Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-02-05


Iatsst from, Tssas-.Proelanaat,Sa nom Geo.,
Magruder.
AS soon as circumstances would permit, after n.
tleot Galveston Gen. Magruder Issued The fon". -"
proelan.ation. and sent it out in vessel undo,
trail gs,er to q neutral port "eO
PRoCIAMATIos.
GAlAEssoa Ian. 4, 1868 -wHrnEAs. Thu nns.
has sncceeded in capturing and destroying
enem, feet and in diving the remairdef on ~ Of the
the biockade has been titus eecusly raised and
proeaims all concerned tast the har6or of
are inv ted to resume their usual commercial ptean
with tn port. eoufse
B. MAGRUDEn 1905
MaJor General Conmandin0
We had the satisfaction. says the Houston T.,,rrs
oil the 7tb inst, OF sending number of conia0 q u
last paper containing cepious accounts OF the haiti
the same vessel addressed TO the PRINCIPAL iou,nT
the est Indies and Europe. We have thus reaa a o.
hope thatt account OF the affair will be nrS
ed to the outside world pN'''Sn'
The proclamation oughs to have the effect 70 ~.
trade, and bring cargoes of needed merchandise - m
shores 10 be sure it may be said that the Lncouie.
will at once resume the blockade But it ia moro ,t'
doubtful whether the nations of he world will srh.
to have their rights thus trted with Morris II ro"u
able that the blockade will be Immediately rsumoS
The enemy have done too much with the Harriet t..
them elves, not to dread her prowess They know she
'CeoSl HaVe, ara capable funnin.
around any war vessel IN the gulf that has heavier a.
manent than her owr. They also have a wholesome
dread OF the Bayou Cty the captor of the Lane Tbs
know that, however deficient she NAV have been beto
MS guns, she has nov ten one hundred aud tweptv
poupoets, belonging to the Westfed, from which
choose her armament. They know that to the dsrirs
aud skill that managed the Bayou CITY, 10 the late u
| fair, nothing is impossible
They have good reason to believe, and will learn h,
ter when they try it, that there are several other steam
gunnoats and sailing crafts that will be turned into
men-Ot-war more readily than such Transformation v
ever made before and to seal ND port against suob
! feet will be no small undertaking.
AT present they have not the vessels to do the wo
without weakening their attacks upon the Mississippi
and their bio kade at other points ny
Should neutral vessos be arrested on the high seas
when on tier way to Galveston, there would be %,
temenI to have with the flag that coversthem. Sbmg
they come, and find the port closed they could eibp
dare arrest or turn quietly down for Matamoras W.
look to them not only come TO Galveston bar. h
come over it without any attempt at moestaton
| We find the following items in the Teegraph:
The Confederate force on the lst was 5000 men bn
small portion OF which was in the action. They had
81 guns, all told, shore and gunboats "a Of which
were light artillery. The enemy had Six war steamers
mounting 40 heavy guns.
The Galveston city Sexton buried % persons IN 10
Sd, of whom IL were killed in the fight and IL died
subsequently, he names given are: Lieut. G. n
Alexander, Corpl w. j. Wilburton, b. F. Roach C.
Peace j. j. Del, j. E, Hill all of the Seventh Reg
iment; Sergt s. Sippel, regiment not known M. Bun.
dock, Andrews company, Coast Guard three men
| names not known, and six Federals.
| General Magruder has issued call for 1000 more
negroes to work upon the Notifications at Galveston
Confederate bonds are now being taken up at the
rate oil over 100000 day in Houston.
The Chief of the Surgical Department reports "a
wounded Federas received the hospita-12 from the
navy and IL CT the AID Massachusetts Regiment
The following is list Of the officers of the Harriet
Lane at the time of the surrender
Charles Ell. Hamilton, acting master; r. j. Rich
ar6son asst paymaster Thos N Penrose, asst Sur
geon NJ. Il. Plunkett I'd asst Engineer o. h.
Stone, ID asst Engineer John f. Cooper, Sd asst
Engineer Robert N. Ellis, Sd asst Engineer A. T.
K. Mullen, Sd asst Engineer Chas M. Davy, acting
masters mate j. q. Tapin, paymasterS clerk j. A
Hannum acting master w. F. Munroe, acting mas.
ter.
Gen Sibley is now at New Iberia, awaiting his
brigade.
We leurn that the Federals at Sabine Pass run Of
every night and returned by day tee blockade They
have given up the Pass. We are in ;u possession
Tbe Don, which they had rugged up as gunboat, has
fallen into our hands ard been destroyed.
Thus every place in State that has been taken
the enemy has been redeemed, and to-day the FsdrO
flag floats not foot of the sacred sO,L of Ts1n
Inc Victoria ADVOCATE says that pair of large
Cames being put on the express from the Bio
Grande to Victoria. They are to be harnessed to
large two wheeled cart They will carry 1900 pOuDd
freight, and make the trip in five to seven days.