Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-02-22

re- anv one were to state his abstract idea OF
newspaper, he would undoubtedly speak of it. as It
.s . thfng-as an affair without soul-as sort OF
cornoration nsensibe to sickness or the blue devils,
and bound to have news upon all occasions and edl-
torals tooand it must please every one OF its twelve
hundred or twelve thousand subscribers as the case
NAV be- and they each and all of the have the right
and privilege to swear at it upon all proper and I'M
nroner occasions and it must not swear back again
Like L1SDLAY MURRAY's definition of verb its duty
is to be, to do and to suffer especially the latter
This is all the public knows or about it, and
all it should know care but to the editor it is
different thing-he knows that if the paper never
gets the blues, he does the paper must not be
sick, even although he may be SO; and above all,
no matter how stupid dull he may feel, the paper
must be filled, and must come out well 1t must and
this brings to DISCOURSE of which the above
the text The fact u.s. that we feel about as dull as
lone sermon as Grabbed as a whole orchard of crab
apples and our brain-pan as dry as remainder DIS
cult after California voyage. For the last hfteen
minutes we have hunted little idea, without be-
ing able to come up with him; and we do not kno"
where to find another. We have thought of the
wealth of California the political world all blank
The weather is quiet Putty is without change IN
nrice and politics about as usual-nobody doing any
thing excentric-not even murder about, and the
Circus is gone 1t is said that the people up country
have grown desperate and taken to getting married
Well, they might do worse. The N c. Argus man
maketh an item in this wise:
Our friends ought to procure all the subscribers
they can. Reason why:-Last Thursday night We
went to bed the father of two girls to get up yes
terday morning the father of two girls and boy
The little stranger WE'LL is the MOTHER consider
ing. They say boy is the very image of ourself
Did it favor any else, it would stand chance
being much handsomer than it is. We say, having
an additional mouth to FILL we ought to get com
mensurate number of new subscribers to enable Vi
! to fill it.
We have all along gone for Union. Now &C
stronger than ever, for the following reason:-We
have three children. One was born in Pennsylvania
one in New Jersey, and the third is native of thu
Old North State. Hurrah for the Union say
N. C. argus
! Now that's what we call triangular argumen
for the Union. We almost envy the man, simpl,
because it affords him something to write about. W.
feel like doing something very terrible, we do. 1e
a crisis" has arriyed-we will go to the river
and having taken one more look at the shipping
step into-the Post Office, and sec what news ha
come by the mail.
P S. We have just been to the Post Office ant
find that the Cars brought Northern mail. GU
box contained only one paper-the Fayetteville Oh
server The Observer man seems to have yer,
bad opinion of the loco focos'-he always has
The Observer man is wrong-very wrong-thc "loc
focos' he calls them, capital fellows doub
about it.
PIP. S. They have " cotchcd'' two men for stealing
watches and jewelry, and there is big crowd at tn
Bank corner. We must see to it. The devil i
started full cry and is shouting Hooray! and Their
is great excitement, and we say hooray too, in
quiet way. So ends the homily.