Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-03-12
The Troveling Public.

i ne increase OF tue pliIce-lne lHCItdSe VI travel
require additional effort to be made The night
before last, many were unable to find any place to
sleep. Several sat up all night, and some, lady
and gentleman certainly. had to take refuge in the
Charleston steamer This is not an isolated instance;
similar cases, although not, perhaps, quite SO bad,
have been of quite frequent occurrence recently
We dislike much to have to state the existence of
such state of things since it is calculated to inure
the reputation of our town but know that it does
exist and it will do less harm to state the difficulty
fairly, and meet it boldly, than to allow the thing to
go on. We are by means bigoted in favor of any
particular site but since the burnt district has been
suggested would state belief that the whole
extent covered by it, commencing at the lower end
of the Lafayette Hotel running thence up Front st.
to the of Princess, and up Princess to the end
of Mr. Ounces lot inclusive, gh be got for about
$4,000 We do not know the exact amount of front
this would give, but it would be very extensive
over half square on Princess street. and consider
able on Front allowing large and valuable lower
story for stores Front and for law Offices Prin
Street, in situation which would then be pub
lie and central, at the time that its proximity
to the Court House would be professional recon-
mendation.
We have actually felt bad recently on hearing the
grumbling and growing Of travellers Every body
knows his business best, and pretend to know
nothing about hotels, beyond the fact that town of
the size and trade of Wilmington ought to be able
to accommodate few passengers who may be left
over and that Wilmington cannot or does not. We
wish that those who have the power, the influence,
and the capital would give this matter start and
then who have little of either might throw in
mite. We intend to keep urging until if there be
any virtue in a constant dropping, we may be
bled to produce effect
Ba~Mr. Frederick Bohne, the principal barber at
the Carolina HOTEL shot himself in his room on last
Friday forenoon little before IL o'clock He had
been subject to fits of depression, arising from sick
and pei haps other causes and the night pre-
yious had, it seems, lost 800, which must have
been taken from his clothes by some one entering
the building-that belonging to DR.. DeRosset, just
opposite the Carolina Hotel, and occupied in Sleep
ing apartments He had been noticed in the earlier
part of the morning to have been very much agitat
ed and excited, but anticipated any such des-
perate act. About o'clock he up at the steam
boat Office and requested to speak with Col. Miller
The cars having just arrived, Mr. NJ. requested him
to step into his and he would him in very
few minutes, but when the Colonel returned he was
gone. At that time his manner and appearance were
very strange-his face fushed-eyes protruding and
lips quivering. Sometime afterwards Col. Miller
saw Mr.. w God and mentioned it to him, and Mr.
Wood, on coming down to the hotel Immediately
enquired for Frederick, and finding that he had gone
into his room and had not come out became alarmed
and Immediately went over accompanied by MIR. Post.
On going into his room they found him quite dead,
with terrible hole in his left breast, large enough
to admit the hand He vas nearly cold, and all pull
sation had, of course, ceased small brass pistol
was on table beside him where it must have drop
ped from his handfin falling. There was also small
pocket knife the table open, but which evidently
had not been used Coroner Cono!ey Immediately
summoned a jury and held an inquest. The verdict
was in accordance with the above facts
The deceased q universal favorite about the
Hotel. Mild, amiable, polite and obliging--the most
unobtrusive man in the world, he always atten
tive to his own duties and medded with nobody's
else; and few, perhaps nobody knew enough about
him to understand fully what may have driven sc
quiet and peaceable man to such act. Bohne
German, nearly forty years of age and had
been here only few months. The tragedy occur
red in room in the fourth story of the building op
posite the Hotel. The suicide occurred before elev
en-, but was not discovered until about twelve. A
sound like the report ola pistol was heard at the ear
ler hour by some persons who, knowing and suspec
ting nothing paid no attention to it.
B5F~We had expected some advantage from hav
ing two trains day. but we find, that although WI
have two trains no office in North Carolina has more
than one mail. Verify, and of truth, most ex
cellent Post Office Department must think that NORTH
Carolina is but strip of land between two States
and not State of the Union inhabited by free ant
independent citizens having some rights, in common
with their neighbors of Virginia and South Carolina
There are two mails day made up to go through
North Carolina, while for the outside barbarian
thought quite sufficient, Talk about secession -
There is not State in the Union that has half tn
right to complain of the General Government tina
North Carolina has, Her principal town can't &c
petty appropriation for hospital, while hundred
of thousands are lavshed on other places The Ba
over which passes half the commerce of the Stat
can't. or don't get cent for its Improvement Will
every petty harbor on the Northern Lakes swal
low up its half Million and our worthy Secretary
the Treasury-our beautiful abolition friend, Tor
Corwin is no sooner seized with fit of economy
than he thinks to pay the public debt by saving tn
SOS, 900 yearly appropriation to tho Charlotte Mint
while at the same time Galphinsm, and Gardnersr
are defrauding the Treasury by the half million
and now, by way of browning indignity, when
double mail is started every place but North Care