Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-07-16

The line of argument which the leading counsel for
Scott and Graham intend to adopt has been fore
Swallowed by their confidential presses and in the
speeches at the wing ratification meeting held at the
Broadway House Tuesday evening. Franklin
Pierce is TO be tradnced coward and drunkard
Winfield Scott ex,ollel to the seventh heaven as
hero and conqueror. The Richmond Wing 1--WE ex
pected better things from that journaD tells that
Gen. Scott won four battles in one day and General
Pierce tainted four times in two. Language of this
character, published in the face OF Gen Scoii's own
testimony to the vaor, skill and conduct of General
Pierce. indicates the reckless mendacity with which
the pariisans OF the wing nominees have determined
TO carry on tine war; We trust that neither the dem
ocratlc orators the democratic editors will permit
themselves 10 return the hlackguardsm of their op-
ponents in kind. The whig candidate for the Presi-
dency is a brave and able soldier. The services he
has rendered TO his country in the field should protect
him from calumny and if the presses in his interest
choose 10 indulge in brutal personalities and to give
the lie direct 10 official compliments paid by their
standard bearer 10 Gen. Franklin Pierce. let them
have the dirty game 10 themselves-N. Y. Messenger.
We learn from New Orleans paper that distin-
guished othcer OF the u s. Engineer Corps has made
proposal to enter into contract to deepen the
channel over one of the bars at the mouth of the
Mississippi. He proposes to give depth of at least
twenty feet by the lead at low water over the shall
lowest part, and to make the channel wide enough
for tow boat with one ship on each side to pass at
twenty-five years-when the same process could be
again applied for the sum of 100000 per annum
The first nstalment to be paid only when the depth
| and width shall have heen made. Should the depth
of twenty-five feet instead of twenty feet be obtain
ed, the sum of S125.O00 will be paid
A CONSPIRACY IN THE FRENCH ARMY.-r The New
York Times learns by private letter that serious con.
spiracy was recently discovered in the French army
1t denounced BY Sergeant in the army who had
joined the conspiralors. but became frightened at the
extent and boldness of their plans. He that in the
regiment to which be belonged association had heen
formed among whose members were numbered some
eighty or ninety commissioned officers who had
agreed the event of apopular outbreak where order.
ed to fire upon the people, to aim their bullets aeir
officers, and join the popular ranks The inform
er was unable 10 say whether the organization of the
conspirators extended beyond his regiment Their
movements seemed 10 have been planned and prose.
cuted with great care and secresy.
not unlike that of Major M'Gowd's Love Story.
The remark having been made that certain hook
merchant of tina. day was getting very fast and ma
king fortune, punster replied. IS No, he cannot
be advancing much. as books stationery The
jue de mot was duly acknowledged by the company,
one of whom. famed not less for the delight he took
in retailing other peoples wcisms than for his awk-
wardness in relating hem fastened to his friend TO
repeat the pun for his especial enjoyment
Il say" said be to his acquaintance, 81 just heard
trated" He couldn't help laughing at it, when he
thought of il. it so good.
"Pray what was il ?" inquired his friend
"Well, we were just passing P's store. and I re-
marked that he was doing rapid business. and must
be getting rich fast. when c. sad Oh, no. said he
'because-for-he'-how was it ?" Oh because,
said he. he keeps bookstore"
His friend was. tame, wholly unable to dis
cover the point of the joke.
FORGIVENESS The Knickerhocker gives the fol-
lowing as an exempIi6cation of what we fear is the
prevalent idea of The duty of forgiveness:
"Heard from Sunday school teacher, just now,
illustration of kind of Christian Forgiveness
Improving upon the days lesson. the teacher asked
hoy whether, in view of what he had been studying
and repeating. be could forgive those who had wrong
Ell him. Gould you, said the teacher. .forgive boy,
for example. who had irsulfed or struck you p
.Yee-s. sir, replied The lad very slowly, I-guess-
F-could but he added. in much more rapid man
nef 4 could, if he was bigger than am r Isn't