Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-23
The WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
THE NE WIS.
MONDAY, MAY list.


in Harry Lorreuuer" and Charles O'Malley," or
the uuieter but more irresistible humor which every
"crops out in the LoteriDgs of Arthur O'Leary.
DR. Lever had seen much of the world mixed with So
ciety in all its phases and shared in many of its diss
pations For years past he had been resident on
the continent of Europe less from choice we presume
than from the pressure of debt His stories of camp
and field are inimitabe. We think Mickey Free I"
will generally be preferred by the readers of Charles
O'Malley, to Dickens character of " Sam Weller"
Major Monsoon" Frank Weber, Captain Power
Corney Delaney and many other of his creations are
great His later and more pretentOus style never
took so we'll In one thing Lever had great advan-
tage over Dickenshe wrote of gentlemen as gentle
man. Dickens was and is a snob and cockney.
There are strong reasons for believing thata collision
took place yesterday near Norfolk, Va, between Fed
eral troops, probably from Fortress Monroe, and
portion of the Confederate army stationed in the
neigbborhood of Norfolk. We presume that on our
side nobody was hurt" and almost matter of
course the Federal troops suffered an ignominious
repuse.
P Sour dispatch shows that the affair was be-
tween battery and an armed steamer.
The Federal authorities at st. Louis trampe without
the slightest hesitation upon the rights of the city, Of
the State and Of private property. They have seized
the arms belonging to the police Commissioners
They have visited the State tobacco warehouse, and
seized what they could find there Also, they have
seized five hundred Colts pistols in the hands of Adams
Express. They treat the people conquered slaves
Troops continue to go to Washington from New
York. Some three Regiments were to leave the lat
ter place to-day.
The Steamers Parkersburg and Mount Vernon have
left New ork with provisions for Pickeus.
Stephen A. Douglas is reported to be very i'll at Chica-
90 His disease is typhoid fever. His recovery is
doubtful.
General CadwaIlader of PHILADELPHIA who is gentle
man, has taken the place in command Of the Federal
troops at Baltimore, from which General B. F. But
Ter of Lowell Mass, has been removed. Whatever
else B. f. B. may be, it is evident that he is not a
gentleman, and we doubt if he is a soldier
1t turns out the whole statement about Major Ander
son and Mr.. Breckenridge comes from Pensylva-
man with unpronounceable name, who says he
heard Anderson say it was reported, and so forth.
WEDNESDAY,, MAY 22D.
TIE bank of Albany, N. Y, closed its doors last Sat
urday.
The Old School Presbyterian General Assembly in ses
sion at Alexandria have refused by vote of 1913 to
lO4, to appoint special committee to enquire into
the expedency of giving some expression OF their de-
votion to the Union and loyalty to the old govern
ment
The 14th New York Regiment, 1000 strong, arrived
at Washington on the night of the 9th inst.
Riots ere said to be threatened in Chicago in
quence of the laborers being paid in " Wild Cat
Money"
Several arrests have lately been MADE in Washington
y1T3ar aDea he nertip
Fears of pesence exist among the troops at Wash
ington.
1t is reported that the Kentucky House of Representa-
tives have adopted resolution in favor of strict
trality. Queer Has Kentucky been sold to the
he-hounds of Sea0ardism If we pity her condi-
ton.
We learn that our friends of the Wilmington Light
Infantry, stationed at Confederate Point" for
merly known as Federal Point had Jolly time of
it yesterday, a large number of the beauty of the
town having gone down early in the morning. The
Company acknowledge the presentation of beauti-
ful little song, by George Davis, Esq. The cores
pondence will appear tomorrow.
The passage of the secession ordinance by the Conven
ton of the State of North Carolina was celebrated
here yesterday by the firing of IL guns at O'Clock
in the morning-one for each State that had left the
old Union At II o'clock the official report of the
passage of the ordinance of secession, and also the
ordinance adopting the Confederate Constitution was
received when an additional salute of about 80 guns
was fred town hall The above salute was fired by
the Wilmington Horse Artillery, under the direction
aud management of Lieutenant S. R. Bunting. II
the first time the troop had been called upon to
perform such duty, and have no hesitation in say
ing that, if the opinion of experienced is worth
anything, they maneuvred their brass pieces well
and every seemed anxious to perform his part
faithfully.
The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Express
says that Capt Hunter who had beer on board the
Federal feet of Old Point on the 2Ogh inst, under g
flag of truce reports that the steamer Monticello fareG
very badly in her engagement with the Sewell Point
Battery. Six men were killed On board, and severa
wounded.
Later accounts say that eight men were killed ant
a number wounded on board the Monticello, in he
engagement on Sunday last
-Four vessels reported to be off Fortress Mon
The election for the ratification or rejection of the
cessiOn ordinance passed by the Virginia Convention
takes place tomorrow, Thursday We presrm
that the volunteer companies of the State have al
ready voted-as order was issued last week by tn
Governor and Council of State authorizing the con
manders of the various companies to take the vote
their respective companies Immediately and not wal
for the regular day of election.
The report of the death of Stephen A. Douglas has no
been confirmed. 1t was for the death of Colonel
New York regiment, that the shipping on the Pc
tomac carried their flags at half mast on Monda
last.
neArWe learn that Capt. Robert Il. Cowan. (of th