Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-11-19

Il never saw any difference of this kind IN ladies.
eve my heart quicker than the hearts of many who
wildly through battles. The shores darby wood
Cd but nearly we raw tho water ,0anng over
us in river We 'Is " The % form
line of battle ship. The Minnesota whispers the pilot
the engneroom; and the good ship jumped through the
waves like We hoped to pass without being
out OF he chimneys and barg whsted the first bail over
heads Go straight abe I'D from the Yankee and then
keep little to the le whispered to the captain The
fire quickly shut down. TIE captain followed my adj
vice and there fell full broadside on car right spasng
won't be caught miles from the bar; the block
aiding which is lying bfoe it, must have heard
left, we are j1s between the squadron now we are
through the guards US; tut they lying
Choir presently the squadron commences slowly to move
minute more, and we have di:appeared from their
view There, to right is Fort Fisher We are saved
In The ming ps sed Fort Fisher leaving it on our
right. The there makes arp bend aad We pro-
ceeoed miles trr he's to the quarantine Tort wnere
about ten steamers eli coming ron Nassau, pau 70 pass
fourteen days in quarantine account OF yellow eV"r
The regulations were letrooucei nee LOT VS.
ses arriving from assau because shoqt one a.o
from that port introduced the yellow fever
died. From here to Wilmington the distance Is DOLLY ten
miles, and there more fortihcatons on me way
Before coming to Fort Fisher We hung out On our sue
two red one white-whIca coud oniy De seen
the rebel side by the CoAsguard whereupol they I'M
medatey made Las torchss 80 that cur pilot very
quickly found the wa through he ENTRANCE a. the par AT
the time through hess signals 10 Fort Flsher anu
coming in. Having mich time to spend, AM The
quarantine not being severe there, had an spPor1u
presentlg bottles OF ahd 10 lne
poor soldiers (yelow fellows whom the liquor ened
be tselt-to the tortlhcaons ana tne sur
rounding country There DULY fe~ snii eartnWorks
before Fort Fisher not armed all where, when block
ade is Chased ashore the rebels y TO saws he oy
ia sany wooded AID plain Fort Fisher, the tormd
able ortihcaon Of s sell built earthwok, but open
the ard with fourteen heavy guns two tOpouLd
and "a pouudas all beng of The old ST. le
ached little inside wherefore the
r.bels call the IN guns Fort Fisher being Gpposts
the sad lying Ihs # the bow of the river de-
ferd. the port OF v mngton Opposite to
,c thu har kHl nd nav
built another email unete for three pieces, Which
have ,e the bank. Two miles al ther up Oh the
guns also OF the olo sstema well coDst uced ort
6csoA CONSIDERING the inferior materials ct which 1t Is
built, but defeuceiesS position, because lst opposite
the river is h tie only enc tor miles around about one
hundred AID tTeny ee h,g, not pelpg vi b c
if gupbU6;s, sl0nps frgates commenced to bomoard
Fort sher and fifteen hundred men, with four goo6 "a
pouid would land three miles below FoIt Fish
they COd in three quarters OF al hour march 10 this
to the resistance would DE entirely impossible
Tie CO mmander OF Fort Fisher is Col. Lamb, North
Caroaial nd an accomplished Cficer The garrison
ssts hund and fly infantry, armed with Aus
an OF tie cid sFstem used before 1889; one hun
dred I'VE ntI # ar er,, and mounted
dcrles. in I'll little lunete opposite, about one hun
drsd and the Quarantine fo4t hard ed AID fifty men
det&chsd, all Under the command OF Col Lamb SO that
the who.t force there il between eleven and twelve hua
dred The inhabitants OF the country around ara
neal dying om hunger because everything they plant,
the soldiers will steal, Iipe. The daily raOus
of soldier OF half pound Of fresh meat and
cup ur, with very little salt. After stay Of TOUR
days proceeded to Wilmington. Before coming to an
Choir papers, which had to be signed by Asj Norman
Walker, Iii Bel muda or hajo LOUIS Heigar, In Nassau,
revised by Provost barshal and thu
whoe crew and passengers wre inspected by or spohr
commanding the CITY guard at wilmington None OF the
passengers were, however. allowed to leave the sE p
The next morning lieutenant OF hnj r Gene a Whiting
staff brought TO the headquarters where Col B. Duncan
camp gave every pass Ony good for the city
Ill Other demands had to be tslegraphel kichInond.
Nearly all the people to whom spoke much disgust
ed viii he apd wished tor peace under any condition
The rich ones had all left tbs city for Augusta and only
Epgshmen, who, with fourteen other young men,
had enlisted for the rebel government London
conditions of free passage and $40 per month They
sent there as etgTaTers or the rebel treasury The
eGTs Cd h the day WHEN hsy had left old Eng
ing sold strangers for twevs to fourteen cent but
it net bought under sixteen. In aichmoad it said
to be cheaper The market was very scantiy provided,
and lady said to If you go the market you have
bsef ia he pocket book" Apples sold at thirty cents
piece; melons, two dollars each pound of beef two dol
olae streets leaves gloomy Impression on the mind On
harbo where hundreds of negroes working there
there none The beds ia the City Hote-he best il
the town-were covered with mosquito curtains, which
whole am able give description of the bed
linen it is so inferior that human phantasy ceud fad no
pleasure sleeping with two three soldiers in bed
aha ad not shaved or washed fer month. saw
English overcoat a'd asked the price -Four hundred and
fifty dollars.
Wilma is escicled by nfsntry rife pts and few
and entrances the city Ihs garrison consists of
400 is included what is called the District of
man not ell like gentleran hated by the people, tie
and the Foreigners bat they say be Of JEFF
Davis 1a the harbor two old ferryboats covered vi
thin iron but they hardly be used at all At the time
ia Wilmington the harbor neaEly always filed by
ten or tEeve steamersthe Lord Clyde tho Hansa Ven1s
Juno, Lady Davis Bsauregard Lee, Den and Others OF
twenty Ehps which the blockade, the average s
that will be taken destroyed. was glad to find my
self sgaa, founded By ltoes board of my ship
and when the started from Wilmington
and arrived IN Bermuda after Of four days. without
being seen by one cruiser.
Cotton hres and a-haf ia gold the pound
Wilmington and in Bermuda sixtytwo cents. The largest
business by Alexdr Golfers Aus1in Friars
Co., London, who have running the Hansa, Don, Venus
uao and four other ships In whole they have lost
with bales of cotton tried get
oat, and finally 5ceeded the third attempt.
The quarantine is under the command of COL Richard
The ferry boats alu led above il such niser
able condition that they require three hours and half
run the short distance of ten miles IT, Fort Fisher This
Carolinian who fell ct the beginning Of the The rail
roads arcunds Wilmington i'll dangerous state The
mond days. There to be hundreds of
thousands Of bales Ct cotton in Mobile.
IN wilmington there are generally not more than from
sixty thousand TO seventy thousand baes The active
business men, who have all the trade in their hands,
Coz Crenshaw from Richmond, and Gr. Andre, youpg
German from Hesse, partner Of Hr. Alexander Golfers.
Wh>n IL Wilmington t1e sumter lying there.
They were taking off her decks in order to get two
enormous English guns, which had brought out from
England These guns six hundred and forty pound
ers One OF them was cent to Chsleson and burst
ceeded after wards in getting TO e again.
large quantity OF cottonabout fifteen thousand bales
were burned in the month Of August the depot Of
the Manchester Railroad. The ships unloading their
cargoes the wharyes of the city when the ed
since the lstot August last the Secesh Government
demanded that blockade sh. take one+hrd
part OF its cargo account of their government.
Tee following generul order may be of some interest
ORDERS.
HEApo'Rs, DISTRICT CAPE FEARl
- Whining ton N. Gu Ang. 1, 1863.
Every captain responsible for the passengers he takes
On board AID he brings any to the port of Will