Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-07-18
THE WELLINGTON JOURNAL,
THE NEWS,
THURSDAY, JULY llTH,

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seems that Johnsons troops were anxious for battle
but not willing to attack the enemy in Martinsburg
the destruction Of the town with the risk of the
lives Of its innocent inhabitant numbering some
thousands, many of them women and children
must have been the result. General johnson in a
note invited CadWalader to come out Of Martinsburg
but Cadwalader respectfully declined.
The Ohio volunteers in Washington show their chivalry
and respect for the free expression Of opinion, by offer
ing gross insults to Hon. c. L. Valandigham, the
only man from their State who has the manliness to
stand up and denounce the tyrannous usurpations of
old Abe.
The following from the Lewisburg Va, Chronicle, can
hardly be regarded as complimentary to the Ohio
troop8-at least not highly 50. Noticing Gen. Nc
CleIan's scheme for subiugating Richmond by march
ing columns of troops to Abingdon and COvington,
and then taking the railway to the capital the Chron
ice says
We have lived in Lewsburg for nearly thirty
years. and during that time many large droves of Ohio
hogs have passed by the great Kanawha route to Rich
mond, but, we have recollection Of any of them
having 1eurned. 1t would be as well, perhaps, for
Gen. Mcclellan to remember the given by the
fox Tor not entering the apartment Of the sick lion,
ard abstain from leading his porciDe followers by
ever made returning tracks.
TRrDAY JULY 18TH.
The comet is growing "smal by degrees and beautifully
less" and it does "a tail unfold calculated
to astonish brighten anybody. Contrary to the
usage OF comets, 1t appears to be moving Northward
and seems to circle in narrowing compass night by
night around the pole-star. We must presume that
it will soon disappear. We have calculated its Gle
70 IF hood n hut
hazy, one tail oIkcd slightly and at present about
two yards long and not at all curly. According to
Sir Isaac Newton, comets tail, if subjected to a
reasonable pressure, might be sque zad into a quart
pot.
Andrew j. Rugg, Esq, Editor and proprietor of the
Darlington S. G. Flag, announces that owing to the
pressure Of the times the publication of that paper
must for the present be suspended
SATURDAY, JULY 18TH
The Petersburg EGpreS has letter from the camp OF
the second North Carolina volunteers near Norfolk
which states that detachment of fifty from that reg
iment had gone to Currituck, North Carolina, to
look after cargo Of coffee wrecked from a British
vessel upon which vessel and cargo certain Yankee
ships appeared to be casting wishfu eyes. The de-
tachment we suppose went from Norfolk through the
Chesapeake and Albermare Canal. The report Just
TO hand at tie date Of the letter referred to is that
when the coffee bad been transferred to steamer
She the steamer, was attacked by geo Lncolnite
troops. A brisk engagement followed, in which Il
of the enemy were killed and d large number taken
prisoners The remainder who landed are wandering
about the woods like scared sheep and our boys hunt
ing them in every direction Our men suffered but
trliDg injury, and more were killed The correspon-
dent is told that con.mssary Arlington decapitated
three live Yankees with Lis formidable knife. The
detachment, consisting Of five men frcm each compa-
ny, was under the command of Lieut. Separk, Of the
Warren Guards.
The New York Herald or lis Paris correspondent pro-
iesses to have discovered great conspiracy against
tle United States tie focus Of which is the uillercs
OF course the HerGA piles the sensation but the
fact appears to be that England and France must
have cotton and will have it, and will therefore break
through the blockade. The Herald advises the North
ern government to crush the South at once and CON-
pei her to submit teore foreign governments have
time to interfere, to make peace with her at once
in order to junction of the two armies against the
foes Of the American people, and in order to the es
tablishment Of our empire over the whole continent
and its islands. The South will hardly embroil it.
self with all Europe, because the North is mad.
The Raleigh State Journal says that private in the
Wilmington Light Artillery, while attempting toI
move baggage car at the Central Depot in Raleigh
on Monday last caught Lis foot under the rail- and
before he could extrcate it the wheel of the coach
over bis foot, crushing it in horrible manner
The JournGl was unable to learn the name of the
sufferer, who is now in the hospital in the Camp of
Instruction, where he is doing WELL
Vol hat no oIl H. a. |
the State Journal is named Wilams-that he comes
from the Sound and that he is less hurt than was sup
posed.
Hon. Ii. T. Clarke, Governor Ell o1icio, arrived at
Raleigh on Wednesday, and has now entered fully on
the duties Of bis Office
The Washington, n. c.. Dispatc says that the Schoon-
er Chas. P0hcrs, Captain Fowler, arrived on Thurs
day of last week. with cargo of Molasses She had
been to the West Indies and successfully run the Lin
coin blockade. She was chased, however off the bar
at Ocracoke and fired at She gave up all as lost and
lowered her flag. The chasing steamer was sure of
prize But when she came up, behold it was Capt
Crossan, Of the n. c. Navy! The gallant Captain
OF the little steamer and the gallant Captain of the
schooner were agrCeaby surprised. The steamer con-
yeyed the schooner in and she is safely moored
at the wharf of her owners, Messrs. S. R. Fowle &
Son.
A report from New Orleans says that on Tuesday last
tie Confederate sand batteries on Ship Island OPEN
ed fire on United States war steamer about two
miles distant, which the steamer returned firing thr
ty odd rounds of shell and round shot. On the Con
tolerate side one man slightly injured in the leg
No other damage done. 1t is believed the at
lacking steamer was struck three times in the bull
Several shells exploded over her deck, doing great
damage. She Immediately hauled eff and put off for
Chandelier Island several miles distant from our bat
teries Ship Island is in the Gulf of Mexico off the
coast of Mississippi, aud is one of those long and
narrow sand islands that separate Mississippi sound
from the open waters of the Cult 1t is about thirty
miles from the entrance to Lake Borgne, and on the
route Of steamers from Mobile 10 New 0rloans -