Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-02

effect that heavy hight bad taken place at w asning
ton, N. Cres1lting in the capture of that place. with
its garrison arms stores, ETC. be surrender is said to
have taken place Tuesday mornings The writer says
that be is rcined to credit the report from the fact OF
heavy and continued firing having been heard n the d.
rection Of Washington.
| The Steamer Cornubia has arrived at Confederate
port. She brings a cargo en- Government acce unit we
presume.
IkQUEsr-Y,sterdAy afternoon, Coroner a. R. Per
Rim held an inquest the body CT white man
found in Smiths Creek near the Wilmington & Wei
don Railroad and about mile from the depot. The
body was that of stranger dressed in black broad
cloth coat, doeskn pants and cut velvet vest. He had
sandy ba short goaee, was about FIVE feet seven or
eigh, inches high and had plain fat gold ring on tie
little finger of one Of bis bands, think the right
hand
There was d cut The top of the head foar or ave
inches long, extending from the front to the back, sp
parently Inflicted bg an axe Also horizontal cut on
the left side of the forehead he chest and abdomen
also bore the marks OF numerous cuts and stabs as
though doae By knife. The clothes were cut and the
pockets rifed There were neither shoes hat.
Near the creek and at short distance from where
the body ound, distinct traces OF blood, and
come Indications OF struggle although it had raned
heavily the night before (Mondsy) The body evil
IDENTITY had bot been long in the water probably betws
one and two days, say .hrtysix hours
Evidently there had been foul play. The man must
have been killed and thrown in. There we.s many foot
prints on the margin OF the creek the point where the
body was found
! The jary found that the deceased had como to bis
death rem WOUNDS fcted by person OR persons
to thaa u2knnHa IA yet, the matter is q complete
mystery, there being clue whatever to the perpstra
ter perpstrators.-Da DAILY Journal. ef yesterday.
I WE have from HILL s. Co., Grifio, Geo., what pur
ports 30 be Confederate States Rsilroad and Steam
boat Guide" dated April 1868.
Il is realty printed, but if it comes 20 the
mark in rferetce 20 other railroads than it does in the
cases OF the Wilmington and Weldon and the Whining
ton ard Manchester Railroads. it is no guide at ALL no
part of its time tables beng at present correct. It's
historical accuracy may judged of by the following
extract:
"GoLDsBoxo, N. c., miles from Neuse River which
navgable light draft vessels this point,
time taken POSSESSION OF by the enemy but it was soon re-
approached the town, both by lsni and water, and
ceeded getting enough to the railroad bridge with
their gunh oats TO barn it. fierce battle ensued and the
enemy we're routed.
TIE last sentence is the only that contains any
sembiance Of truth. GoItsboro has been taken
possession OF by the enemy The gunboas rever got
above Knston, tn ry miles by the river from the
railroad bridge and it is hardly likely that they burned
the bridge with their gunboats.
Batter luck next time, Messrs. HILL C Co., but un-
til you do better, cannot recommend your Guide "
Mr.. AsHE, who h.s been dead six mouths is an
nounccd az President of the Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad Company, and Mr.. WALLACE, who has been
President tenn, and subsequently regularly elected
for about the same time is not mentioned at all Rather
slow you are, Messrs. HILL & Co.
By the way, per contrd etc, we quote the foil swing
: good thing" from the 81 page OF the Gside being
the Let page of lis Hotel Directory 1t reads thus
Chattanooga, Tenn.
There is no house in Chattanooga that oud to
dignity With the appeatiOn of Hotel they sill having Eeen
pressed Tito the service hospitals The city nothing
icas than military hos pital. soldier
rg from there the train the other night. gave
very fair lda CT the ar&ctveness Of the place fol-
lowing several were speaking OF the lack of
comu0datien there when he remarked:
~ Wen, to be sent to H. and had five days
Tough to step i'll Chattanooga should say driue boys"
THE detailed and spirited account Of the fyht at
Port a'son would be found very interesting although
little behind the day We have had it cut out for in-
serOn days, but its length has crowded it out
DoG-sKINs are good for making cotton cards. Dogs
wkis living good for consuming food that might
support pccRe, at cast feed hogs The skin of the
dog must be csnfouaded with his bark which is
good fer nothing but to keep people awake and
give occasion for profanity
GAVIN Pror n Tpoop,