Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-23
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
w1MINorON, n. c., rRIDAY. nov. as, Is4o.

say nothing about his being the best looking Editorn
the State but feel certain that he of the cle
crest. We hope he may soon obtain those thousand
subscribers to whom he alludes We owe him one.
A prompt and generous acknowledgment of the en-
terprise of others is characteristic Of those who pos
scss the same feeling themselves; as, the other
hand, contrary is almost infallibc indca-
ton of the absence of such feeling.
RUMcRED CHANGE IN THE CABISEr.-A statement
is made by several Washington etter-wriers to the
effect that Mr. CLAYTON is about to leave the State
Department, which will probably be filed by Hon.
HENRY CLAY. Mr.. CLAYTON is going out as Minister
to Russia Very probably some change will be made
but we hardly expect it In the manner stated 1t is
by no means likely that Mr.. CLAY would enter upon
the duties of any of the Departments but we shall
see what we shall see
Highly ReprehcnsibIe.
The following is an extract from note of Lieut.
ScHENcK Commander of the Steamship Ohio:
U. s. STEAMSHIP OHIo Nov Is.
made Charleston Light at half past O'Clock This
in strong N. gale with heavy running finding it
impossible to communicate bore away for Savannah
e'eA' .. - JAS. fTNDLAY scHENcK, U. s.N.
From this it will be seen, of course that no pas
sengers were taken board the Ohio at Charleston
although she advertised to call there and num-
Der of persons had gone to that City from various
points for the express purpose Of taking the Steam
ship, in accordance with the advertisement of her
Charleston Agents We are informed by a gentle
man from this place, who was among the disappoin-
ted, that the passengers and mails were carried out
side the bar at an early hour Friday morning on
board the propeller Pilot in order to await the Ohio
but that vessel did not make her appearance The
Pilot remained outside during the most of the day
but of course nothing of the Steamship and
the passengers were forced to return, and some of
them have since went through this place. MIR. WAL
HER, and the other gentlemen from Wilmington, in
tend taking the Steamer at New York.
The occasion of such conduct on the part of the
commander of the Ohio, is simply this Upon the
day, and within little of the same time both
the Ohio and the Crescent City left New York. the
latter having the start by few minutes Lieut.
ScHENcK, in the note from which VIC have made an
extract at the commencement of this article, tells
how he overlook and passed the Crescent City out
side of Sandy Hook. lie to regard the trip to
New Orleans as race with the Crescent CITY and
no doubt was unwilling to lose time by calling at
Charleston, or waiting for the mails or passengers
Now, Lieut. ScHENcK has perfect right to risk his
own life If he pleases-at least the public don't care
mueh-but he has right to endanger that of five
hundred passengers board his vessel nor to delay
the mails, or break through arrangements upon the
faith of which people had left their homes and incur
red the expense of going to Charleston only to be
disappointed. Such conduct and the system Of ra-
cling, which gave rise to it, cannot be too put
stop to- or too severely rcprehcnded.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-We learn from Mr. w A.
WALKER, Postmaster on the Wilmington & Raleigh
Railroad, that man by the name of JOHN P1rMAN,
was run over on Tuesday morning last, before day,
by the locomotive the 9th mile post in Edge
come county, and instantly killed. 1t is supposed he
was lying the track in state of intoxication The
Engineer was not aware of anything of the kind I'M
til he arrived at the breakfast house, at Goldsboro,
when he discovered part of mans clothes on the
cow hooks. We learn that he leaves wife and six
children.
PoTATo THAT Is A PoTATo.-We have been pre-
sented with sweet potato, raised by Mr. D. K FUTcIl
on Topsail Sound, in this county, which measures
twenty-four inches in circumference, is foot
long, and weighs eleven pounds and quarter. We
think that this potato will be found pretty hard tc
beat. "a few more of the same sort" would provi
sion a ship for California voyage.
plThe RELIGIOUS AND GENERAL INrELL1GENcER
is the name of weekly paper, under the edito
Der of which made its appearance in this place yes
terday morning, the 22d instant. The name of the
Editor is sufficient guarantee for the ability of thu
paper, which, its name implies will be devoted t.
the diffusion of religious and general intelligence, al
though, we presume, especial attention will be pait
to all matters relating to the Baptist denomination
of which Mr. MCDANIEL is so prominent member
The paper is very neatly printed. Price 81 per an
mum, in advance
THE GoLDsBoRo PATRIOT, pleased to see, i
again under the editorial charge of Mr.. WIN. ROBIN
Mr. ROBINSON will be assisted in the publica
ton of the paper, by his brother, Mr. JOHN ROBIN
SON. We hope that the Patriot may live long ant
do much service in the good cause besides yielding
handsome profit to its worthy proprietors
onr Line and the Charleston Steamships.
It has become quite-the fashion with certain
class of Editors who either opposed to our line
between the Northern Cities and Charleston to de
cry and villfy the Boats running between this plac
and Charleston, although the fact is we'll known tina
our Boats run at times when the crack Steamship
Of the Northern lines totally unable to make an
progress. AS an instance of this we may mention
fact which was communicated to us by Capt MAJ
SHALL, ofthe Vanderbilt. The Vanderbiltleft Charles
ton ON Wednesday evening of last week, at the sam
time of the Philadelphia Steamship Columbus O
returning to Charleston Friday, Capt. MARSHAL
found the Columbus anchored off Cape Fear Bar; an
again on Sunday the Vanderbilt passed her at til
ala - 81.