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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

CONNECTICUT GEN1Us.-In Connecticut "a
lone, of all America, do they know how to
make brass kettles Two towns have become
rich by the manufacture of wooden clocks,
which are generally sold at a great profit
Visiting Hartford, you will find gang of hands
digging copper ore. The next village is sup
ported by making axes. Reaching the neigh
borhood of the Talcott mountains, you find
village of 500 inhabitants; sustained by weav-
ing carpets; and a still larger one Is miles
further N. E. in the same employment. These
villages are inhabited by Scotchmen, and have
three Presbyterian churches. Further on a
Shaker community raise garden seeds, and
make brooms. Hazards powder mills come
next. Then a growing village, where are
made paper, various kinds of cloth, iron wire;
card teeth, and cards. Passing Hartford, you
find a town of 5000 inhabitants, manufactu-
ring all sorts of brass ware. In Toand coun-
ty you will find numerous cotton and wooden
mills, turning out the diversified fabrics made
from these Observation-Disclosures four or five silk
factories, where italian sewing silk and twist
are manufactured In Windham county are
cotton manufactores-there being not less
than twelve in the valley of single stream
within space of twenty miles. In New Lon
don county India rubber is manufactured in
various forms. In Norwich, cotton and wool
len mills abound one paper mill turns out
100000 worth OF paper in year. Stoning-
ton and New London have grown rich by the
whale fishery. Lyme ard Saybrook furnish
sea captains for the Liverpool packets. Meri
den manufactures ivory ware nearly 80 men
are employed in working patent ink stands
Next you find a shop turning out axe helves
then a screw factory. On the banks of the
river you come to a quarry of gneiss which
splits with the facility OF chestnut timber,
whence great quantities have been transported
TO other parts of the Union, and also to the
West Indies. A quarry of red sand stone en-
| poys 800 Irishmen. A whole town near by.
has been made rich by the manufacture of
bells of all kinds, sleigh, horse, clock and cow
bells included
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

Paris Wlt.-s You who are skiIful an an
atomist,' remarked one of his friends to NJ.
Velpeau, you who are so skilful an anato-
mist, must know perfectly all diseases sAh
my dear friend,' replied the Doctor, 'Covisart
said, we are like the commissioners of Paris,
they know perfectly we'll all the streets, but
they do not know what is going on in the
houses
Just before sunset the other evening, par
| ty of ladies and gentlemen were enjoying a
horse back ride. One lady with her cavalier
had by design or accident, got little in adj
vance of the party. BY heavens said the
young man, you are very cruel, do you new
er intend to take pity on me" The lady re-
manned silent and pensive. In the name OF
Heaven, of your beauty, of my love- The
same silence Madame, beg you, one sim
gle word, one single word of answer There
is my answer said the, lady laughing: and
with the end of her whip she pointed to high
post at the corner of the road The cavalier
raised his eyes and read as acknowledging
is forbidden IN the Department Of. the Seine
and OiSe
MIR Paul. said a rich capitalist, Mr. r.
to his private secretary, write to Mr.. B. that
have finished his business in conformity to
his desire Yes, si1: and in what form shall
l conclude my letter" l have the honor tc
salute you.' well, sir sAh, tell me, die
Mr. B. settle his billo Yes, sir, without
making a single objection 'Ah, indeed
then say have the honor to be your humble
servant Il forgot to tell you, sir, that he
called yesterday; he wanted to mention to yor
some important business, which promise:
great profits without any risk sAh, bad, in
deed: write quickly, have the honor to be
sir, with the highest consideration, your very
obedient and very humble servant
Correspondence of the Etats Unis
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01
OUR CIRCULATION.

n-WE mean to keep the following paragraph stan
ding for the bene1t of all whom it may concern:
ADVERTISING. would commend the following
facts 10 the attention Of the advertising community.
TIL. wilmington Journal" circulates upwards Oh ~
,,rNpnKp COPIES weekly Its circulation in the to"h
Of Wilmington is large as that OF any other paper pun
Iisbed in the place. We would further state ta' It's
circulation in the counties which trade to TINS pace Is
THREE TIMES large that of any other paper PUBLISH
ed North Carolina and that It's list is day
We say, therefore, without the lear Oi
that If is the best vehicle for advertising which the peo-
,Ie If Wilmington can select One other observation
We think that although large majority of the readers
# the mJournaIn are Democrats still THEY occasionally
de little trading as we'll the readers of the WING pa
p.rs We have written the above merely for the lnfor
s,sr of those who are most deeply interestedbusi-
ness men of all professions and all political Grecds-
WHO WANT CUSTOMERS.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01
DEPARTED FRIENDS.

Forget not the dead, who have loved, who have
left us;
Who bend DER us now from their bright homes
above;
But believe, never doubt, that the God who bereft
US,
Permits us to mnge with friends they still
love;
Repeat their fond words, and their noble deeds
cherish,
Speak pleasantly of them who left US in tears
From our lips their dear names or their joys
should not perish,
While time bears our feet through the valley OF
years.
Dear friend of our youth can we cease to remem-
Der
The last look Of life, and the low WHISPERED
prayer!
Oh, cold be our hearts as the ice of December.
When loves tablets record no remembrances
'here' ius,
Then forget not the dead, who are ever more nigh
Still floating sometimes to our dream-haunted
bed
IN the lOneliest hour, in the crowd they are by US
Forget not the dead Oh, forget not the dead
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01
DRUMMING OUT A DRUMMER.
A CAPITAL STORY.

In New York, some of the wholesale
stores employ clerks. whose business it is to
go to the hotels, and make acquaintance with
Western merchants, in order to induce them to
buy goods of the firm which employs them.
The clerks are called "drummers." The Sun
day Atlas tells good story of a waggish
merchant, who played the following trick on
one of his neighbors, notorious for doing bu-
siness in this way. He had been waited on
by green young fellow from the coui .ry,
anxious to obtain situation
i don't want any body just now, my young
FRIEND he said, at first.
why, guess, with all these ERE things
and heaps of goods, you must find somethln'
for chap like me to dew, now?'
& tell you | don't want any one'
why, there's nothin' can't turn my head
tew.'
well, tell me what you can do, said the
importer, little annoyed at the perseverance
of his vlsiter.
sWa'al, in the country | can hoe and plough,
cut wood and shake apple trees, milk the COW
and butcher hogs, thrash wheat and tend ci-
der mill, and then, in the way of music, Lean
drum like thunder
ooh! you can drum know firm that
wants drummer
Then I'm the chap; Eve practised at it fol
our trainins since was ten years DID,
Have you got your drum here in the city:
Yes, it's down aboard the slupe, the Nan
cy, Captn Higgins
The importer wrote on piece of paper thu
names of a dry goods firm in Pearl:st, wei
known for their employment of drunmers.
There said he, get your drum and go tc
that place the owner are famous for drum,
ming up customers, and you'll suit them TO q
hair. Don't fail, as soon as you get in, tc
strike up tune, and go it hard
| The countryman, as directed, equipped him
self with bis drum, and as soon as he found
the store according to the paper, in he went
playing {" Yankee Doodle" in way to stun /;
deaf man almost
sWhat do you mean |" said one of the firm
as soon as he was able to silence that dread
| full drum
| why, Mr., that man up there, sal,
you wanted to employ drummer"
A brief explanation ensued, and the who'll
came out. The Pearl stree. firm were glad t,
i give the Yankee ten dollar bill, with the pro
mise OF a situation the first opportunity, t.
keep his mouth shut The story goes tina
they have not kept drummer since!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

The Black hole an CalcuttG.- The dreadful
tragedy at Calcutta, many years ago, Is often
referred to by psychologists as fearful illus
tration of the fatal effects resulting from an
impure atmosphere The details of the TRACE
dy are thus given in Howitts Journal:
The most fearful instance on record of the
sacrifice OF human life from confinement in
limated quantity of air occurred in the year
1856, when Hundred and forty-sir English
men, taken in Fort William. at Calcutta, by
the native prince Sura -u-Dowlah, were i'm
prsoned by his orders in the common dungeon
of the garrison known as the Black Hole
This apartment was not twenty feet square,
and had only two small windows, and these
were partly obstructed on the outside by the
projecting verandah. 1t was the very hottest
season of the year, and the nights unusually
sultry even for that season. The wreatched
prisoners became almost mad with thirst and
the craving for air; they shrieked for water
in the most furious tones, and fought each
other with maniac hands, feet and teeth, for
possession of the ground nearest the window
When water was brought, they battled with
each other like demons for the first draught;
and they consequently spilled and wasted more
than was drunk The constant crowding to-
the windows, by obstructing the entrance OF
air, destroyed all chance of life for those who
were furthest removed from them and many
thus persisted whose lives might possibly have
been saved if all had been content to REMAIN
tranquil, taking their regular turns in the more
airy portions Of the apartment. Many more
persisted from the violence of the conflict in
which they had been engaged and by two
o'clock in the morning, only fifty (but little
more than one third Of the original numbery
remained alive. These, by making the best
of their dreadful condition, might have per-
haps been all saved, notwithstanding the rap
id decomposition of the bodies of the dead
gave new and sickening faint to the air of
this terrible dungeon; but one after another
continued 10 sink, until at eight O'Clock, when
an order arrived for the enlargement of the
survivors, only tacenty-tlree were found alive;
and these were SO dreadfully changed in APP
pearance as scarcely to be recognized by their
nearest friends.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

Il Prison Scene-The following striking
incident in prison life occurred upon late Wis.,
it by the editor of the Boston Times to the pen
itentiary at Philadelphia:
AS we entered the reception room a burkly
despatch was handed TO the warden by one of
his deputies, and, upon opening it, he infor-
med us it was pardon for one Of the convcts.
We inquired if it would encroach upon the
prison rules, under such circumstances, to ac-
company the warden to the cell while he
should read it to the prisoner, and were kindly
informed that we could join him. We soon
reached the cell, where we found fresh ia
ced young man, of perhaps twenty -four. who
was busily engaged at a little loom weaving.
."Good morrow, John,'' said the walden
blandIy, as we entered.
GO Good morning, SIR
''Thee keeps busy, John"
go, yes, sir; but it's very dull
''Doest thee tire of work, John ?"
No, sir; but think Of home"
"And thee would like to visit home once
more!''
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01
MAI. ARRANGEMENTS.
Post Office, Wilmington.

NORTHERN MAIL, by Rail Road, due daily at P. NJ.
aud close at every night.
SOUTHERN MAIL, by Steamer from Charleston, is due
As1lT ats A NJ, and closes at II A. NJ. every day.
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL By Rail Road is due on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays, at P NJ and closes same
days at 10 at night
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL, by Prospect Hail. EIizabethtown
VVestbreoks md RO6esGns, is due Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays at A M and closes same days
II 10 P. NJ.
sM1rHvrLLE MAIL by Steamer, is due daily at A. NJ
and closes at l24 P. NJ. every day.
TAYLon's BRIDGE, LONG CREEK, MooREs CREEK, BLACK
RIVER CHAPEL and HARRELL's STORE NAIL is due every
Thursday at r. NJ, and closes same night at 10.
ONsLow MAIL Via TOpsail Sound, Stump Sound
sneeds Ferry Jacksonville to Richards, and returns
via Bannerman's, is due every Monday at P. NJ ant
closes every Thursday night at IOP NJ
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01
HEE@ J0WRNAH

OLD FRIENDS TOGETH Err.
Oh, time is sweet, when roses meet
With springs sweet breath around them;
And sweet the time when hearts are lost.
If those who love have found them;
And sweet the mind that still may find
4 star in darkest weather.
But nought can be so sweet to see
AS old friends meet together.
Those days of old, when youth was bold,
And time stole wings to speed it;
And youth ne'er knew how fast time flew,
Or knowing did not heed it
Though gray each brow that heeds us now,
(Fot age brings wintry weather,)
Yet uOught can be sweet to see
AS those old friends together.
The few long known, whom years have shown
With hearts that friendship blesses;
A hand to cheer, perchance tear
To soOthe friends dstresses,
Who helped and tried, still side by side,
A friend to face bad weather.
Oh, thus may we yet Joy to see
And meet old friends together.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

Anccdote-In the days of the revolution
there was an old lady who occasionally en-
tertained man and BEAST, remarkable for her
unfeeling covetousness. One day weary
and famished soldier called at her house and
asked for refreshments appearance indica-
ted extreme poverty-the old lady thought his
means not adequate TO remunerate her for
very simple repast, SO she placed before him a
dish of bones which looked as though they
had been pretty faithfully picked before, LETT
her son to settle with the soldier, when ne
had finished their second examination. The
boy plying the traveller, and willing to give
his parent reproof for her parsmo n.y. told h his
welcome to what he had eaten, and made him
present into the bargain. In short time
the mother returned, when her son inquired
+" Mother, how much was it worth to pick
those bones? - "a shilling, my dear,' said
she, expecting to receive her money. 81
thought so,'' replied the boy, sand 50 1 gaze
the old soldier shilling for doing it,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

The Proof of the Pudding, Se.--The
Knickerboeker illustrates this old saw by
giving an old Dutchman's remark to one who
had watched him for an hour or two while he
warmed and made ready, one cold winters
evening, pitcher of cider. When it was in
complete order, he raised the vessel to his lips,
and, without removing it. drained it to the We
~ bottom. Dere now,' said he holding out
the pitcher to his friend, dat ish vat calls
coot otter. If you ton't b'lieve dat ish coot,
shust smell tie mug
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

ASoTHER LICK BACK TO GIN. TAYLoR.-We
clip the following from the Mobile Advertiser:
asThat there is a strong feeling among the
who's Of the Union in favor of Mr.. Clay as
thn esnd;date at the next election, there is no
d ih1 t' hnt whether he would, under any cir
o ouu, stances. consent again to be candidate.
,na Consider extremely doubtful But, should
his name be presented. with his consent we
aas;re # distinctly understood that zee go for
him against the qcorId. And further. We trust st
the the great whig party OF the United States will
whether he be a whig or locofoco, or who
does NOT know his own opinions on the great
leading political questions OF the day"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

Come down this Instant said the boat
swain TO mischieyous son of Erin. who had
been idling in the round top - come down,
say, and I'll give you dozen, you rascal
8 Troth, sir, an | would not come down II
you'd give me two Dozen
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

G=We never tire of reading anecdotes IL
Illustrative of the pecuiarites of Charles Math-
ews. Of the genus irritable he was the most
sensitive and irritable. He was ever the COM
panon of wits, but among them tacite prin-
ceps We find the following in an exchange
paper-The Union we believe. 1t may have
''gone the rounds" ere this, but will bear re-
peating:
The Late Charles Matthew's Abhorrence Of
Turtle Soup-Among his little prandiaL pc
culiarities was vehement objection to mock
turtle soup, on account of some unwholesome
ingredient with which, as he asserted, it was
usually thickened Once | met him at party
| where several servants in succession having
offered him plate of his 'Epet adherence" he
at length lost patience, uttered an angry ''No,
| tell your and petuently tossing up his ell
bow at the same time, upset a portion of the
rejected compound upon his sleeve. Next day
| again encountered him at dinner, when he
related what had occurred, exclaiming, 81 am
| delighted beyond measure that my coat is spoil
ed | have locked it up; | wouldn't have il
cleaned for twenty pounds; call tomorrow,
and I'll show you the sleeve; it stands otltseli,
stiff as the arm of a statue. You wouldn't be-
lieve me when told you, on good authority
| that TIC WytIS SOlu
to the pastry cooks to make some villainous
stuff called glaize or gelatlne, or in plain Eng
lish, glue, out of which they manufacture jel
ly, or sell it TO our poisoning cooks, who pu
it into their mock -turtles'to make the grue
thick and slab. 81 have heard OF man ca
ting his own words" said James Smith, s'bu
if your statements be true, a man may uncon
ciously have eaten his own acts and Deeds
''He may, he may % cried Mathews. "Egad
my friend, | thank you for the hint; it ex-
plains all about my COMPOUNDED indigestion
Doubtless have some other mans '0tH IN my
stomach, which renders it SO insubordinase 70
my will myself love roast pork ana PUN
pudding; but this alien will, transferred IL from
some LAWYERS Office to my intestipes, will moi
allow me to digest them. You have heard Of
the fellow with bad asthma, who exclaimed
sIf once can get this troublesome breath Out
Of NV body, III take good care that it shall
never get in again;' and | may as well say the
same Of this parchment. usurper, who has ia
ken possession of my stomach. How ne got
there is the wonder, for four years have e'ap-
sed since | swallowed GLUE mean Jelly' OF
mock turtle"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

A liberal discount win be made On advert;ssz
ments exceeding one square, when published 6 or
IL months, cash in adrance'
OFF the number of insertions are not marked
on the advertisement, they will be continued nntl
ordered out, and charged for accordingly:
OfAH advertisements required to be P4JB
FOR IN ADVANCE.n
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-19

n rBE BEST LOT OF SINGING BIkps
~ ever i'm ported nov landing from the ssp MAY
NXeever, from Antwerp. -
~ 4oo German CssSy birds. dscidsdly the best song
Hrds npostsd posssssng eli the most desirable netes
sssh de ssghhsgsis BELL mstAqus, reil wsfer'ouo
Ne end ryrolisnns noted
- lesi 6rssd csaArss isrn France end Belgium war
rsnts1 turs bred
nisk.i ssss N ksst health and sous-
5wkieliss ssaxlinss vhishs as perfect tunss
l psar sslisn Phesssnss-
DssY diver phsssssts
Al ~ siovc are la 6ns condition snd Will BE- sold Of
moderate pTiess They collected BY the importer
10 erunny trspss and Belgium especially for this mar
let ~ nov o6sys them tos sss u The ssss la3 VIII
k.sst s'v''s ss'''A ~ A'' c:sssAslss ax,oaz.
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ITO TySNEN.-FoR skLE-A complete ssif Of Tin
,,a sheet ron Workers fools Machines Patterns Ae
,h 20 carry the bassss IN 81 ts
br.nehex Irqsir. 20 wsierst \. 7. ni7s
I AIDES wBT-WEATHERD OOTS-ArsS ard
1 AZ. .n.ifg s,tIe Which tts the foot ankle Ike
oeEinr Ard 10 jos, the thing for vet Weather nsnnAe-
tur-d az Tor sale BY ialol H. H. DAY, . Cortand-st
SHOW CAsEs-sHOw CAsES-A large D.oTt.
Susot Of n.- AID secondhand Show Gees constantly
on Rad ,vd shox Cs-ss made order Also, Sho~ Ca-s
t.tsa in exchange An tAkLs. SO Brs0nes near
the Bo~sry. ~ IN
NEW DUTCH HRRRINGS.-,o kegs supesis.
'sp'ssa s''n aaass - rouxo, 10 cssss.a..
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100 BROADWAY.

eoopyrAs's METALLIC srssrx rAssIcs
THE moss extensive .ss'rinent o. ineis Rubber goods
r.s.stnred and Of quality heretofore Hosaualed The
safety coats cesss eoot, shoes s.pes pcsehe'
s.lesy 80. kc nc Il wholesale and retail. af the
GOODYEAR Rubber Wsrehonse 100 Brs.aw.y,
n ,r,s 90 Trpity Church, between Fine anc "aiist
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cuNS AND SPORTING

prrcryS.-A lendd sssorfnsnt " English Grrs
"A snss and double barrel OF all en:ihs and sisss for
ducs deer bird and squirrel shooiins.
Po~dsr fAsks sho,ssss and peaches some ehnisy hs"
M. bags Of low priced AID fns Easi's and french
ps,terpa ..,, ,.,s.. vt.x,, .,d B.la-
~,,;. 40 Brockedou'. eelebrzted metallic wHs
Purdy. Lsncasters, Wesley Richards, stAsAsS "'a
w.Ii-f's wstsr p roof Pc eussiou caps; also ,..
Eys patent wire earfidsesf shooting lons an.
for which tie Subscribers the sole sEen Tor ne nso
States fhArt.s tCsi1-S Scsy,y
nil 2ws ehuceniAne w. ''
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-19

IN PURSUANCE Of IN order Of the ysnossss q ths
.oos hsv!ss claims sssnst HENRY vALHNTMu. lsss
Of the Ciry Of Esw-Yesk, deceased. 70 pre:sns ~
2I Wsfsrsusst, in the City Of Nsv-Yosk q. - ssSsS
he srst DAY Of April psxt -Dsss& Hs~.fess shs AIN
81 isst1. XiJRID L. VALENTINE Sssssss"
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rOR WHAT PURPOSE

Sewer in sd street
from Hudson River
20 5th avenue, with
branches In 9Th ave-
nue. from sd to 2fth
street, and IN 9Th
avenue from sd 10
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-19
90 JoHN.sT.

Nyvp spOrs-A large assortment OF ladies' and gen.
Otlsmsns sandal and slipper oysrshees nsnaiss,nree
nv the Oood year shoe Company Nsussust
msauscrursd Also, Beautiful .tieleof tnrea 'SsF
-. ns,s.stiv slssr.s SAMUEL BROOKS
Ssik f.s Assst fes The Asaafssturss.
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JENNY LIMBS NEW soN0.

lust PUBLISHED -'rbs most beautiful soae u Jssny
Linds The Mariner with splendid title Of this satrs
Ordinary singer Also. Univsrsty Qaek Step, By olstn
Broadway Polks by Brutns; La Belle ssvoyards foes
BY Ble"ner, for one aud two performers
nil 6,eOd G. HOLT, Jr ~ fulton 81