Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-02-27
To Old Maids and Bachelors.

NO advertisement rejecting upon private charact
To Old Maids and Bachelors. .
men should not marry it is commonly said,
unless they can, not only maintain for themselves
the social position to which they have been accus-
TONED, but extend the benefits Of that position to
'he!r wives and children. woman who marries is
enatied to be kept in the same rank and comfort in
wnicn she was reared" We entirely deny these
doctrines. 1t should be the aim of every married
PAIR TO make their own fortunes. No son and daugh-
er VINO become man and wife, are entitled to RELY on
tnelr patrlmony but should willingly commence life
aad iower h step IN the social ladder than that
peo oy their parents that they may have the me-
III ana happiness OF rising if possible to the top
imagine the case of an aged couple, who. by great
perseverance, have acquired possession of immense
wealth. and are living in a style of ease and snIen
@ aer which is no more than the reward of their long
1r lIe ana industry Win any body sag thstterou
They have no right to such luxury-they have
done nothing to deserve it-and if their parents are
honest in dividing their property among them they
can have means of supporting it. Yet marriages
are contracted on the principle that the married cou
pie shall be able to keep up the rank to which they
have been accustomed under the parental roof 1t is
such notions as ths-engendered by Malthusian
philosophers, and fostered by lazy pride-that are
filing country with poor old maids with etique
ting young ladies, with nce cigar-smoking, good
for-nothing young men.--North British Mail.
| Our NAVY YARD EARTHQUAKES PRooF.-We under
stand that Immediately after the late "shake +" the
commandant of our Navy Yard ordered thorough
survey of all the public buildings there to see if any
damage had been sustained. The result of very
thorough and minute investigation is, that not the
slightest injury sustained From turret to
foundation stone' there could not be found the
slightest crack in the walls or the least displace
ment or settling in any of the works. This fact
alone is enough put to rest the idle gossip about
the insecurity of the foundation where these works
are, and should satisfy the authorities at Washing
ton that the vague surmises of those opposed to the
&c thox TO
ration.
By the way, mistaken as to the direction
OF the movement when we said it seemed to come
from New Madrid, to the northwest The move
ment was directly the reverse-from the southeast
AS proven by the observation of it in the iron
store of Hillman & Co.: on Front Row. The rattling
OF the iron in the southeast part of the building
observed to progress regularly throughout the entire
northeast portion, in front So, g New Madrid has
given birth to one less of the earth's ague fits than
it has credit for.-Memphis Eagle and Enquirer
trial about the right of property in calf late
ly took place at Burlington, Iowa. The difficulty
lay in the color of the caf's tail the witnesses of
the plaintiff swore the tail white those of the
defendant that it was black. The court was occu-
pied two days with the case the jury stad out till
midnight and could not agree, and trial is to
be had; the costs already amount to $780, jaw
is very great thing in law.
It is the fashion down in cole virginny for the
negroes to wear long trails of Grape tied round their
hats, and allowed to fall down their backs. plant
er one day met strange mig. the road, decked
: out with a superabundant amount of crape that
reached almost to his heels
"Who do you belong to 2" asked the planter.
:" Mrs. --, Of Albemarl, replied Caesar.
'Where you going 2"
'To work at Massa -'s furnace rze been
hired to work dar.'
'You have lost some of your friends seef'
"Yes, massan
g Was it near or distant relative 2"
/ Wall; putty dstant-'6o,a twenty-five miles,"
HAsH.-A few weeks SINCE family in Boston,
having hired a cook who had been highly recon-
mended she was ordered one day to prepare a hash
for dinner. The hash served and it was excel
lent-all eagerly partakng of it until the dish
scraped out. So popular after this did the hashes
of the new cook become, that it was nothing but
hash every day At last the poor cook, bringing in
large dish OF it, the perspiration pouring down her
face, she set it down. and turning to her mistress,
and drawing herself up, said:
Madam, | strikes p
! "Strikes why, what is the matter Betty"
| "Cause, ma'am, | can't give you hash every day,
and for ever-me ascs all broke doarn and me teeth
is all wore out, chawing it for yes"'
STUMpING TOO FAR.-One of the best Jokes of the
season is the statement that of the candidates
for Governor in New Hampshire, who is "stumping
the State" got some thirty miles into Canada, MAX
ing speeches to the k'nucks, before he knew he was
out of his " bailwick"
somewhat eccentric lawyer being engaged in
defending a hard case and not being altogether
pleased with the rulings of the presiding Judge re-
marked that he believed the whole Court could be
bought with peck of beans. The Judge, of course,
took this remark in high dudgeon, and ordered the
lawyer to sit down, and demanded of him an apollo
gy for his contempt of Court, threatening him with
commitment for the offence if he did not apologize.
The lawyer, after little reflection, remarked that
he had said he believed the Court could be bought
with peck of beans that he said it without refec-
on, and wished to take it back Butt said he, 'f
had put it at haLf bushel, never would have ta-
ken it back in the world"
! LOUIS NAPOLEON IN LoNDoN.-Louis Napoleon was
in London, flying visit, Monday last We
have good authority for stating the fact incredible as
it may appear. He went back as he came in disguise,
his business being OF strictly private nature What
that business was, are, of course, unable 10 say
We can only coniecture-from the romantic attachment
known to subsist between the Prince President and
the Marquis OF Normandy y-that the recent deseron
of that nobleman has deeply affected the heart of his
bosom friend. and that he found the impulse to follow
him irresistible. Whether Pyades and Orestes met,
and, If so, low they met and how they parted, " this
deponent saith not."-John Bull.
HABITUAL DRUNKARDs The New Orleans Delta
I says that General Martin, Senator from Assumptions
has introduced into the Legislature of Louisiana bill
interdicng habitual drunkards. 1t proposes 10 place
habiiua drunkarls in The same posiiion in regard TO
the management of their property and their family af
fairs as that which the law assigns 10 lunatics and