposed upon
them by the Infamous orders Of their oeriors. But
this handful on served to bring Ii shameful
contrast the conduct Ci the many.
The avowed object OF this raid, to use II Ye.y made
Quate term, ii protectIOn' OF citizens, j. e..
The handful OF olonists among US, tlom the Rangers
the enemy having received, according to thelr eae
ments special dispatches from OF their friends in
forming them of reorganization and great Increase
Of those defenders within short time.
The result Of the expedition IS the very as it
k2s been where similar ones have gone We love the
yankees less and dear country Goa bless and
defend her. We are more sterny devoted our cause
and government than ever, and women, else
where displayed the temper Of Southern women of true
women.
cannot forbear one thing more Mr.. Editor. We
panied to hear of party Of this State who serious
ly think Of reconstructed Unon. We by no means
desire to tie State by the enemy but We
sometimes heartily wish that those thus plotting against
our lteftcS LHSaI WtiouG damage ID Tue otee Under
go what We have to endure, and experience something
of the mericies of the yankee army.
We thing it almost infal,ibIe remedy for the
disease Of unionism. Ii. a. S.
2. ST. omitted to mention among the late outragos
of the enemy that the negroes church in Eienton was
robbed OF lis copmuniOn service
hy story was scarcely finished, when the intelligence
came that full regiment OF negroes had been placed at
Elizabeth City. If this be true, and there is no doubt
about it, then "ha horrors hail =! We may all have
to turn Rangers.