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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
OUR CIRCULATION.

moan to keep the following paragraph stan
- .ro ho,,eft Of all whom it may concern:
o' ADVERTISING. Give would commend the following
,'.D,a ,ho attention of the advertising community.
Tba wilmington Journal" circula'es upwards OF II
.n Copies weekly. Its circulation in the town
wilmington is as large as that Of any otherpaPer Puo
,,.bed in the place We would further state tna' It's
stion in the counties which trade to this pace is
TINES as large that of any other paper publish
lin North Carolina and thats list is daily increasing
ro saw therefore, without the fear OF contradiction
is the best vehicle for advertising which the peo-
,,or Wilmington can select One other observation.
10 think that although large majority of the readers
,c uIournaI" are Democrats still THEY occasionally
LITTLE trading, as well the readers of the whg pa.
80, Wchave writtea the above merely for the lnfor.
-.on Of those who most deeply interested-busi-
mon of ali professions and all political crecds-
,r5o ANT CUSTOMERS.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

Old Rice-A gentleman who has resided
for many years in India, fourteen hundred
miles up the Gauges, says that the people
there who are able to keep their rice, do not
eat il until it is two years old and the soft part
has been eat out by the worm. Then they
winnow it clean, and eat it. Rice is the COM
mon food, and the poor people are obliged TO
eat new rice, as rich people do here. This
gentleman says that during his residence in
India, there has been famines in the districts
around him, in which "millions of people
perished The famines result from the entire
absence of rain for six months, and scorchng
winds, which destroyed all vegetation. The
British Government are building canal of
great capacity, from the mountains in which
the Ganges rises, down into the country seven
hundred miles, at an expense of fifty millions
of dollars, for the purpose of irrigating the
land The cost of the canal is to be rad from
the revenues of Tndia-N Y Jour- of Com.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
MiEL ARRANGEMENTS.
Ilost Office. WiImImgtOm.

NcR7 TERN MAIL, by Rail Road, due daily at P NJ,
md close at lOevery night.
ssrrggas MAIL, by Steamer from Charleston, is due
,,.,., ats A. NJ, and closes at II A. M. every day.
F,vgrrgvrLLE MAIL, by Rail Road, is due on Mondays
wednesdays and Fridays, P, M and closes same
DAYS at Ioat night.
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL, by Prospect Hail. Elizabethtown
Vestbrooks, and Robesons is due on Tuesdays Thurs
DAYS and Saturdays at A NJ, and closes same days
uOP.M
surHvrLLE MAIL by Steamer, is due daily at A. NJ,
and closes at 124 P. NJ. every day.
TAYLoRs BRIDGE, LONG CREEK, MooRE's CREEK, BLACK
RIVER CHAPEL and HARRELLs STORE Mali, is due every
Thursday al P. NJ, and closes same night at H.
OysLow MAIL Via Topsail Sound, Stump SOUND
sneeds Ferry Jacksonville to Richards and returns
tia Bannerman's, is due every Monday at F. NJ, and
doses every Thursday night at Top. M.
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Tie Case of lfa.s Gnians MN Chr;st

The Case Of Mrs Gajnes-Wm Christy,
Esq, publishes a long brief in the N O. pa
pers, 10 show that the recent decision in the
U. S. Supreme Court of the case of Mrs
Gaines, disposes finally of the principal points
involved in all the suits which she had bro't
for the recovery of her estate. The brief
shows that there are some singular facts de-
veloped by the evidence in the case. The
mother of Mrs. Gaines was Zuime de Carrere,
a beautiful Creole lady of Louisiana. In 1894,
this child "of the sunny South" married in
the city of N Orleans one Jerome de Grange
The publication OF the banns, required by law,
was omitted. The marriage was consequently
illegal and void. But De Grange, moreover,
had another wife living. He was prosecuted
for bigamy, condemned, imprisoned, escaped,
and was never heard of afterwards. The late
Daniel Clarke, an Irishman by birth, and a
man of education, of extraordinary talents,
and great pride of character, settled in New
Orleans about the year 1889, as merchant
his efforts were crowned with success, and IN
a few years he acquired very large fortune.
He had become smtten with ZuIIme de Car
rere, and on the conviction of Grange. carried
her to phia-married her secretly in
l803-and Mrs. Gaines, the legitimate off,
spring OF this union. was born, in 800 or s,
at New Orleans. and when eight years old
was placed with Samuel B. Davis to be raised
At the age of % or 81 she accidentally dis
covered her real parentage by reading letter
intended for Mr. Davis Her mother became
dissatisfied with Clarke's conduct to her, and
went to Philadelphia, where in 1897 or 8 she
married MIR Gar!ette, under the belief that
her marriage with Clarke was not valid
Thus she had three husbands Hving at the
same time, one Of achom acas her only tawful
one, and as the evidence goes on TO prove (the
most astonishing fact of alD, she acted in good
faith in every instance OF marriage.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

England and Ch,na.-The following scale
of rewards was published in 1910, so ignor-
ant were the Chinese authorities of our
strength. For every English eighty gun ship
delivered over to the government, $4,000 !;
for the entire destruction of each large ship,
$4,000; for English merchant ships deliver
ed, the entire cargo, except the guns and OPT
um; for each naval commander, $4,000; for
their slaughter, one third less for white Eng
fish prisoners, 500; and one-tfth for their
slaughter. For colored people reward will
be given, and the magistrate will give 500, for
each coiored person killed. So little conf
dence was reposed in those who were TO 80
forth to earn these rewards, that it was strpu-
lated their families should be left a guarantee
that they should not assist the English
Montgomery Martins China
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

Betting-A Georgia negro was riding a
mule along and came to bridge, when the
mule stopped, 8 Ill bet you quarter said
Jack, I'll make you go ober dis bridge" ana
with that he struck the mule over the ears,
which made him nod his heal suddenly
I" You take de bet den," said the negro, and
contrived TO get the stubborn mule over the
bridge. /" won dat quarter, any how SAID
Jack. But how will you get your money!
said man who had been close by unperrtceV-
ed. "To-morrow. said Jack, masSa glo me
dollar te get corn; and | takes de quarter
out"
A simple fellow was walking through
swamp and came TO broad ditch :" I'll bet
YOU two cents that l can Jump over that
ditch said he to himself Done, said ; the
other side of his mouth, and over ne leaped:
{. won that bet, anyhow said he. "Now
I'll bet you two cents more that | can Jump
back again Done," said the second yoce
again, and he jumped and fell at the oo. l;n
of the mud. ''Nothing lost and nothing gam.
ed" he muttered, crawling up the OahA
4" that accounts even"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

The Closing Scene of a Desperado--Capt.
Tobin, who is now at San Miguel, thus notl-
ces the last moments of dying gambler, a
desperate from Tennessee:
d" He was in the last stage of gaIIoping con-
sumption, AMI his latest breath was expended
in biaSPheming his Maker, boastng of having
committed five murders. and regretting that he
could moi carry his money to He'll and cheat
the Devil ut poker! He died that night, and
left $4,000 in gold behind him."
Well might the Captain exclaim. such things
makes a MAN serous-PhI Bulletin.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
STATE OF NoRTH-CARoLIF
NEw.HANOvER COUNTY.
SUPERIOR COURT OF LAW,
Fall Term, IS47:

Fall Term, ls47:
c"th'rins >. A. S'a0'y'1 Petition for Divorce.
John w. Stanly. }
IN motion, ordered by the Court that the Pc
titioner have leave to take the dispositions of
Robert J. Dorsey, Alfred NJ. S.anlv, and William
J. Nash, of Atacapas, st. Mary's Parish, Louisi-
ana, and others, on Thursday, the 9th day of
April next. and from day TO day thence next fol-
lowing, excepting Sundays until completed, at
the Westinghouse of the said VIM J. Nash, IN
the said Parish of st. Mary's, and also the depo-
sitions of Robert Edcns, Doctor Peter EnderS, and
John Harper and others, of Piduka, in the State
of Kentucky, on Thursday, the 9Th of April next
and from day to day, thence next following, Eek
cepting Sundays.) until completed, at the dwell
Iine-house of the said Doctor Peter Enders. in Pr
duka aforesaid, between the hours of ten in the
forenoon and four in the afternoon, of the said
DAYS. at the said places respectively, to he read in
evidence de 6eae esse, in behalf of the pel Toner,
in the aforesaid cause, at the next Term OF the
Superior Court of Law, TO be held for New-Han-
over County, en- the 4th Monday after the 4th
Monday in March next, at the Courthouse in
Wilmington, on the petitioners making publica-
ton for six weeks in the Wilmington Journal, of
the time and place of taking said dispositions,
which publication, the Clerk of this Court Is Or
dered to have made, and to issue commissions for
taking said dispositions. Teste,
0. ALDERMAN, Clerk,
Per L. H. MARsrELLER, Deputy Clerk.
Feb Is, 1913 PR. fee, Sc Isl 23-6t
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

SUPREME Cout-Opinions in the following
Causes, have been delivered by this Tribunal,
since our last notice:
By Ruffin, c j., In Smith Smith and 9TH
ers, in Equity from Rockin- ham, directing
reference. Also, in Ashe u. Hall. in Equity
from New Hanover, declaring the order appeal
ed from erroneous, and that the Injunction
ought TO be dissolved Also, in Newsum ..
Newsum, in Equity from Wayne, directing
reference. Also, in Ellington and Wife u.
Currie, in Equity from Rockingham, dismis-
sing the bill with costs.
By Nash, j., In James y. Mathews. in
Equity from Stokes, directing The bill to be
dismissed with costs. Also. in Carr y. Holil'
day, in Equity from Greene, dismlssing the
bill with costs. Also, in James .. Lash, in
Equity from Stokes, disrnissing the bill with
costs. Also, in Doe er dem, Jones D. Lewis,
from Franklin, affirming the judgment below,
Raleigh Register, 18th inst,
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Notice.

THE subscriber would respectfully inform the
| inhabitants of Duplin, Sampson, and the ad-
joining counties, that he has located himself at
Stricklands Depot for the purpose of carrying on
the TAILORING business in all its branches,
and hopes, by strict attention and his efforts TO
please, to insure share of the public patronage:
He can be found for the present, in the store oc.
cupied by ]. D. Wilson. JOHN A. WREN.
Stricklands, February Ia, ls4s. 23-st
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

NOTICE..

ILL persons are notified from hunting on NV
il lands. formerly called the Edens lands with
guns, or dogs, or fishing, in any manner whatev.
er. If free negroes slaves are caught with guns
dogs on the premises, the dogs will be killed
and the negroes severely punished
ALSO. all wagoners, draymen, or cartmen, are
notified not to trespass upon any of nv vacant
lots, from Boundary Street TO the Drv Pond. and
from thence back to the Newbern Road. unde,
the penalty Of the law. MILES COSTIN.
Feb IL, lS48--T22-l2m
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

Il Stre,cl Hint-The Richmond Enquirer
directs the attention of the whig press to their
Inconsistency in their raising such c!amor
about Mr. Poinsett's "standing arrny," in the
organization of our militia, during Mr.. Van
Buren's administrations while they now laud
to the skies his real "standing army TO be
kept up for tmenty years, on the borders of
Mexico-Ner Haven Register
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
StNlI-EPd Reef.

lOST1N & FOY respectfully inform the citi.
Y zens of Wilmington that they have now in
their pound some so or 20 head of choice STALL
FED BEEVES, which they will be killing daiIy
and bringing to market. All persons in want of
good Beef will fnd it at the Market, on Market
Street, for sale by COSTIN & FOY.
Feb IL, lS48--G22-tf
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

4 Spanish Giant--At our last dates, a
Spanish Giant was exhibiting himself al the
Cosnorama rooms, Regent street, London
The statistics of the gentleman are these -
Height, seven feet ten inches; weight, $50
pounds; age, % years; and legs, hands and
feet are all OF proportionate hugeness. He "a
vers that doctors say he will not have done
growing for three wears to come, and seems
not little proud Of his size. Five feet eight
inches of humanity, with hat on, can walk
under his arm without STOPPING.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

Mortdlity in London--The number of
deaths during the week ending January IS,
was ,457, or $50 above the average. OF this
excess SO are stated to have died OF influenza,
and I2l diseases of the lungs and other organs
of respiration. The deaths from snalI-po
and measles are stated at nearly double the
usual number typhus has likewise been uh-
usually fatal
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

ChivaEry in Petticoots The St Louis pa
pefs chronicle the arrest of female gentle
man, named Elizabeth Jones, on the charge
of having challenged 10 mortal combat Miss
Brant. The weapons with which she propo-
sed to settle the difficulty between them were
pistols and knives.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

OConneUS Tact at Cross Examinations
He was once examining witness, whose in.
ebricty, al the time TO which the evidence re-
ferred, it was essential TO his clients case 10
prove. He quickly discovered the mans cha
racter He was fellow who may be desert
bed as half foolish with roguery' well.
Darby, you told the truth to this gentleman /"
: Yes, your honor, Counsellor OConhell.'-
How do you know my name " 'Ah sure
every one knows our own pathriot' well,
you are good humored honest fellow; now
tell me, Darby, did you take drop of any
thing that day " why, your honor, took
my share of pint OF spirits Your share of
it; now, by virtue of your oath, was not your
share of it--aU bit the petrter I? Why, then,
dear knows, that's true for you, SIR The
court was convu!sed at both question and ans
wer 1t soon step by step came out that the
man was drunk, and was not, therefore, d
competent witness. Thus OConncll wor his
case for his client
Here is another instance of his ready tact
and infinite resources in the defence of his
client. In trial at Cork, for murder, the
principal witness swore strongly against the
prisoner. He particularly swore that hat,
found near the place of the murder, belonged
TO the prisoner, whose name was James by
virtue of your oath, are you sure that this is
the same hat 4" Yes Did you examine it
carefully before you swore in your informa-
ton that it was the prisoners p Il did,
Now, let me see, said OConneIl, as he took
up the hat, and began to examine it carefully
in the inside Hethen spelled aloud the 1ame
of James, slowly, thus: J-a-m-e-s.-
i Now, do you mean those words were in it
when you found it?' L do Did you see
them there" Il did And this is the same
hat" 1t is Now, my lord,' said OCon-
nell. holding up the hat TO the bench, there
is an end of the case; there is no name what
ever inscribed in the hat The result was an
instant acquittaI.
Fagan'S Life and Times of O. CoaneU
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TERMS: 81 SO in advance.
WHOLE NO.

soil more than was taken from it-in other
words, you make it richer in organic matter.
Repeat the process with second crop and if
becomes richer stilI-and it would be difficul,
to define the limit beyond which the process
could no further be carried.o
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
W1H-MTNCTON JOURNAL:
PubIiShed every Friday Morning, by
I1-rx & FULTON, PrOprictorS'

an Z n a-vear, in aOVduCeI Vi 90 ~
" % three months 3tsr s sub fban = months
No subscription received tor his paper af
No sI3SGIrUI Of subscription year. till the
Ur'n,ratfon Of said year. .or discontinued n tho
i5e subscription SierpG pay uR in full and
s4G aSss Sn%Ss the
s ffns the letters containing sT Three
Dollars d"u ~ ~ at onr risk. The POstmaster's GER
2gSa If such ;' remittance shall be sufficient receipt
therefor: 49,. . business connected with this of.
At he addressed post paid to Price & FULTON
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

4 Dinner Party The President gave
large dinner party on Wednesday, which was
attended by Mr.. Clay and a large number of
members of Congress, without distinction of
party. Nearly every State in the Union was
epresentel.-Bdh Clipper, 18th inst.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

For Clay Oniy-The General Committee
of the Wing Young Men Of New York City,
on Thursday evening declared uncompromIs-
'ngly for Henry Clay, their first and only
choice for the Presidency
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
HOEc's american Hotel.

CORNER OF KING AND GEORGE SITS,
CharlestOns S: G:
THE above establishment formerly
T2nTEsiA kno,on as the sign of THE Buck, and
go kept by Mr. JAMES NoRRIs, and since
.&s73 by DR.. J. D. BoYD, has been thorough
" repaired, externally and internally, and will be
opened by the subscriber between the first and
tenth of February next, for the accommodation of
the travelling community and permanent boarders.
This establishment has been fitted up at great ex
pense, and furnished throughout with entire new
furniture, and better beds than hotels are usually
furnished with. With these inducements, and an
accommodating disposition on the part OF the pro-
prietor and those in his employ, he hopes to merit
a liberia share of patronage. r. A. HOkE.
January 18th, I84S. 21-6t
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[REsoLUT1oN- PuBL1c-No. IA RESO-
LUTON authorizing the erection, on the
public grounds in the city of Washington,
of a monument to George Washington.
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives ofthe United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That the Washington
National Monument Society be, and it is here
by, authorized to erect the proposed monu-
ment to the memory of George Washington
upon such portion OF the public grounds or
reservations within the city of Washington,
not otherwise occupied, as shall be selected
by the President of the United States and the
board of managers Of said society, as suita-
bile site on which 10 erect the said monument,
and for the necessary protection thereof.
Approved January 81. 1S4s.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03
mo. 9.1-AN ACT 10 authorize the issue Of
a register TO the barque Wilhamet

register to the barque Wilhamet.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. of tile United States of Amer-
lea in Congress assembled, That there be is
sued, under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, register for the barque Wilhamet,
formerly British vessel, butnow owned by A.
G. Benson & John Benson, citizens of the state
OF New York; said vessel having been wreck
ed and condemned on Rockaway beach, Long
Island, was purchased by the aforesaid citl-
zens of the United States, and has been repair
ed and reftted for sea: Provided, 1t shall be
proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary OF
the Treasury that the cost of the repairs made
in the United States, after the purchase OF
said vessel by the present owners, exceeds
three-fourths of the original cost of building
vessel of the same tonnage in the United
States.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

mo. SIAN ACT making further provs-
ions for surviving widows of the soldiers
of the revolution.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of diner
1ca IN Congress assembled, That if any person
who served in the war of the revolution in the
manner specified in the act passed the seventh
day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two,
entitled g An act supplementary TO the act for
the relief of certain surviving officers and SOL
diers of the revolution" have died, or shall
hereafter die leaving widow, whose marriage
took place before the first day of January, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety four, such
widow shall be entitled to receive for and du-
ring her natural life, from and after the fourth
day OF March, eighteen hundred and forty
eight, the annuity or pension which might
have been allowed to her husband, in virtue
of said act, if living at the time it was passed,
under the same rules. regulations, and restric-
tons, as are prescribed in the act approved
July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, entitled can act granting half pay and
pensions TO certain Widows" Provided, That
in the event of the marriage of such widow,
said annuity or pension shall be discontinued.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
such widows as have been admitted by spe-
clal acts of Congress to the benefit of the pen
sion act, approved the seventh day of July.
one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
or to the nenefit of the act approved the sew
enteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred
and forty four, shall be entitled, and shall be
admitted TO the benefit of this act; subject,
however, to the rules, limitations, and res;ric-
tons in and by said acts prescribed.
ADDroyed February Cd 1913
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Approved February IS, 1S48.
mo. 1O.l-AN ACT to confirm the boundary

mo. lO.l--AN ACT to confirm the boundary
line between Missouri and Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That the dividing
line between the States of Missouri and Ar
kansas, surveyed by commissioners appointed
under authority of laws enacted by those
States, and ratified as common boundary by
the act of the legislature of Arkansas, appro-
we'd twenty third December, eighteen hundred
and forty six, and of the Legislature of Mis-
souri,, approved February sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven, shall be, and the
same is hereby, approved and confirmed as the
boundary between those States, and between
the surveying and land districts bordering
thereon and the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorized to have the surveys of the
public lands of the United States closed on
the lire so surveyed as aforementioned
Provided, the expenses thereof shall not ex-
coed six dollars per mile, for every mile and
part of a mile actually surveyed, or necessari-
ly resurveyed in closing those surveys.
Approved February Is. 1848.