We see here to-day Col. Gatlin, or General Gatlin, we are not certain which, but certainly Major Gatlin, formerly of the U. S. Army. Mr. Gatlin is a native of North Carolina, graduated at West Point, with Gen. Holmes, served with him in the Federal Army, and, like his friend, has resigned from that Army and offered his services to his native section. Need we add that his offer was accepted?
Mr. Gatlin is in charge of our coast defences, and will probably, as usual with such officers, be ordered off in week or two. If he were allowed to stay long enough to know our people, and be known by them, no doubt be would be liked and esteemed as he deserves, and he would learn how much foundation there is for the official declaration that the people of this section are all “scared.”
Assistant Adjutant General Riddick is also here, as we learn. We have not yet had the pleasure of seeing him. Daily Journal, 21st inst.
Wilmington Journal, Wilmington, NC