Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-30
Correspondence of the Richmond Wing.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

correspondence OF Inc hlChmoEd wing.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
FRxDxRcKsBURG April 20 Il have received Northern pa
pers the nth and 18th of this month"; from which Iend
THE SITUATION AT SUFFOLK.
New York Herald of the 18th inst, thus up the
The ietest news concerning the of affairs
Suffolk Va The attempts of the rebel
General Longsreet the Nansemond river with the
aid ponto defeated by the fire of artillery
One of our gunboats-the Mount Washingtonwas fired in
disabled by the rebel while coming down
the river the 14th instant. Ehe was however taken in
tow and brought safely through the heavy fire OF the
With regard to the news from the vicinity of Suffolk
may state that there is good deal of feeling in this
city relative to the shooting of Lieut. Col Kmbal by Gen.
Corcoran.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the paper
writes:
friendly visit by of the Nsnsemond river
dsrstood by gunboas doing duty in that stream and
they have placed such obstacles in his way that up to this
time he has not made much headway the advance Twice
has ongstreet laid down pontoons and each time have
attempt given up futile, and to all appearances, he
has perhaps some plans to prosecute his designs In
The following the dispatch of Acting Rear Admiral
Lee to the Yankee Secretary of the Navy
Reports from Leutenants Gushing and Lawson just
evsd The enemy have crossed the river and there
every Indication that they retrestng though they
nond
Our boats shst down number of their to-day with
killed and eighteen wounded little otia, which,
from what learn, the fight has been pretty much
Deserters y inform the Yankees that Longstreet's
forces number nearly fty thousand L is pnderstood that
from the Rappabsnnock and concentrating in Eastern
Upon this point, the Herald says, editorialiy:
The escape of the army of Jo Johnston from Manassas
General ScCieen but IT, after the lessons Of Manassas
and the rebels are permitted to play the same game
available to the Secretary Of War and his hand
General Hsleck?
The country between the Rappaharnook and Richmond,
exhausted supplies,
to the rebel army 1t may be wisely abandoned therefore,
road Richmond while Lee is clearing the peninsula
and marching with an overwhelming force upon Norfolk.
We spprehend however that the War Office still solicit
about the safety Washington and heetaes to make
fotward movement not so much because of the muddy
condition of the roads, from desire get Lee back
again into the Richmond peninsula and of the reach of
But let hope for the BEST and that our small detaoh
nens OF troops the peninsula and the BaGkwater
North Carolina will not be gobbled up by oyerwhem-
g numbers OF the enemy, after the fashion Of Harpers
Ferry before our army of the Potomac up to
the rescue.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t was rumored In Nashville, the l4th inst, that 500
OF he rebel sympsthizers in that city to be
And held hostages for the Union East who
are confined Southern prisons, and be exchang-
Cd Tor them whenever the Confederate Government shall
All the buildings at Tyree Springs Tenn have been des-
noyed by hie. The destruction occurred four
diary. W ~ 'n0 WIN O- "A A1''A
sy the arrival of the British Queen from Nassau, N P,
Mat Il vessels from rebel ports had arrived
.ne 10th Of March to the 10th of this month all bring
oil
rs eemmes, wife of the Captain of the pirate Alaba-
VINO mas peer residing all winter in Cincinnati has
under the recent proclamation Of General
na1nsae, 70 prepare to Cross the lines into Dixie.
Confederate scrip put up at auction in Halifax n
on the lOtn inst, by John D. Nash Co and the opv
oid that could be obtained for it cents pound
FINANCIAL.
Gold opened strong this morning at l54 t. fell in the
middle Of the day l52 7-8 rallied to IA "A sold Of
.s L. and 15s in the afternoon, and closed at
o9ot lsS Exchange opened with signs of strength
and good many bills were sold at les but on the
gold the demand fell of. 0 1''''Ne