Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-08-18
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH

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! NEGRO TROOPS.
The New York World has by far the most caudid and
truthful account we have Grants repulse
Petersburg blowing the mine by which be expected
make breach lines aud force bis troops into the
CITY, ne World does not disguise the reverse chsrsc
slaughter artu " that whole iegnents s"S wer. cus
20 plsees thas the negro troops became panic stricken
that General Burnside wounded while attempting to
rally them aud that the whole thing lanentable
after the explosion Of the mine, says:
Presently the order " for ward " sounded Onward
each becoming hotter as heretofore unseen bat
teries opened them from front aud nk Still onward
they neared their detnatioa waa poured in on them
f:om all points-from front, from rear right from
The Fourth division coored troops were ordered to the
charge They started well bu. arriving he eonce9
raon or nre found too and heststed. Their If
neers cbeered them on they moved little further for
m
threats but both alike useless Many brave C1ioer
though portions of them gsther forward
by those gallant they could not induce them to attempt
less than three times each time suffering the most
frightfu loss Gradually turning, the men retEeaed pe
Another correspondent writes of the panic and slaughter
OF the negro troops:
which has been witnessed during the campaign AS
as the rebels discovered the line hang tley made des
he white troops, while the negroes fed in wild disorder
he rear The greater portion seemed to BECOME utterly
the balance running to the fast BILE. heir
Losses are very teavy particularly in officers, as will be
seen from the following figures:
Tsensythird United States Colored.-Fifteen officers
killed and wounded four hundred including the mis-
Twenty-eghh United States Coored.-Eleven officers
and about one hundred and fifty men killed. wounded and
Twenty-sevenh United States Colored-ex officers and
about hundred and fifty killed, wou1Ged and mis-
sing
Twenty-ninth United States Colored-Eght officers ard
about two bundled and seventy five killed. wounded
ard missing.
ThrSy first Uoed States Colored.-seven officers and
about two hundred men killed wounded and mis';n5.
Fortv-third United States Colored-six officers and
o. ned States
and about two hundred and fifty men killed. wounded and
Another correspondent writes:
Gen Burnside slightly wounded in the arm in an at
tempt rally the coiorcd troops.
Lieutenant J. q. Grant, neptew Of Gen. Grant was kill
the cowardlce Of the negro trops although heretofore
they have always boured very hard show that these
soldiers. spoSdent wiring of informant
that had reached Washington from Pete sburg, says
burg claim that the ploson Of the mnewas complete
and failure to accomplish the object in
owing to the bad duct of the troops Aot
turing and holding for time the first ne of rebel
" of the Soa ~ whch hd s
exposed eLsding fire, they broke an nd pitch
eon The rebes skP@ sd1antsge of his peured sraoe
and eaneT IN our with terrible effect S
ly in prisoners, as did also the colored troops.
COMPILATION BHrwzEs OLD ABE AND GRANT.
The at Petersburg quickly brought about con
tasion' between Old and Grsnt-they meatihg at
rortress Monroe. despatch from there says:
General Grant arrived from the army of the tomac at
nine, A M, and President Lincoln from Washington a.
ten They both embarked on the steamer and
Norfolk evidently avoiding any Interruption du'
and General Grant returned The Pteaiden shortly after
left for Washington and the General went up the James
THE FAILURE BEFORE PETERSBURG IN THE NoRrH-wHAr
CONS OF The SUMNER CAMPAIGN
Most Of the northern papers admItbe reverse before
it, and says that has gone wrong again in
sherman has checked, and is pparenty
with apparently without reason; and
dshearenDg OF all have suffered ether and gieVous
to show why Grant failed before Petersburg, in the
course Of which it says:
troops the task taking the key Of the rDe
position SO easy did the task General Grant That
win having any white troops them they
failed. Ia other words, he pered the whole movement
their that he made absolutely provision for
possible failure their part SO the country has suffered
her military humiliation because Mr. Lincoln and his
military agents have proceeded upon the theory that tie
blacks good soldiers as the whites Nay better
the latter have necessary supports OF other troops
when critical point ia to be carried which not doem
ed 1ntal in the case of the negro troops at
ed troops chow with what splendid these men tired
to urge forward the tmd they led ~ must be qn
coloured troops. The white men who commande1 them
very pick of the both as regards education
ate officers of white regiments cannot begin to be as
efficient the who specially picked out to lead
colcured troops if possible to victory All the coad
tons existed oc making good regiments of the negro cen
SCRIPTS but this conspicuous instance shows the ked
nferory of the colored to the white race in crises that
demand the utmost bravery and good conduct.
Thus terminated the summer campaign Gen5rai Grant
tenacious military leader, and intends to get all the
work hs out of his soldiers; but troops who 50
constantly disappointed victory undergoing terri
BILE sacrifices cannot be expected to be in morale
for Immediately pushing on the canpago Indeed the pro-
ben longer the destruction OF Lees and The
Capture of Richmond, the capture of Petersburg
but the defense of the loyal States against ths robe
the James river but can never AFFORD present to
the world the spectacle Of enemy marching, uahnder
ed, through our own territory.
THE CHICK AT ATI.ANTA-THE BLUNDERs OF THE LIN
COLIN GOVERNMENT.
Despite the efforts of the Lincoln Administration to
smother their defeat bGore Atlanta tbs truth begins to
peer The World, reisrring to It. SAYS:
that notH tandpp the reassurcp de-
spatches which allowed be made public semi-ofi-
day troops did suffer serious check. and that on Fri
day, rebels seriously Gen shermans pan
The following extract from Tribune editorial yesterday
tells the story:
The Seventeenth corps General Blair held the extreme
lett, and held It igenhy Ttoo rebel corps, Ssooars
and Chenthdns, got upon General B!atr tank surprised
raony. 1t consequence Of this unexpected and
unnecessary disaster that General Mcpherson met his
death
The World after admitting frankly shernan's dcfeat
CUES thet ALL or nearly all, the disasters this
either MIR. Lncolas direct intermeddlng with
army movements to the appointment OF generals by
him who are VIGOROUSLY unfit and incompetent Ia its
citations, it says:
General Grant first campaign agains Richmond failed
because political compelled MI Llncod TO
give segel appointment the Shenandoah Valley,
Butler another the Peninsula. Hunter whom he snbe