Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-04-30

lass, of Illinois, by attempting TO advocate his claims
for the Presidency. According 10 the ReU'twcrm man
of reasoning, the chief merit of Mr.. Douglass Is
that he never had a grandfather {" In Short" says
our brilliant reviewer, we do rot even know that
was born" Glow keen is the edge of Young Amer
cas- witty ''Who his father may have been," adds
this political juvenile, nobody knows-probab!
he is the of gun, or of axe, plane.
Probably he was wet nursed on chlsseI" (HeF
Young America is supposed to ''snigger.'D
Such is the line of argument adopted by the Demo
Graf Rer1ew in flash article on Congress and n'
Presidency in the March number. The editors RH
Jericho two young.-1roy Daily Times.
REPUBLICS NOT ALWAYS UNGRArEFUL-It is stated
that Governor Thomas H. Seymour will probably H
elected U. S. Senator in Connecticut II he succeea
his name may be added to the list of those who Dave
obtained seats in that distinguished body for serve"
in the Mexican war, viz:
Col. Jefferson Davis, Of Mississippi.
| Col. John c. Fremont, of California.
Gen. James Shields, of Illinois
| Maj. Solon Borland, of Arkansas.
! MAJ, Jermiah Clemens, of Alabama
| Col. John B. Weller, of California.
Com Stockton. of New Jersey. ,..,,i
Col Thos. II. Seymour, of Connecticut, (ProOss,l3,:
All Democrats A much larger number OF n ISr
can warehouses; have found their way into Inc hV''
of Representatves-Richm Enquirer
A REMARKABLE MAN.-The Germantown 'S Snb,
Emporium has obituary notice of Mr. Jona ' srd
fer, who died in that vicinity on the 24th Ma''n os
! 81 years. The notice concludes with these SD P"
statements: ,g
1.-The deceased IVES the largest man that We We, a.,
saw. The coffin sufficiently large to co.S" . led
men OF ordinary size: measuring In WId'n ' n";rn-
four inches in the clear, and three tee IN IL
d Three men could have worked in it. 1t requ'..sJ
men TO take him from the bed on which he Ell" he
This was done by raising platform-11e.no'"""i7e end
head board of the bedSead, and taxing h''' bous.
wise They coul, not gel the coffin mo nv r,cad
but by taking off the or-aclng OF an o'u ,ot aI
house that stood in the yard they got II 'IIO v
carried the corpse thher on three empty oaSS. nacJ
on and four horses stood prepared and len n, dow
the coffin and lis contents upon 1t. III I e ioub
the coffin into the grave, they had TWO i's ,bp MD
-one at each end and one large wen 'Tie rrpa srfr
die; and seventeen men 10 let down 'hi' 9Th +;
kIe of mortality into IFS last nome U"
weight was not known" yJ
BRITISH sHlpp1NG.-British ships have 1.; 1. REF
fifty per cent. since 1874 Last year the DoyceeHg
istered tonnage was the largest on recoIu Of Bril-
that of any previous year The olcal 1 ,oulwaSs
ish vessels, with cargoes both nwarus ".1G 9makD5
:. in 1874 was 5,69I,680; in 1851, o.oo''-
a gain in 1851 over 1914, of 2843,9IZL- rre, al
Lord Chesterfield said, al the close {" If "ssympabG
have recently read Solomon with KIM ra;6 iboa
t ic feeling have been wicked anu ~ feel i~
not as wise as he; but am old enougn, ~ yanlF
: truth of his reflection All in the "0''N
and veSation OF spirit nncbp'r
/ A FRENcHMAN's PAssIoN-The Albany world
4 says that the most amusing man IL a
a Frenchman in a passion :. ,on three sew sa)
0 BY gar you call my vile 'oin" "o,ch house
0 times once more. and will call G re- Ian
| blow off your brain like eanS'e' y